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Children from poorer communities as well as girls, the disabled, immigrants and ethnic minorities were at a distinct educational disadvantage in many countries, UNESCO said
World
17.08.2024
A quarter-billion children getting no education: UN
A boy looks at a model of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System at the National Museum of China in Beijing
World
17.08.2024
China launches final satellite to complete rival to GPS
Former Brazilian Education Minister Abraham Weintraub (pictured April 2019) announced he was stepping down -- officially to take a job at the World Bank -- and left Brazil the following day, before his resignation took effect
World
17.08.2024
Targeted in probe, Brazil ex-minister heads to US
In the land of the Northern Lights, Norwegians can enjoy home attractions such the summer midnight sun -- but currently are hampered in their choice of foreign summer destinations
World
17.08.2024
As Europe slowly reopens, Norway stays stubbornly shut
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The threat posed to indigenous communities by the coronavirus was highlighted by the death of Brazilian chief Paulinho Paiakan (pictured 2017), an iconic defender of the Amazon rainforest
World 17.08.2024
Coronavirus decimating indigenous Latin American communities
The stern message was delivered during a video summit between China and the EU
World 17.08.2024
EU warns China over Hong Kong security law
Juan Angel Napout was sentenced in 2017 to nine years in prison
World 17.08.2024
Fifagate: appeals denied for two key former LatAm officials
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said he might agree to meet US President Donald Trump
World 17.08.2024
Venezuela's Maduro says 'prepared' to talk to Trump
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, pictured under construction in December 2019, will be Africa's largest hydropower plant
World 17.08.2024
UN urges Egypt, Ethiopia, Sudan to 'work together' in Nile dam dispute
Britain's coronavirus outbreak has been the deadliest in Europe, but stay-at-home orders imposed in late March are slowly being eased
World 17.08.2024
England to reopen cinemas and galleries next month
Despite an unprecedented $26 billion virus relief package and food parcels, many South Africans have struggled to get by
World 17.08.2024
South Africa virus cases surge past 100,000
Silicon Valley giant Google has been one of the leading beneficiaries of the H1-B visa system that President Donald Trump is putting on hold.
World 17.08.2024
Trump to extend US work visa freeze to year-end: White House
In this file photo taken on April 24, 2020, sanitation workers disinfect the area around the Kaaba in Mecca's Grand Mosque. On Monday Saudi Arabia said it will hold a 'limited' hajj this year due to the coronavirus pandemic
World 17.08.2024
Saudi to hold 'very limited' hajj over pandemic
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