Monthly Archives: February 2024

2024-02-01: News Headlines

tvbrics (2024-02-01). Brazil to prepare a new education bill. tvbrics.com It is planned to allocate at least 10% of the country's GDP to the education sector…

albawaba (2024-01-31). Saudi Arabia vs South Korea predicted lineups – Asian Cup. albawaba.com Saudi Arabia face South Korea at the Education City Stadium in the Asian Cup Round of 16 on Tuesday.Match date: Tuesday, 30 January | Kick-off time: 16: 00 (GMT) | Venue: Education City StadiumSaudi Arabia vs South Korea predicted lineups: Saudi possible XlManager: Roberto ManciniŸêAhmed Al-Kassar; Mohammed Al-Burayk, Hassan Al-Tambakti, Ali Lajami, ŸêAli Al-Bulaihi; Saud Abdulhamid, Mukthar Ali, Abdulelah Al-Malki, Abdulrahman Ghareeb; Salem Al-Dawsari, Saleh Al-Shehri South Korea possible XlManager: Jurgen KloppHyeon-woo Jo; Young-woo Seol, Seung-hyun Jung, Kim Min-jae, Jin-su Kim; L…

ecns.cn (2024-01-31). Digital education alliance inaugurated in Shanghai. ecns.cn The World Digital Education Alliance was inaugurated on Tuesday during the 2024 World Digital Education Conference in Shanghai, aiming to promote international cooperation and exchange in the field.

Human Access for Partnership, Development (2024-01-31). Yemen: Training program for 128 teachers on nutrition education in schools. reliefweb.int Country: Yemen | Source: Human Access for Partnership and Development | HUMAN ACCESS has launched training courses for teachers on nutrition education in schools in Radfan, Dar Saad, and Al-Mansoura districts in Lahj and Aden governorates, as part of the activities of the Social Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) program, and within the context of the malnutrition treatment project funded by the World Food Program (WFP). | A total of 128 male and female teachers will be trained to teach nutrition education in 64 schools within ten days. This will increase community awareness of the importance of nutrition ed…

tvbrics (2024-01-31). India is ready to help with developement of the health system in Zimbabwe. tvbrics.com The countries are developing co-operation in the health, agriculture and education sectors…

tvbrics (2024-01-31). Participants of international session at Pushkin State Russian Language Institute discussed cultural and humanitarian co-operation between Russia and Asian countries. tvbrics.com The event outlined a number of problems in the sphere of education and culture in Asian countries and discussed ways to solve them…

WSWS (2024-01-31). US-backed Israeli war machine destroys last standing university in Gaza. wsws.org The Israel Defense Forces is obliterating the educational infrastructure in Gaza, while AFT President Weingarten, amid empty calls for a ceasefire, campaigns for the reelection of war criminal Biden and defends Israel's "right" to wage war against the Palestinians.

GABIK (2024-02-01). Nzimande pays tribute to Professor Mokgokong. sanews.gov.za Nzimande pays tribute to Professor Mokgokong | Higher Education, Science and Innovation Minister, Dr Blade Nzimande, has hailed the late Professor Mochichi Samuel Mokgokong, as one of our country's most decorated academics and scholars. | Nzimande joined the nation and the academic fraternity in mourning the passing of Mokgokong, who passed away last week following a battle with cancer.
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Dr. Konstantin Asmolov (2024-02-01). Digest of Inter-Korean Tensions at the Turn of 2024. asia-pacificresearch.com

Gabriel Honrada (2024-02-01). US Marines Rush Wonky Amphibious Vehicles to the Pacific. asia-pacificresearch.com

Global Research News (2024-02-01). Selected Articles: Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico Orders Investigation into COVID-19 Pandemic Management and Vaccines After 21,000 Excess Deaths Announced in Slovakia Since 2020. globalresearch.ca

Israel Shahak (2024-02-01). "Greater Israel": The Zionist Plan for the Middle East. globalresearch.ca When viewed in the current context, the war on Iraq, the 2006 war on Lebanon, the 2011 war on Libya, the ongoing wars on Syria and Iraq, the war on Yemen, must be understood in relation to the Zionist Plan for the Middle East…

