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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

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Africa

Online classrooms where students run the show: we tested how this unconventional model can work

Bringing together different ideas and experiences enhances the virtual classroom experience. Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images   By Matthew Wingfield, Stellenbosch University; Bettina von Lieres, University of Toronto, and Laurence Piper, University of the Western Cape   The Zoom meeting window opens, immediately revealing scores of smiling or anxious faces. Some people have quirky backgrounds; some are in the same room as friends and family, who appear occasionally on camera. The South […]

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South Africa

South African agriculture needs to crack the Chinese market. How to boost exports

    By Wandile Sihlobo, Stellenbosch University   South Africa’s agricultural sector has more than doubled in value and volume terms since 1994. This success has been linked to international trade. Exports now account for roughly half (in value terms) of the annual agricultural production. Other drivers have been improvements in productivity through crop and animal genetics. Exports are largely to the rest of the African continent. In 2023 these […]

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Non-professional crew performs first commercial spacewalk

“From here, Earth sure looks like a perfect world," said the first private citizen to perform a spacewalk. The BBC reports that a billionaire and an engineer have become the first non-professional crew to complete a spacewalk during a commercial mission. Jared Isaacman and Sarah Gillis stepped out of the SpaceX spacecraft around 15 minutes apart.     Before Thursday, only astronauts from government-funded space agencies had conducted spacewalks. Spacewalks […]

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Six staff members of the United Nations killed in an Israeli airstrike in Gaza

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres says what is happening in Gaza is unacceptable, and dramatic violations of international humanitarian law need to stop immediately. An Israeli airstrike on a central Gaza school being used as a shelter for displaced Palestinians killed 18 people. Among those killed were six staff members of the UN Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA. The school was sheltering around 12-thousand displaced people, mainly women and children.

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Greek Prime Minister criticizes German migration restrictions

The Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has criticized Germany's plan to tighten migration restrictions. On Monday Berlin will begin implementing a policy aimed to curb irregular migration. William Denselow reports from Brussels.     German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced on Monday that the country would reinstate checks at all land borders to curb irregular migration. On Tuesday, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk slammed Germany over the move, saying: “Such […]

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East is East, West is West − and Turkey is looking to forge its own BRICS path between the two

We’re gonna need a bigger acronym. Mike Hutchings/AFP via Getty Images)     By Jorge Heine, Boston University   Turkey tends to march to its own drum in international affairs. Take the United Nations vote on Dec. 14, 2022, when the body’s General Assembly approved a resolution in favor of a New International Economic Order. Some 123 member states – largely the countries of Africa, Asia and Latin America – […]

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Starting with a handshake, presidential debate between Harris and Trump then turns fierce, and pointed

Former President Donald Trump, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris debate on Sept. 10, 2024. AP Photo/Alex Brandon By Rodney Coates, Miami University and Lee Banville, University of Montana   As the two presidential candidates entered the debate stage, Kamala Harris strode across it and offered her hand to Donald Trump to shake, setting a confident tone that didn’t flag throughout the debate. Trump, appearing to grow angrier through the […]

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UN calls for urgent end to Gaza conflict

The United Nations Human Rights says ending the war in Gaza and averting a full-blown regional conflict is an absolute and urgent priority. The latest attack in Gaza has resulted in the deaths of at least 40 people after Israel struck a designated humanitarian zone. UN commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, says states cannot accept blatant disregard for international law.   Reuters reports that

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