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Asia-PacificUNICEF: Poor reading skills among 10-year-olds
Less than 15% of schoolchildren in the Philippines, or about 3 in every 20, can read simple texts in...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersIndia taps satellite broadband to bridge rural divide
DUNGE, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) — The day started well for Sayi Gharat. The 9-year-old sch...
April 13, 2022
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Associated Press
California reparations panel to meet in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California's first-in-the-nation reparations task force meets in person Wednesd...
April 13, 2022
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Political CartoonsCARTOON OF THE DAY (April 13)
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April 13, 2022
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BaseballGiants’ Nakken 1st MLB female coach on field, SF tops Padres
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Alyssa Nakken made major league history as the first female coach on the field ...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersChechen chief Kadyrov says over 1,000 Ukrainian marines surrender in Mariupol
Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov said more than 1,000 Ukrainian marines had surrendered in the besieged...
April 13, 2022
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Associated PressUK’s Johnson says he paid a police fine for lockdown parties
LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Tuesday he paid a fine from police for attending a l...
April 13, 2022
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Defense & SecurityJapanese Communist Party leader rushes to justify policy of using SDF in invasion of Japan
In light of the situation in Ukraine, the Japanese Communist Party is trying hard to justify its pol...
April 13, 2022
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Reuters
Airbus urges European leaders to refrain from Russian titanium sanctions
Airbus urged Europe on Tuesday not to block imports of titanium from Russia, saying sanctions on the...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersA small tent camp in Sri Lankan city becomes focus of national protests
COLOMBO (Reuters) - On a patch of grass near Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s office in th...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersShanghai vows punishment for COVID lockdown violators as cases hit 25,000
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - The Chinese commercial capital of Shanghai warned on Wednesday that anyone who ...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersUkraine’s Zelenskiy mocks Putin for saying war is going to plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Wednesday mocked Moscow’s insistence that the war agains...
April 13, 2022
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ReutersMayor of Ukraine’s Bucha says 403 bodies found so far
The mayor of the Ukrainian town of Bucha near Kyiv said on Tuesday that authorities had so far found...
April 13, 2022
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Associated PressPolice hunt gunman who wounded 10 in Brooklyn subway attack
NEW YORK (AP) — Police hunted late into the night for the gunman who opened fire Tuesday on a subway...
April 13, 2022
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Associated PressMask rule for planes and trains still up in the air
DALLAS (AP) — The federal requirement to wear face masks on airplanes and public transportation is s...
April 13, 2022