Larry Johnson (2024-02-01). Great Conversation with Tom Luongo. sonar21.com A new friend. I was honored to be invited to chat with Tom Luongo. If you don't know Tom, I am a Former Research Chemist, Amateur Dairy Goat Farmer, Anarcho-Libertarian and Obstreperous Austrian Economist whose work can be found on sites like Zerohedge, Lewrockwell.com, Bitcoin Magazine and Newsmax Media. | I have a fantastic wife of 30 years and a teenage daughter, both of whom humble me with affection and respect I feel is now only mostly undeserved. | Professionally, I've spent a lot of my waking hours inside of various analytic laboratories testing…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Mayo Clinic Minute: How precise diagnosis of lymphoma offers patients best treatment options. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Lisa Rimsza is a pathologist, director of the Mayo Clinic Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory and researcher with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research specializes in lymphoma, with a focus on developing tests for accurate patient diagnoses and assessing disease aggressiveness. Dr. Rimsza has made significant advances in this field of research. She says having a precise diagnosis allows physicians to provide patients with the best possible treatment. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/M6ARKpwlWYU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). New Mayo Clinic stem cell research to take flight into space. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Update 1-29-24: NASA has moved the launch of this mission to Tuesday, Jan. 30, subject to weather conditions and other factors. You can watch for updates by following NASA's launch schedule. Video assets with Dr. Zubair have been added below. A Mayo Clinic research experiment will be part of a payload that launches into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 29, subject to weather conditions and other factors. The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-02-01). Toolkit for reducing cervical cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In the U.S., cervical cancer is no longer a common cause of cancer death because of the use of a screening test called a Pap smear, which detects changes in cervical cells. While the overall rate of cervical cancer in the U.S. is declining, the number of people diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer is increasing, and rates among Black women are disproportionately high. Research also indicates…

Peter Boyle (2024-02-01). Australia's First Nations-Palestine Solidarity Based on 'Common Struggle Against Colonisation'. asia-pacificresearch.com

CODEPINK (2024-01-31). Five Peace Activists Arrested for Disrupting UNRWA Hearing, Demand Humanitarian Aid for Gaza. globalresearch.ca

Cristen Hemingway Jaynes (2024-01-31). World's food system must be transformed for health of people and planet, study finds. peoplesworld.org According to a new global policy report — The Economics of the Food System Transformation by the Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) — how food is produced and consumed worldwide is leading to environmental damage and health impacts that add up to about 12 percent of the world's annual gross domestic product. The researchers found that a global transformation of food systems could …

Dave DeCamp (2024-01-31). US to Deploy Nukes in the UK for the First Time in 15 Years. globalresearch.ca

Dr. Naomi Wolf (2024-01-31). Letter from Charlottesville: Can Left and Right Realize, in Time, the Existential Need to Unite? Naomi Wolf. globalresearch.ca

Dr. William Makis (2024-01-31). Star Trek Actress Margot Muraszkiewicz Died After One Year Battle with ALS. She Was COVID-19 Vaccinated. globalresearch.ca

Germán Gorraiz López (2024-01-31). Out of the Euro? Is Germany Heading for the Dexit? Recession, Social Fracture and Unemployment. globalresearch.ca

Global Research News (2024-01-31). Selected Articles: US-NATO Largest War Exercise Against Russia. "It Will Also be Nuclear". Italy on the Front Line. Manlio Dinucci. globalresearch.ca By US Army General Christopher Cavoli, Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, announced that the largest NATO …

Hasan Basri Bulbul (2024-01-31). Defunding UNRWA: With This Act, Western Powers Are Likely Complicit in Genocide. globalresearch.ca

imperial.ac.uk (2024-01-31). New heart treatment helps the body grow a replacement valve. imperial.ac.uk Replacement heart valves that grow inside the body are a step closer to reality following studies led by researchers at Imperial.

isabella (2024-01-31). Koch Industries and the Attack on Regulation. inequality.org

Jake Johnson (2024-01-31). Amnesty Says Cutting Off Aid to UNRWA While Arming Israel Is 'Stark' Hypocrisy. globalresearch.ca

Karsten Riise (2024-01-31). U.S. Military School at West Point Supports Genocide. globalresearch.ca

M. K. Bhadrakumar (2024-01-31). China Ignores US Entreaties of Mediation. globalresearch.ca

Mike Whitney (2024-01-31). US-Israel Implement Plan to Cut Food, Water and Medicine to Gaza. globalresearch.ca

