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PISA stands for Programme for International Student Assessment. PISA is not a test, but rather a contribution to decision-makers by measuring the performance, wellbeing and equity of students in their respective education systems. The study was conducted with 700,000 students…

This Friday 8th December, the organisation World Without Wars and Violence (MsG) began preparations for the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence. March for Peace and Nonviolence will take place from October 2, 2024, to January 5, 2025. “In…

The Third World March for Peace and Non-violence Who wouldn’t dream and hope for wars to end? For nuclear weapons to be finally abolished and eliminated? For conflicts to be resolved without resorting to wars, killings, acts of terror, and…

In early 1982, when I was a correspondent for the Inter Press Service Agency in Argentina, I was asked by the head office to interview the leader of the Radical Civic Union, Raúl Alfonsín, whom I did not know personally.…

European Union (EU) lawmakers and member states reached an agreement on rules governing artificial intelligence (AI). “Historic! The EU becomes the first continent to set clear rules for the use of AI,” European internal market commissioner Thierry Breton said on…

Looming threats of sanctions on labour issues have raised eyebrows among the government, policymakers, garment entrepreneurs and industrial bodies. Most ready-made garments (RMG) factories have failed or partially implemented international compliance and ethical practices, which has ignited labour unrest. Recently,…

Brazil and Colombia have blown up 19 illegal gold mining operations in the Amazon rainforest. Colombia’s armed forces said the mines were producing about $1.5 million worth of the rare metal every month and polluting the rainforest’s rivers with mercury, reported the BBC and Reuters. By Cristen Hemingway Jaynes The unlawful…

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is pressuring European diplomats to cease any talks about Ukraine joining NATO, according to a member of Rada (the Ukrainian parliament), Oleksiy Goncharenko. This is no minor politician. The son of a former Odessa…

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the civil-military coup d’état, a commemorative event for International Human Rights Day will be held in the Villa Grimaldi Peace Park, next Sunday 10th December 2023, at 10am. At the event, a…

One of the decisions one must make when living in Colombia is not to throw oneself into the arms and embers of fear. Fear is a bad emotional business, in which one can easily feel a little dead, walking on…