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To quote from Wikipedia: In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States, which happened that day by resolution of the Second Con ... Read more
Avoid Burn-Out by ‘Remembering What First Drove you Into Teaching’ is the headline of my latest Education Week Teacher column. In it, Tabitha Pacheco, Amanda Koonlaba, Dr. Jenny Grant Rank ... Read more
Another Chinese video app just updated to make you hate your own body even more. Weishi, China’s tech giant Tencent’s short video app, added a new filter effect in its newest iOS version that can slim ... Read more
“When I tried to explain my VR startup to outsiders of the industry, either friends or clients, more than one decade ago, their first reaction would usually be ‘What’s that?’ But now, on hearing that ... Read more
Drones are officially joining China’s food delivery service. Chinese food delivery platform Ele.me has gotten approval for the country’s first batch of air routes for real-time delivery drones in Shan ... Read more
Biafra was composed of several Nigerian states heavily populated by the Igbo people—tens of thousands of whom has been massacred in Nigeria months earlier. After its secession, the breakaway state was ... Read more
Hillary & Norgay reached the Summit Of Mt. Everest on this Day In 1953. You might be interested in The Best Sites For Learning About Mount Everest. Today in 1953: Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay ... Read more
Tencent Holdings’ huge data center in Guizhou province, southwestern China, started its trial operation on May 28. According to the company’s official statement, it will be used to store Tencent’s mos ... Read more
As you probably know, Starbucks closed all their company-owned stores today to have their staff be trained on racial bias. They’ve now made their curriculum public, and you can view the videos a ... Read more
A different kind of school in Pakistan is giving poor children, and sometimes their mothers too, a new chance to get an education. The program is called Street to School. Organizers launched it in t ... Read more
It is 10:30 on a warm May night in Washington, D.C. Emily Skeels and a few friends are outside talking and laughing. One friend plays music from a wireless device. Skeels and friends have just finis ... Read more
The American television network ABC has canceled its top-rated show, “Roseanne.” The network made its decision shortly after the show’s star, Roseanne Barr, published a racist tweet. Early Tuesday, ... Read more
Famous Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko, a prominent critic of the regime of Russian President Vladimir Putin, was murdered on May 29 in his apartment in Kyiv, where he lived for less than a year. ... Read more
Georgia says it will sever diplomatic relations with Syria over its decision to recognize the breakaway Georgian regions of Abkhazia and South Ossetia as independent countries. Read more here. The pos ... Read more
WASHINGTON – Human rights abuses in North Korea, including violations of religious freedom, are a “matter of discussion” ahead of a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean lead ... Read more