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Mayo Clinic Minute: How precise diagnosis of lymphoma offers patients best treatment options. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Dr. Lisa Rimsza is a pathologist, director of the Mayo Clinic Molecular Diagnostic Laboratory and researcher with the Mayo Clinic Comprehensive Cancer Center. Her research specializes in lymphoma, with a focus on developing tests for accurate patient diagnoses and assessing disease aggressiveness. Dr. Rimsza has made significant advances in this field of research. She says having a precise diagnosis allows physicians to provide patients with the best possible treatment. Watch: The Mayo Clinic Minute youtu.be/M6ARKpwlWYU Journalists: Broadcast-quality video pkg (1: 05) is in…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). New Mayo Clinic stem cell research to take flight into space. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Update 1-29-24: NASA has moved the launch of this mission to Tuesday, Jan. 30, subject to weather conditions and other factors. You can watch for updates by following NASA's launch schedule. Video assets with Dr. Zubair have been added below. A Mayo Clinic research experiment will be part of a payload that launches into space from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on Jan. 29, subject to weather conditions and other factors. The…

newsnetwork.mayoclinic (2024-01-31). Toolkit for reducing cervical cancer risk. newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org Cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women globally, particularly in low- and middle-income countries. In the U.S., cervical cancer is no longer a common cause of cancer death because of the use of a screening test called a Pap smear, which detects changes in cervical cells. While the overall rate of cervical cancer in the U.S. is declining, the number of people diagnosed with late-stage cervical cancer is increasing, and rates among Black women are disproportionately high. Research also indicates…

Prime Minister Robert Fico (2024-01-31). Slovakia Prime Minister Robert Fico Orders Investigation into COVID-19 Pandemic Management and Vaccines After 21,000 Excess Deaths Announced in Slovakia Since 2020. globalresearch.ca

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (2024-01-31). 2013 Indictment of the State of Israel on Charges of War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity, Genocide. globalresearch.ca

Sharon Zhang (2024-01-31). Fossil Fuel Industry Knew About Impending Climate Crisis as Early as 1954. truthout.org For at least 70 years, the fossil fuel industry has been aware of — and, in fact, funded — research showing that their products would cause climate crises and global warming, newly uncovered documents have revealed. Between 1954 and 1956, a coalition containing fossil fuel and automobile industry leaders funded research for environmental researcher Charles Keeling at the California Institute of… |

US Agency for International Development (2024-01-31). Bangladesh: Effective humanitarian responses require collaborative environmental management: The approach in Cox's Bazar. reliefweb.int Countries: Bangladesh, Myanmar, Nigeria, Somalia, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | Sources: US Agency for International Development, World Vision | Please refer to the attached file. | Mohamed Hilmi, Senior Coordinator and Technical Specialist for Shelter, Settlements, and DRR, InterAction | While humanitarian responses focus mostly on the emergency phase—like addressing lifesaving and immediate needs—addressing the impacts and risks of climate change is increasing in urgency. | To these ends, InterAction conducted climate research and consultations to understand how climate change and envir…

ecns.cn (2024-02-01). Xiong'an major draw among tech startups. ecns.cn Xiong'an New Area AtomEcho Intelligent Technology Co just settled down in the area's Zhongguancun Science Park. It focuses on providing data intelligence governance services to clients through artificial intelligence and big data.

BAN Toxics (2024-01-31). Zero Waste Month: Paying Tribute to Waste Workers on the Frontlines. pressenza.com Under the theme "#ChooseReuse: A Pathway for a Just Zero Waste Future", BAN Toxics joins this year's International Zero Waste Month (IZWM), recognizing the importance of Zero Waste as a science-based and just solution, advocating a fair shift towards practices that consider the most impacted communities and vulnerable sectors. | The sheer fact that the country produces 163 million plastic sachet packets, 48 million shopping bags, and 45 million thin-film bags daily is staggering. Where will all this waste ultimately end up? "These figures, revealed in the 2019 study by the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternat…

Javier Arana Villasusa (2024-01-31). Euro zone GDP grows. plenglish.com Brussels, Jan 31 (Prensa Latina) The statistical agency of the European Union (Eurostat) reported that the gross domestic product (GDP) of the euro zone increased 0.1 percent year-on-year in the fourth quarter of 2023.

Lowkey (2024-01-31). The Israel Lobby Got Me Fired! — Lowkey Speaks to David Miller. mintpressnews.com David Miller was fired from his position as Professor of Sociology after a pressure campaign involving Zionist student groups and even members of parliament, who accused him of "inciting hatred against Jewish students."

Fran Quigley, Scheer Post. (2024-02-01). Our Housing Crisis Is Literally Killing People. popularresistance.org Last week, my students and I worked with several unhoused persons who had been recently living in dangerous, unhealthy apartments or homes in our community of Indianapolis. One, a young mother of a toddler with another baby soon on the way, had just left a home where eight people across three generations were living. The house had no central heat, so space heaters were the only source of warmth during a month when the temperature dipped below zero for several days. Those heaters and everything else electrical in the house were linked to a complex web of extension cords connected to a solitary working outlet.

