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The Greek island of Thymaina faces an acute demographic crisis, with only two primary school children remaining and significant school closures nationwide due to declining birth rates. The education ministry reported it is shuttering 32 primary schools this year, exacerbating challenges for remote communities reliant on dwindling populations.
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The Right Livelihood Award has honoured this year four women and women-led organisations for confronting authoritarianism, patriarchal violence, and unregulated AI development. Among them are Jalila Haider from Pakistan and Timnit Gebru, an Ethiopian-born computer scientist, with the awards ceremony scheduled for 1 December in Stockholm.
Cars are stuck and locals wade through water after torrential rains triggered floods leaving much of the capital of Greece’s Magnesia region, Volos, underwater.
Saudi Arabia’s STC Group has amassed a 9.9% stake worth EUR2.1 billion in the Spanish multinational telecommunications company
The European Union on Wednesday unveiled the list of digital giants — including Apple, Facebook owner Meta and TikTok parent ByteDance — that will face tough new curbs on how they do business.
‘Climate breakdown has begun’, warns UN Secretary-General Ant?nio Guterres.
Fierce rainstorms battered neighboring Greece, Turkey and Bulgaria on Tuesday, triggering flooding that caused at least seven deaths, including two holidaymakers swept away by a torrent that raged through a campsite in northwestern Turkey.
As Russian students headed back to school this year, many were given updated history textbooks – part of an attempt by Russian President Vladimir Putin to reaffirm his chosen narrative of Russia’s place in the world. The new books include a glorified account of Russia’s history, derision aimed at its enemies and justifications for the invasion of Ukraine.
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