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Baghdad (AFP) - Iraqi religious leader Moqtada Sadr on Saturday expressed his support for pro-Palestinian encampments at universities in the United States and called for an end to police action against them. "We call for a halt to the crackdown on voices advocating for peace and freedom," Sadr said in a statement. "The voice of American universities demanding an end to Zionist terrorism is our voice." Sadr once led a militia fighting American forces following the 2003 US-led invasion that toppled dictator Saddam Hussein. He retains a devoted following of millions among the country's majority S...
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An artificial intelligence (AI) company called 21st Century Digital Teaching (21C) is taking some big steps to solve the chronic teacher shortage in the UK and across Europe by revolutionising the way students learn maths and other key subjects. To do this, 21C created a digital teaching app and learning platform for schools that, it says, greatly reduces the number of teachers needed by digitising them and converting them into avatars on the app, enabling lessons to go ahead when there's a shortage. The founders said it also offers a new way of doing homework as it's more interactive and enab...
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New York (AFP) - Tensions flared between pro-Palestinian student protesters and school administrators at several US universities Monday, as in-person classes were cancelled and demonstrators arrested. The protests, which began last week at Columbia University with a large group of demonstrators establishing a so-called "Gaza Solidarity Encampment" on school grounds, have spread to other campuses, including Yale, MIT and others. Some Jewish students at Columbia have reported intimidation and anti-Semitism amid the days-long protest, which is calling for the prestigious New York institution to ...
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New York (AFP) - US President Joe Biden condemned any anti-Semitism on college campuses Sunday, as pro-Palestinian protesters at Columbia University spent their fifth day demanding the school sever financial ties with key US ally Israel. Students camped out on university grounds are calling for the prestigious New York school, which has an exchange program with Tel Aviv University, to boycott all activities associated with Israel in light of the country's war with Hamas militants and the ensuing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. "Even in recent days, we’ve seen harassment and calls for violence a...
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A knife-wielding attacker in France left two primary schoolchildren with only superficial cuts on Thursday but terrified the small community of Souffelweyersheim on the outskirts of Strasbourg. A suspect was detained after the attack in Souffelweyersheim on Thursday, according to the public prosecutor's office in Strasbourg. The man, who is around 30 years old, was taken into police custody, it said. The two schoolgirls, aged 7 and 11, suffered superficial cuts. They were able to leave the university hospital in Strasbourg after brief treatment. Nothing was initially known about the attacker's...
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A knife-wielding attacker in France left two primary schoolchildren with only superficial cuts on Thursday but terrified the town of Souffelweyersheim on the outskirts of Strasbourg. Schools in Souffelweyersheim locked down for security reasons after the attack, and a schoolgirl at a nearby secondary school suffered a serious heart attack, according to police. The two schoolgirls cut in the knife attack were taken to the paediatric ward of the university hospital in Strasbourg, while the schoolgirl who suffered a heart attack is being treated in serious condition in hospital. The 28-year-old s...
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A man slightly injured two primary schoolchildren with a knife in an attack in the French town of Souffelweyersheim. The two children have been taken to hospital and a suspect has been arrested, police in the nearby city of Strasbourg, located on the border with Germany, announced on Thursday. The attack took place in a square near the local school. Police said the attacker's motive remains unclear. Psychological assistance has been organized for other pupils at the school, according to police. According to media reports, the two victims are aged 6 and 11. The 28-year-old suspect was arrested ...
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Washington (AFP) - Leaders of Columbia University defended the prestigious New York school's efforts to combat anti-Semitism on campus at a fiery congressional hearing on Wednesday. The Columbia administrators were the latest school leaders hauled before Congress for questioning about protests fueled by the Israel-Hamas conflict roiling US college campuses. University of Pennsylvania president Liz Magill resigned in December in the wake of her responses to a congressional committee and Harvard University's Claudine Gay stepped down in January. Columbia president Nemat Shafik and board of trust...
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When it comes to competition for jobs and resources, education has always been a crucial factor in our sucess. The adult population in Europe with tertiary education, which is the highest level, considerably varies across the continent, according to the available data. On the average, almost one third aged 25-74 years in the European Union have a higher education degree, including public and private universities, colleges, technical training institutes, and vocational schools. Educational level also varies with age and gender. So which countries have the highest rate of higher education in Eur...
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Feature image via Canva Pro. On the night of April 8, in a house in Arouca, a town situated along Trinidad's east-west corridor, four-year-old Amarah Lallitte was found decapitated. Shortly before, her mother had fled the house, running to the nearby police station to report that her male partner, who is not Lalitte's biological father, had attacked her. She reportedly tried to get her daughter to leave with her, but told the Trinidad and Tobago Newsday, “She thought we were playing, so she was laughing. When I called her to come, she was not coming, she just stayed on the bed. So I had no cho...
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