INEQUALITIES IN EDUCATION BECOMING ‘GREAT DIVIDER’ UN CHIEF WARNS

Tue 20 September 2022: On Monday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued a warning that global inequities in educational access and quality are quickly turning into the “great divider.”  Roughly 70% of 10 year-olds in poorer nations are unable to read basic texts, and in developed countries “education systems often entrench rather than reduce inequality, reproducing […]

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RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT PREPARES TO EASE VISA RESTRICTIONS FOR FOREIGNERS

Mon 19 September 2022: Russia revealed on Monday that it is making efforts to speed up the delivery of visas to foreign nationals, Anladolu Agency reported. Russian consulates are updating the relevant digital tools, including a special website for providing unified electronic visas to foreign nationals, according to a statement from the Foreign Ministry. By […]

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LANCET PANEL: ‘MASSIVE GLOBAL FAILURES’ IN FIGHTING COVID CRISIS

Mon 20 September 2022: A report by Lancet medical journal’s COVID-19 commission has spelt out “massive failures” in the international response to the pandemic, laying out recommendations to better prepare for future health emergencies. In its report released on Wednesday, the commission warned that governments “failed to adhere to basic norms of institutional rationality and […]

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RUSSIA HAS LIKELY LOST FOUR COMBAT JETS IN UKRAINE WITHIN LAST 10 DAYS, UK INTELLIGENCE SAYS

Mon 20 September 2022: British Defence Ministry said in its daily intelligence on Twitter, that Russia has highly likely lost at least four combat jets in Ukraine within the last 10 days, taking its attrition to about 55 since the beginning of its invasion on February 24, Reuters reported. There is a realistic possibility that […]

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‘GIGANTIC MISTAKE’: BIDEN WARNS XI IF CHINA BACKS PUTIN

Mon 19 September 2022: US President Joe Biden says he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that violating sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine would be a “gigantic mistake.” The US president stated that he spoke with Xi following the Chinese leader’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Winter Olympics in February. […]

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HUMANOID ROBOT SERVES AS NEW CEO OF CHINESE METAVERSE COMPANY

Sun 18 September 2022: Thousands of jobs are already in danger from artificial intelligence worldwide. A Chinese metaverse corporation recently appointed a robot as its CEO, which has people intrigued and a little scared. Ms. Tang Yu, an artificial intelligence-powered virtual humanoid robot, has been named the rotating CEO of Fujian NetDragon Websoft. The company, […]

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FRENCH ‘SPIDERMAN’ SCALES 613FT SKYSCRAPER TO MARK 60TH BIRTHDAY

Sun 18 September 2022: Alain Robert, the free climber dubbed the “French Spiderman”, scaled a 48-storey skyscraper in Paris on Saturday, fulfilling a goal he had set for himself once he reached the age of 60. Dressed in red, Robert raised his arms aloft as he reached the top of the 187-metre (613-foot) Tour TotalEnergies building, […]

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UK: RUSSIA LIKELY TO STEP UP UKRAINE CIVILIAN TARGET ATTACKS

Sun 18 September 2022: Russian shelling hit cities and towns across a wide stretch of during the night, officials said Sunday, while the British Defense Ministry warned that Russia is likely to increase its attacks on civilian targets as it suffers battlefield defeats. “In the last seven days, Russia has increased its targeting of civilian […]

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LONDON BRIDGE HAS FALLEN

Sun 18 September 2022: The official and secret code for implementing the plan for events following the death of Queen Elizabeth II was “London Bridge is down”. This was the signal for “Operation Unicorn” to swing into action, which has happened since the monarch’s death was announced last Thursday. The plan covered everything from announcements […]

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