The race has begun to replace the woman who’s led Germany since 2005. Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to step down after four terms at the helm of Europe’s biggest economy. Three candidates will vie for the votes...
Turkey raises the bar with its distance learning programme during the pandemic
The pandemic forced 1.5 billion students out of their classrooms globally, but technology allowed students to continue to learn virtually. Here’s how Turkey’s Education Information Network (EBA) has contributed through...
Like Israelis, can citizens of Muslim countries freely enter the UAE?
The UAE is the first Arab country to approve a visa exemption agreement with Israel. And while Israelis will be able to enter the country without a visa, most Muslim-majority countries still require one.
Erdogan receives COVID-19 jab as vaccination program kicks off in Turkey
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received the first dose of the Chinese Sinovac CoronaVac vaccine in Ankara. More than 250,000 health workers received their first jab, as Turkey beings its mass vaccination program.
An app can detect COVID patients ‘from the way they cough’
Russia’s Sberbank has developed an app to determine ‘whether a person has covid from the way that they cough’. Sberbank will use a special algorithm to tell within a MINUTE whether a person is infected...
How do we break free from gender stereotypes?
Most of us call a man a man, and if he’s attracted to other men he is gay. A woman is a woman, and if she’s attracted to other women she is a lesbian. But why should that be the norm, and why should people...