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Para swimming: Budigina, Ali Imam advance to final Ravi Veera Venkata Budigina and Ali Imam qualify for the men’s S13 100m freestyle final. Budigina finished third in the heats with …

The International Space Station will change commanders on Saturday before three Expedition 74 crew members return to Earth on Sunday. As the homebound trio prepares for departure, the rest of the orbital crewmates are …

A high-level meeting focused on the recovery of higher education in areas affected by the recent earthquakes was held in 15 July at UNESCO IESALC headquarters, as part of UNESCO’s special mission in Venezuela to coordinate cooperation mechanisms in education, culture, science, and communication.  The mission was led by Anne Lemaistre, Director of UNESCO’s Regional Office in Havana, with the support of Henry Renna Gallano, Head of the Education Unit of that office, and the UNESCO IESALC. Participants included Alejandro López, Vice Minister of Education; William Gil, Vice Minister of Facilities and Logistics of the Ministry of Popular Power for Education; and Ernesto …

On 17–18 July 2026, in the city of Osh, the Agency for Quality Assurance in Education ‘EdNet’, conducted a two-day training for trainers from the youth organisation “Youth of Osh” on …

On 2 June 2026, Oman deposited with the Director-General its instrument of ratification of the Convention against Discrimination in Education (Paris, 14 December 1960). In accordance with the terms of …

Bali, Indonesia – More than 40 disaster risk reduction practitioners, tsunami experts, government officials, and community facilitators gathered in Bali, Indonesia, to strengthen tsunami preparedness across the North-West Indian Ocean region and …

Crisis communication has entered a new era The discussion at the session highlighted that digital transformation has fundamentally changed how crises unfold. Today’s emergencies are no longer mediated solely through …

Multidimensional poverty measures offer a more complete picture of poverty than monetary measures alone, yet their adoption has been limited by fragmented data. For instance, for the most recent year, …

Poverty is multidimensional, but measuring it that way is not easy. Data on some dimensions may not be collected in the first place due to budget constraints, conflict, or other …

WASHINGTON, July 23, 2026 — The World Bank Group estimates that the June 24 earthquakes caused $19.6 billion in direct physical damage, underscoring the importance of timely reconstruction for Venezuela’s economic …