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The recent report on national reading scores was, as a top education data official put it, a βsoberingβ reminder that students arenβt rebounding from ...
Published on: February 06, 2025 | Source:The Creativity with AI in Education 2025 Report, based on insights from over 2,800 educators across the United States and UK, reveals how AI technology ...
Published on: February 05, 2025 | Source:Female genital mutilation is a violation of human rights that inflicts deep and lifelong physical, emotional and psychological scars on girls and women. This harmful practice affects more than 230million girls and women today. An estimated 27million more girls could endure this violation of their rights and dignity by 2030 if we do not take action now.Today, on the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital...
Published on: February 05, 2025 | Source:The document charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is being 'unwrapped' using X-ray scans and AI.
Published on: February 05, 2025 | Source:The post The Funder Report Card appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: February 04, 2025 | Source:Differences in seawater colour could reveal how tiny Antarctic creatures are faring in a warming world.
Published on: February 04, 2025 | Source:In a global first, Ugandaβs Ministry of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other partners today launched a first-ever clinical efficacy trial for a vaccine from Ebola from the Sudan species of the virus, and at an unprecedented speed for a randomized vaccine trial, in an emergency. This is the first trial to assess the clinical efficacy of a vaccine against Ebola Sudan virus disease. IAVI, the provider of...
Published on: February 03, 2025 | Source:Early learning is taking center stage in education, and for good reason. As schools across the country face resource constraints and potential teacher ...
Published on: February 03, 2025 | Source:WHO and partners have immediately boosted their support to the Ugandan governmentβs response to an outbreak of Sudan virus disease outbreak (SVD, part of the Ebola family), including by facilitating access to a candidate vaccine and candidate treatments. The first 2160 doses of the vaccine candidate and the treatments are already in Kampala, Uganda, as they were prepositioned as part of outbreak preparedness. The...
Published on: January 31, 2025 | Source:The situation is dire, but there are glimmers of hope
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:The situation is dire, but there are glimmers of hope
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:The World Health Organization (WHO) congratulates Niger for having met the criteria for onchocerciasis elimination, making it the fifth country globally and the first country in Africa to be acknowledged by WHO for interrupting transmission of the parasite Onchocerca volvulus.
Published on: January 30, 2025 | Source:M23, the rebel group backed by Rwanda have launched offensives in and around the major eastern city of Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), assuming control of the city of one million. People are experiencing an unthinkable crisis that is escalating moment to moment. The post DR Congo: Goma Crisis appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: January 29, 2025 | Source:Actors, collective identities, and opportunities for peace in Beni, DRC. The post Localised Analysis of Conflicts in Beni appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: January 27, 2025 | Source:βThere's this fear, and I'm not even sure that it's conscious, that if they say something that other people don't agree with, it will undermine their ...
Published on: January 24, 2025 | Source:Exit taxes are popular, and counter-productive
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:Exit taxes are popular, and counter-productive
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:How many will end up in Boaz Weinsteinβs sights?
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:How many will end up in Boaz Weinsteinβs sights?
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:The masters of the universe have escaped an anti-globalist revolt
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:The masters of the universe have escaped an anti-globalist revolt
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:When will something break?
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:When will something break?
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:An enormous prize is on offer. When might it be grasped?
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:Federal data shows that school enrollment in the countryβs 100 largest districts has taken some wild swings since the start of the pandemic, from the ...
Published on: January 23, 2025 | Source:But it may be a while before he unleashes a universal levy
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Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched.
Published on: January 17, 2025 | Source:A ceasefire in Gaza has been tentatively agreed upon by Israel and Hamas. We hope it will enable humanitarian relief and lead to a permanent ceasefire. We call on the international community to centre local voices in all efforts to rebuild, seek justice, end occupation and build sustainable peace for the region. The post Israel and Hamas agree a ceasefire in Gaza appeared first on Peace Direct.
Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source:The country is no longer the most populous without a bourse
Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source:The country is no longer the most populous without a bourse
Published on: January 16, 2025 | Source:Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.
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