Open Letter, Mondoweiss. (2024-02-01). Open Letter On The Anti-Palestinian And Islamophobic Environment At Emory University. popularresistance.org We are a coalition of community and civil rights organizations, writing on behalf of Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students and students perceived to be Palestinian or Muslim at Emory University ("the University") who have been targeted by racist, anti-Palestinian, xenophobic, and Islamophobic harassment and doxing attacks for their support for Palestinian human rights. We write to express our concern about the University's failure to protect its students from these bigoted doxing and harassment campaigns and the lack of official, public support shown to Palestinian, Arab, and Muslim students.

Staff (2024-02-01). Shibli Residential Coaching Academy: Nurturing UPSC aspirants for success. muslimmirror.com By Muslim Mirror Network Nestled in the historic city of Azamgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Shibli Residential Coaching Academy stands as a beacon of hope for UPSC aspirants across the nation. Established with a vision to empower and guide students towards a bright future in civil services, the academy offers a holistic approach to UPSC preparation, combining …

WSWS (2024-02-01). Chicago City Council approves Gaza ceasefire resolution directed to Biden. wsws.org One day before the City Council vote, high school students held anti-war rallies and sit-ins at City Hall to demand passage of the ceasefire resolution.

Ann Brown (2024-01-31). Atlanta School Halts Plans To Give Kids Only Cheese Sandwiches If Cafeteria Bill Isn't Paid. moguldom.com In a swift flip-flop, City Schools of Decatur has announced the reversal of its controversial decision to serve cheese sandwiches to students with unpaid lunch debts. The school policy change, which was set to take effect on Feb. 1st, sparked widespread concern among parents and the community. Decatur is about 17 miles northeast from Atlanta. …

ecns.cn (2024-01-31). Former Peking University student who killed mother executed. ecns.cn Wu Xieyu, a former Peking University student who killed his mother, was executed on Wednesday after China's top court approved his death sentence.

The Independent (2024-01-31). Nawangwe updates graduands on when to pick their transcripts. independent.co.ug Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Professor Barnabas Nawangwe, the Vice Chancellor of Makerere University has asked graduands to pick up their transcripts immediately after graduation. Nawangwe who is also the Acting Chancellor was addressing guests at the 74th graduation event on Tuesday. The one-week-long graduation that started on Monday entered day two with students from …

Mary Annette Pember (2024-01-31). Boarding Schools Played a Key Role in Spreading Disease in Native Populations. truthout.org George Little Wound was gravely ill when he was sent home to Pine Ridge from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1889, just three years after arriving at the notorious boarding school. Little Wound, the son of Chief Little Wound, was among a group of three Pine Ridge students shipped home together with what the school physician described as "incipient consumption" and "scrofula… |

Zane McNeill (2024-01-31). University of Michigan Faculty Call for College to Divest From Israeli Companies. truthout.org The University of Michigan (U-M) Faculty Senate Assembly passed a measure this week calling on university leadership to divest from companies that invest in Israel's genocide in Gaza. "Congratulations to all of the hardworking faculty members at the University of Michigan who made this historic victory possible," National Students for Justice for Palestine (SJP) said on social media. |

Angela (2024-02-01). Thursday 2/1: Virtual Teach-in on War, Death Penalty, Political Imprisonment, & the Palestinian Genocide. indybay.org

Andrea De Lotto (2024-01-31). Letter to an Israeli army pilot. pressenza.com Dear pilot of the Israeli army, | We've never met; my name is Andrea, I am an elementary school teacher, and I live in Italy. Here on my side of the Mediterranean, we watch what happens on the other side as if we were looking out of a window. We watch, we comment, we're horrified, some despair and cry, some laugh. But you are there, you are the ones acting it out. | I try to imagine your life. I don't know if you live in the barracks or your own home, with your family. But surely you have a bed where you rest, a room where you take off your uniform, get comfortable, and throw yourself onto a cot, with a book or a…

Angela (2024-01-31). Thursday 2/1: Virtual Teach-in on War, Death Penalty, Political Imprisonment, & the Palestinian Genocide. indybay.org

Glenn Sacks (2024-01-31). Teachers Have the Right to Criticize Israel Without Censorship. progressive.org Academic freedom is under assault when educators who criticize Israel or support Palestine are punished, writes Glenn Sacks.

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