A new way is needed for schools to engage with parents.
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School officials can do a better job engaging families of color. Here are five ways for them to start.
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Around the world, frustrations about growing inequality and inadequate responses to climate change are fuelling protests – and these are likely to grow bigger and more violent in the next year.
Digital traders will not escape taxation.
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Digital transactions generate massive amounts of revenue and the Kenyan government wants to ensure that online traders pay their fair share of taxes.
There is little evidence that vaping is an effective way to quit smoking or reduce health risks.
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As new vaping-related lung diseases continue to be identified, jurisdictions around the world might want to take a look at new vaping regulations in British Columbia, Canada.
America’s military presence in Somalia could be causing more harm than good.
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The resilience of Al-Shabaab raises questions about the effectiveness of the current US military strategy in Somalia.
Boris Yeltsin shakes hands with Russia’s most powerful businessmen in Moscow.
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Oligarchs have made headlines recently as the impeachment hearings against President Donald Trump move forward.
Shaybah oilfield in Rub Al-Khali, Saudi Arabia.
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US dominance over the international oil system has influenced the relationship between Saudi Arabia and Iran.
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There are calls to boycott the latest release due to the game’s questionable depiction of Russia.
The United Nations spends more on its peacekeeping missions than on anything else.
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The world body spends more than US$6 billion a year on peacekeeping operations, most of which are in Africa
A convenience store worker hands out candy to trick-or-treaters on Halloween.
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Which candies count as candy in the eyes of the tax law? The answer often depends on one ingredient.
The new faces of Trump’s trade disputes.
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The Trump administration’s tendency to follow rules only if they’re in its interest could end up hurting the US in the long run.
A man bikes past a tent city in Los Angeles.
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Donald Trump has some ideas about how to end homelessness in the US. Los Angeles’ recent experiences may be an important part of the discussion.
Turkish and US troops on patrol in northern Syria. President Donald Trump has announced he plans to withdraw US troops from the region, paving the way for great destabilisation.
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The US president’s latest announcement portends a worrying outcome in a part of the world riven by years of conflict.
Between email, Slack and social media, you may need three devices to handle all the interruptions.
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Interruptions are inevitable – but how they happen matters.
To make a more accurate comparison of the real purchasing power of a country’s military spending, we need to factor in differences in labour and operational costs between countries.
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China’s military budget is usually thought to be about 40% of that of the US. In reality it’s about 75%.
The semiconductor industry sits at the centre of the modern world.
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US actions do more than just keep Huawei away from critical infrastructure. They choke off the supply of semiconductors to China.
Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani in late November 2016, after Trump won the presidential election.
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A former congressional staffer says withholding damning evidence from Congress and using civilians to carry out presidential or intelligence agency agendas links the Ukraine crisis to other scandals.
The US is one of a few countries that still uses private prisons.
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Private prisons have long been a topic of controversy in the U.S. A professor of sociology explains what they are and why they matter.
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The US government wants to seize all the proceeds from Snowden’s new memoir.
Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters, Sept. 24, 2019.
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The US has historically asked for international support when brewing conflicts in the Middle East boiled over.