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Jun 05 2012
News
Why we need vocational education
I was hired by Norways Ministry of Education to train vocational education teachers some years ago . Having myself attended a comprehensive high school where vocational students were those who couldnt make it academically it was eye opening to be in a country where vocational education had high prestige, was well funded, and included students who could have gone to medical school if that had
Washington PostOct 29 2020
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GDP grew at record 33.1% annual rate in third quarter in partial bounce back from pandemic losses
The U.S. economy grew at a record-breaking 33.1% annual rate in the third quarter, the Commerce Department reported Thursday, beating forecasters' expectations.
The massive growth number, although not enough to return the economy to pre-pandemic health, will provide President Trump to claim in the last days of the election that the country is clawing its way out of the COVID-19
Washington ExaminerJul 05 2021
Analysis
The Future of Space Exploration Depends on the Private Sector
NASA may not like the competition, but it’s how we’ll beat China in the new space race.
As Jeff Bezos, the wealthiest man on the planet, readies to launch himself into space aboard one of his own rockets, the world is watching the birth of a new dawn in space. Previously, America relied on its government agency, NASA, to propel it to the cosmos during the last space race with the Soviet
National Review (News)Jun 25 2016
News
With Brexit, A Lot Seems To Be Grounded In Immigration
If there’s one thing that’s going to be discussed about the recent Brexit referendum, it’s immigration. The UK voted to leave the European Union last Thursday—and many Britons have had it with their inability to govern themselves as a sovereign nation. One man explicitly said he voted to stop the flow of immigration; he didn’t’ care about Europe or trade deals.
TownhallOct 13 2019
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EU Leaders May Impose Weapons Embargo on Turkey Over Syria
European Union leaders may decide on an arms embargo on Turkey over its incursion into Syria as soon as next week, said four officials familiar with the discussions.
The potential move would send a strong signal to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government and drag Ankara’s relations with its NATO allies to a new low. The officials said the decision could be made over a summit of EU
BloombergNov 19 2020
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Mike Pompeo makes unprecedented visit to Israeli settlement
Israel’s military occupation has received a symbolic US stamp of approval after Mike Pompeo toured an archaeological dig run by a far-right settler group and visited a settlement that farms grapes on land Palestinians say was stolen from them.
The trips on Wednesday and Thursday marked the first time a US secretary of state had officially visited settlements, a deeply provocative move
The GuardianJun 06 2019
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Macron to Trump at D-day ceremony: fulfil the promise of Normandy
French president praises multilateralism of Nato and EU while offering gratitude to US
France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has appealed directly to Donald Trump to fulfil the “promise of Normandy” by embracing pillars of the postwar peace such as the European Union and Nato as the two leaders marked the D-day landings 75 years ago.
In a speech that trod a fine diplomatic line,
The GuardianNov 18 2020
News
As COVID-19 rages, millennials make up growing share of 'sandwich generation,' caring for kids and parents
Cooper Holmes' life is a whirlwind of family responsibilities.
At 36, he takes care of his three-year-old daughter while his wife works as a full-time teacher, and helps support his 76-year-old mother, who has health issues.
Holmes, who lives in Delta, Colorado, spends four hours a day running his mother's 50-sheep farm with his daughter in tow. And since the pandemic began, he
USA TODAYFeb 01 2021
News
Alexei Navalny
“Riot police broke up protests across Russia on Sunday in support of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny, detaining more than 5,000 people… Navalny, 44, was arrested on Jan. 17 after returning to Moscow from Germany where he had been recovering from a nerve agent poisoning in Russia last summer.” (Reuters)
“An online video made by jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny alleging that Vladimir
The Flip SideJun 06 2012
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Walker, GOP win big in Wis. recall races
Wisconsin gave Gov. Scott Walker a renewed lease Tuesday, voting to keep the Republican in office in a recall election that amounted to an embrace of his union-busting, government-trimming agenda in this traditionally Democratic-leaning state.
Washington Times