The latest PISA assessment presents an unusually stark picture of educational performance. More than 760,000 15-year-old students across 91 participating countries and economies were assessed, producing evidence of broad declines in some
Health systems worldwide are bracing for potential ramifications of a deadly mystery disease that has already claimed at least 143 lives and infected 376 people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).
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“Aviation is proof that given the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible.” – Eddie Rickenbacker International Civil Aviation Day, celebrated annually on the 7th of December, commemorates the advancements
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Iran’s military achieved a significant milestone in its space program on Friday with the successful launch of the Fakhr-1 satellite and the Saman-1 orbital transfer unit (OTU) into orbit. The launch, which
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Thirty years ago, the Budapest Memorandum ensured the destruction of dangerous post-Soviet nuclear stockpiles but was overshadowed at the time by Russian President Boris Yeltsin’s complaint that NATO expansion was causing a
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by Our Political Affairs Editor Among Sri Lanka’s self-proclaimed “intellectuals,” few figures have stirred as much intrigue and scepticism as Dr Ashoka Sapumal Ranwala, a prominent member of the National Executive Committee
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In a village nestled between emerald fields and azure skies, there lived a wealthy landowner named Rajendra. The scent of jasmine wafted through the air as he walked through his opulent estate,
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The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us. ~ Bill Watterson The study of Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP), once relegated
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Arun was a man who had grown accustomed to cruelty. His face, with its rough edges and uneven proportions, invited ridicule wherever he went. The children in the village snickered behind their
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For centuries, death has been a definitive, irreversible state. Now, cutting-edge research challenges our understanding, suggesting that life and death might not be so clear-cut after all. Surprising experiments with animal and
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A team of researchers at Stanford University has successfully replicated the unique thoughts and personalities of over 1,000 individuals using artificial intelligence, sparking both excitement and concern about the ethical implications of
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