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Coping with exam stress as a parent

Muscat - Arab Today

Of all the exam quotes I’ve read so far my favourite one is - Strive for progress not perfection. Too often both students and their well-meaning teachers and parents do tend to get a little carried away when it’s exam season. Granted, it is a culmination of several months or even years of hard work and the child’s performance inRead more

Brexit moves ahead in polls

London - Arab Today

Brexit backers led the polls Monday for the first time in weeks, putting pressure on the pound and Prime Minister David Cameron just over two weeks before Britain’s EU referendum. The WhatUKThinks average put “Leave” at 51 percent against “Remain” at 49 percent ahead of the June 23 vote that the pro-EU camp says could see financial markets plunge andRead more

Free Syrian Army gives 24 hours to international community to pressure on Assad

Damascus - Arab Today

Free Syrian Army asserted that it gave 24 hours to the international community to pressure on Bashar Assad's regime to halt raids on civilians in the city. The army will consider the truce canceled if the raids go on, the army said in a statement, adding that it will target the sites of the regime if the air raids whichRead more

Russian envoy to NATO affirms continued responses to US military pressure

Moscow - Arab Today

The United States exerted military pressure on Russia by deploying its destroyer Donald Cook near the westernmost Russian exclave of Kaliningrad last week, Russian Envoy to NATO Alexander Grushko said Wednesday. The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer made headlines after two Russian Su-24 Fencer tactical bombers flew close to the ship near a Russian base in the Baltic Sea. US militaryRead more

Crimea integral part of Russia, EU pressure unable to change that

Moscow - Arab Today

The European Union's political pressure, including sanctions, will not be able to change the fact that Crimea now is an integral part of the Russian Federation, Sputnik news agency cited the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying Wednesday. Crimea seceded from Ukraine and became a part of Russia in March 2014, following a referendum in which 96 percent of those whoRead more