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Month: September 2023

Una importante universidad china elimina los exámenes de inglés y los nacionalistas celebran la decisión

Ángela Reyes Haczek (CNN) — Una importante universidad del noroeste de China eliminó las pruebas de inglés como requisito para graduarse, reavivando un acalorado debate sobre el papel de la lengua franca del mundo en el sistema educativo del país después de años de creciente sentimiento nacionalista bajo el mando del líder Xi Jinping. En

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Mali’s junta struggles to fight growing violence in a northern region as UN peacekeepers withdraw

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s military junta is struggling to fight growing violence in the West African nation’s hard-hit northern region. That’s after a peace deal signed several years ago with rebels appeared to have collapsed and as the U.N. peacekeepers who helped fight jihadi groups begin to leave. Conflict data shows the violent attacks

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Pope decries indifference toward migrants, as he prays for the dead in the French port of Marseille

By NICOLE WINFIELD and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press MARSEILLE, France (AP) — Pope Francis blasted the “fanaticism of indifference” that greets migrants seeking a better life in Europe, as he arrived Friday in the Mediterranean port of Marseille amid a new influx of would-be refugees from Africa that has sparked a backlash from some of

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Three arrests made in boy’s shooting death that sparked New Mexico governor’s aggressive guns ban

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A third arrest was made Friday in connection with a shooting outside an Albuquerque baseball stadium that killed an 11-year-old boy and prompted the New Mexico governor to issue a controversial gun ban. Albuquerque police took Daniel Gomez, 26, into custody a day after two other men were identified as suspects.

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US education chief considers new ways to discourage college admissions preference for kids of alumni

By COLLIN BINKLEY and CAROLE FELDMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s education chief says he’s open to using “whatever levers” are available — including federal money — to discourage colleges from giving preference to the children of alumni and donors. In an interview with The Associated Press, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona says

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India’s Parliament passes law that will reserve a third of legislature seats for women from 2029

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid a lack of consensus among political parties. But the wait

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Some providers are dropping gender-affirming care for kids even in cases where it’s legal

By JIM SALTER and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some medical providers are dropping continuing gender-affirming care for minors, even though it remains legal. In Missouri and North Dakota, health systems and advocates say the reason is the possibility of legal action against doctors and their employers for injuries related to the

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