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Meta beats expectations sending share price soaring
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Gaza civil defence says 30 killed in food queue by Israeli fire
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Microsoft quarterly profits soar on AI and cloud growth
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TikTok launches crowd-sourced debunking tool in US
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'Ours forever': would-be Israeli settlers march on Gaza
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Trump punishes Brazil with tariffs, sanctions over trial of ally Bolsonaro
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US sprinter Kerley out of US trials
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Ukraine will fix anti-graft law, minister tells AFP ahead of crucial vote
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Tata Motors to buy Italy's Iveco for $4.4 bn
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From skies over Gaza, Jordanian crew drops lifeline to civilians
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US Fed holds firm against Trump pressure as divisions emerge
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Michael Jackson's dirty sock sells for over $8,000 in France
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Turkish city calls for help after heat tops 50C
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Renault names Provost CEO after De Meo exit
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Le Court makes history for Africa at women's Tour de France
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Canada central bank holds rate steady citing US tariff 'threats'
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Henry puts New Zealand in control of 1st Test against Zimbabwe
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Stocks edge higher, dollar gains before tech earnings, Fed decision
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Palestine Action wins bid to challenge terror ban in London court
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EU urged to act on forests' faltering absorption of carbon
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India secures return of ancient Buddhist gems
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Stokes braced for 'emotional' tribute to late England batsman Thorpe
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France's Luc Besson resurrects new 'romantic' Dracula
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Trump hits India with 25% tariff and 'penalty' over Russia ties
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Chinese sub discovers deepest-ever creatures 10 km undersea
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Kingscote revels in being the 'villain' of Sussex Stakes shock
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English cricket chiefs confirm sale of six Hundred franchises
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Wirtz opens Liverpool account in friendly win in Japan
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Marchand shatters record as US, Australia win more world gold
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Thousands honour Ozzy Osbourne at UK hometown funeral procession
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WHO chief says continuous medical aid into Gaza 'critical'
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London court rules oligarch liable in $1.9 bn Ukraine loan scheme
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England's Stokes out of India series decider with shoulder injury
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Stocks diverge, dollar gains before tech earnings, Fed decision
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India's Gill says Oval groundsman caused 'unnecessary' row
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Physicists still divided about quantum world, 100 years on
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Russia relieved as tsunami spares far east from major damage
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'Can't believe it': Marchand shatters long-standing world record
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French govt prepares new law to return colonial-era art
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London court rules oligarch liable over $1.9 bn Ukraine loan scheme
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Olympic biathlon champion confirmed dead after Pakistan mountaineering accident
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German biathlete confirmed dead after accident on Pakistan mountain
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Marchand smashes long-standing 200m medley world record
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US economy returns to growth in second quarter on tariff turbulence
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Afghan women banned from university 'for not following dress code'
Afghan universities were declared off limits to women because female students were not following instructions including a proper dress code, the Taliban's minister for higher education said Thursday.

#LetHerLearn: Afghans use social media to protest university ban
Afghans voiced outrage on social media Wednesday over the Taliban's ban on women attending university, using the hashtag #LetHerLearn -- one of the only ways people can still protest in the country.

Brain drain: Zimbabwe fears losing teachers to the UK
After an exodus of nurses, Zimbabwe now faces losing its teachers as a new British recruitment policy threatens a fresh brain drain in the southern African country confronting a devastated economy.

'Work without limits': Japan's teachers battle for change
In one of his last diary entries, Japanese teacher Yoshio Kudo lamented workdays that started early and could last until nearly midnight. Two months later, he suffered "karoshi" -- death from overwork.
Headscarf debate reaches Turkish parliament ahead of elections
Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party on Friday submitted a constitutional amendment to parliament enshrining women's right to wear headscarves at work and in daily life, reviving a hugely divisive issue in the officially secular state.

Uganda closes schools to fight Ebola, new cases fall
Uganda closed schools nationwide on Friday to curb the spread of Ebola, despite the health minister insisting to AFP that new cases had declined.

Interactive play gives Spain teens insight into gender violence
The row started with something minor: 'Edu' was laughing at something on his phone but refused to show it to his girlfriend 'Ali'. She got upset and they started arguing.

Hazara girl wounded in deadly Afghan attack triumphs in exams
A month after losing her eye in a deadly suicide bomb attack on her academy, a young Hazara woman has finished among the top candidates in Afghanistan's tough university entrance exams.

Fleeing jihadist violence, Niger pupils return to school
With blue schoolbags bouncing off their backs, hundreds of schoolchildren hurtle down small sand dunes eager to attend class again.

US Supreme Court's right-wing skeptical of using race in college admissions
The conservative-majority US Supreme Court appeared poised on Monday to ban the use of race as a factor in deciding who gets into America's elite universities.

After dark, Iran security forces take aim at protest buildings
Iranian security forces targeted a hospital and a student dormitory overnight, a rights group said Saturday, as a protest movement that flared over Mahsa Amini's death entered a seventh week.

