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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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Photo by Mercedes Mehling on Unsplash Moldovan news media NewsMaker talked to Larisa and Natalia, mother and grandmother of transgender boy Jake. Global Voices translated the interview, edited for clarity and republished it with permission from NewsMaker. Larisa is the mother of a 17-year-old boy Jake, and her mother, Natalya, is the teenager's grandmother. Four years ago, their entire life was turned upside down. Their child, whom they had raised as a girl, affirmed that he felt like a boy. In an instant, all the expectations, beliefs, and plans for their child's future changed. They had to l...
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German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir has called for healthier food in schools, daycare centres and canteens during debate in parliament on Thursday over the government's nutrition strategy. "Food determines life chances. It starts with the youngest children," Özdemir, from the Green Party, told lawmakers in Berlin. "That's why it should be as easy as possible for everyone to eat well and healthily if they want to." He argued that healthy food should be available to everyone, regardless of where a person's family might come from, where in Germany they live or how wealthy they are. Özdemir sa...
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German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir has called for healthier food in schools, daycare centres and canteens during debate in parliament on Thursday over the government's nutrition strategy. "Food determines life chances. It starts with the youngest children," Özdemir, from the Green Party, told lawmakers in Berlin. "That's why it should be as easy as possible for everyone to eat well and healthily if they want to." He argued that healthy food should be available to everyone, regardless of where a person's family might come from, where in Germany they live or how wealthy they are. Özdemir sa...
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German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir has called for healthier food in schools, daycare centres and canteens during debate in parliament on Thursday over the government's nutrition strategy. "Food determines life chances. It starts with the youngest children," Özdemir, from the Green Party, told lawmakers in Berlin. "That's why it should be as easy as possible for everyone to eat well and healthily if they want to." He argued that healthy food should be available to everyone, regardless of where a person's family might come from, where in Germany they live or how wealthy they are. Özdemir sa...
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Switzerland comes out top as the best place to do business in Europe, according to a recent report by PwC. Most of the highest-ranking countries considered best for business were in northern Europe. PwC's Private Business Attractiveness Index 2023 looked at 33 countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), judging them on nine categories and looked at 64 sets of numbers across the different categories. Judgements were from "emerging" to "leading" in each section when referring to attractiveness for private businesses. Are these the five easiest European countries to start a business? ...
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Madison (United States) (AFP) - US President Joe Biden unveiled fresh plans Monday to reduce student loan debt for tens of millions of Americans, in bid to win over young voters as he seeks reelection in November. The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court last year struck down the Democrat's earlier proposals to cancel several hundred billion dollars of debt. But Biden said the court -- which features three judges appointed by his Republican election rival Donald Trump -- would "never stop" his efforts to deal with the issue. "Today too many Americans, especially young people, are saddled wi...
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Photo of the entrance of the French Institute of Togo (Lomé). Screenshot from Hodin Senyon's YouTube channel. Fair use. Due to its colonial past with France, Togo adopted French as its official language in 1960, a fact enshrined in Article 3 of the country's constitution. But what place does French now have in Togo’s multifaceted linguistic landscape? Togo's colonial history witnessed the introduction of several Western languages: Portuguese, German, English, and French. These languages made their way to Togolese shores from the time of the slave trade in the 18th century through the colonizat...
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