Education Secretary Gavin Williamson says GCSE and A-Level exams in England will be cancelled and replaced by assessments, saying ‘we’ll trust teachers, not algorithms’. It was announced this week that...
Straight out of thin air: Israeli firm extracts water from air in the Gaza Strip
The densely populated #Gaza Strip has long lacked sufficient drinking #water, but a new project helps ease the shortage with a solar-powered process to extract potable water straight from the air. Unusually, the project...
Democrats win first Georgia runoff, control of Senate in reach
Joe #Biden‘s Democratic Party took a giant step Wednesday towards seizing control of the #US #Senate as they won the first of two Georgia runoffs, hours before Congress was set to certify the president...
US presidential transition: Protesters backing Trump roll into capital to cheer him on
President Donald #Trump‘s #supporters have descended on the nation’s capital to cheer his baseless claims of election fraud ahead of a congressional vote to affirm Joe Biden’s election victory. The president...
Covid-19 investigation: WHO ‘disappointed’ as China denies entry to researchers
#China said Wednesday it was still negotiating with the #WorldHealthOrganization the dates and itinerary for a visit by international experts looking into origins of #Covid-19, after the head of the agency criticized...
Zimbabwe reintroduces curfew to contain rising Covid-19 cases
#Zimbabwe enters another #lockdown as #coronovirus numbers spike. Despite calls for people to avoid large gatherings, huge crowds worryingly build up at the border with South Africa.
Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested under national security law
#China’s #crackdown in #HongKong escalated dramatically on Wednesday with police arresting as many as 50 opposition figures in their largest operation since a draconian security law was imposed on the financial hub.