Iran tensions rise in protests ahead of Mahsa Amini ceremony
Iranian students protested Tuesday at multiple universities, defying a bloody crackdown as tensions mount on the eve of planned ceremonies marking 40 days since Mahsa Amini's death.
11 pupils die in blaze at Ugandan school for blind
Eleven pupils at a school for the blind in Uganda have burnt to death after a fire tore through a dormitory as they were sleeping in the early hours of Tuesday.

Children among 11 killed in fire at Uganda blind school
Eleven people, mostly children, have been killed in a blaze that tore through a school for the blind in Uganda in the early hours of Tuesday, police and a government minister said.

Thousand join Hungary teacher rebellion over 'humiliating' pay
Hungary's failing schools are becoming the focus of swelling protests, with pupils and parents backing teachers sacked for rebelling over "humiliating" low pay and years of government neglect.

In conservative Florida, LGBT community fights to make its voice heard
A Beyonce hit thumped in the background as Pride parade participants marched on Saturday through the streets of Orlando, transforming the Florida city into a rainbow island in a US state more and more associated with the conservative politics of its governor.

Afghan girls take university exams two weeks after classroom attack
Thousands of Afghan girls and women sat university entrance exams on Thursday under the guard of Taliban snipers, two weeks after a bomber killed dozens of students preparing for the tests.

Мэр Майк Шуберт (СДПГ) и свобода прессы
Сегодня мы сообщаем о крайне сомнительной процедуре в отношении свободы прессы в ратуше столицы земли Потсдам, за которую отвечает лорд-бургомистр Майк Шуберт (СДПГ - Социал-демократическая партия Германии (СДПГ).23 августа 2022 года юристы известной юридической фирмы IRLE MOSER (ИРЛЕ МОЗЕР) из Берлина направили письмо пресс-секретарю столицы земли Потсдам Яну Брунцлоу, который является временным (исполняющим обязанности) руководителем департамента коммуникации и участия, отдела прессы и коммуникации лорд-мэра Майка Шуберта, с просьбой ответить на вопросы о запросах прессы в город Потсдам от журналиста.

Mayor Mike Schubert (SPD) and freedom of the press?
Today we report on an extremely questionable procedure regarding the freedom of the press in the city hall of the state capital Potsdam, here in the ultimate responsibility of Lord Mayor Mike Schubert (SPD).On 23 August 2022, lawyers from the well-known media law firm IRLE MOSER from Berlin wrote to the press spokesperson of the state capital Potsdam, Jan Brunzlow, who is the provisional (acting) head of the Department of Communication and Participation, Press and Communication Division of Lord Mayor Mike Schubert, asking him to answer questions about press enquiries to the city of Potsdam from a journalist.

Ukraine schools battered by Russian onslaught in south
Just a handful of kilometres from the frontline, a shattered village school in the southern Mykolaiv region is a stark sign of the war damage inflicted by Russia on Ukrainian education.

UN condemns 'shameful' year-long ban on Afghan girls' education
The United Nations urged the Taliban on Sunday to reopen high schools for girls across Afghanistan, condemning the ban that began exactly a year ago as "tragic and shameful".

Romania's plagiarism hunter becomes the hunted
Romanian journalist Emilia Sercan has made it her mission to expose plagiarism at the country’s highest levels.

School gardens a lifeline for hungry Cambodian children
Among the spinach crops at a rural Cambodian school garden, children test their maths skills while weighing produce -- but as food prices rise, the vegetable patch has become a safety net for struggling families.

Pandas and Trump teach Hong Kong kids about national security crimes
Rows of fidgeting Hong Kong schoolchildren looked on as a short film explained what constitutes a national security crime, using former US President Donald Trump as an example -- and a warning.

'Submit or quit': Teacher, student brain drain hits Hong Kong schools
As Hong Kong students return for the new academic year, veteran teacher Wong is counting down the days until the political maelstrom sweeping the city leaves him no choice but to quit.

Ukraine students brace for underground school year
Five metres beneath a Kyiv classroom, headmaster Mykhaylo Aliokhin puts the finishing touches on the bunker where his students will spend much of their time once Ukraine's school term starts later this week.

Haiti pushes back school year start as economic crisis bites
Haitian authorities are postponing the start of the school year by one month, as the Caribbean nation grapples with an economic crisis that has caused a fuel shortage and soaring prices.

Biden announces relief for university debts
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most Americans trying to pay off university loans will get $10,000 forgiven in a bid to address the decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country.

Biden announces relief for indebted US university grads
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced that most US university graduates still trying to pay off student loans will each get $10,000 in relief, addressing a decades-old headache of massive educational debt across the country.

Philippine classrooms reopen after more than two years
Millions of children in the Philippines returned to school as the academic year started on Monday, with many taking their seats in classrooms for the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic hit.

Ex-boxer Frampton fights for integrated schools in Northern Ireland
Carl Frampton enjoyed many memorable moments during his boxing career but the retired two-weight world champion has now switched his focus to campaigning for integrated schools in divided Northern Ireland.

Taliban torn over reforms one year after seizing power
One year on from the Taliban's return to power in Afghanistan, some cracks are opening within their ranks over the crucial question of just how much reform their leaders can tolerate.