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How many students were enrolled in Newport News City Public Schools District schools in 2024-25 school year?
North Tidewater News - Virginia
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July 14, 2025
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Study Shows Higher Error Rates in AI Responses When Queries Use African American, Indian, or Singaporean English
Digital Information World
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July 15, 2025
A new audit of Amazon’s AI chatbot, Rufus, reveals that the system fails more often when users speak in everyday English, especially when the phrasing reflects dialects like African American English (AAE), Indian English, or Singaporean English....
America’s Plan To Send Deportees To Africa Needs A Rethink
Front Page Africa
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July 14, 2025
THINGS ARE STILL a bit murky amid chatters and uncertainty surrounding a purported plan by the United States of America to offload scores of deportees, many of who are victims of the country’s aggressive crackdown on immigrants and a ragedy policy...
Nigeria to participate in maiden African School Games in Algeria – NSC
Blueprint Newspapers Limited
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July 15, 2025
The National Sports Commission (NSC) has confirmed Nigeria’s participation in the Maiden African School Games, scheduled to hold from July 26 to August 5, 2025, in Algeria. The landmark Championship, organized by the Association of National...
Enrollment Analysis: Asian students comprised 2.6% of Litchfield Elementary District’s student body in 2024-25 school year
SW Valley Times - Arizona
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July 13, 2025
Litchfield Elementary District Superintendent Dr. Carter Davidson (2023) | Litchfield Elementary DistrictLitchfield Elementary District Superintendent Dr. Carter Davidson (2023) | Litchfield Elementary District There were 279 Asian students...
South African Police Minister Gets Suspended
MENAFN
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July 15, 2025
(MENAFN) South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has taken the significant step of suspending the country’s Minister of Police, Senzo Mchunu, following claims that he colluded with a criminal organization and interfered with probes into...
Africa May Be on the Cusp of a Soccer Golden Age
New Lines Magazine
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July 15, 2025
African soccer is at a crossroads. It has a rich history that is often forgotten, ignored or misconstrued by wealthier parts of the world. On the one hand, the problems of an underresourced, chronically exploited and, frankly, corrupt ecosystem of...
African American Association of Ghana celebrates Juneteenth in Accra
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July 15, 2025
The African American Association of Ghana (AAAG), in collaboration with the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA), has marked the 2025 Juneteenth, a commemoration of the emancipation of enslaved African Americans in the United States (US), with a parade...
ATIDI: De-Risking Africa’s Growth Trajectory Through Innovation, Impact and Integration
Capital Finance International
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July 15, 2025
15 Jul, 2025 As Africa’s leading provider of credit and investment insurance, the African Trade & Investment Development Insurance (ATIDI) continues to shape the continent’s economic trajectory. Under the stewardship of CEO Manuel Moses, the...
Education Minister touts TVET achievements
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July 15, 2025
The Minister of Education, Haruna Iddrisu,last Thursday, extolled the significant strides and successes of Ghana's Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) transformation at the 2025 TVET Pitso forum in Gabrone, Botswana. The event,...
LETTER: Russia stands for African solutions to African problems
BusinessLIVE
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We found Nicholas Shubitz’s article thought-provoking and partially reflective of the realities of getting education abroad — be it in Russia, the US, China, Europe or elsewhere (“How Russia wins friends and influences people,” July 11). Yet one...
CYNK Officially Launched in Johannesburg: A Game-Changer in African Tech and Investment
Zambian Observer
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July 15, 2025
CYNK Officially Launched in Johannesburg: A Game-Changer in African Tech and Investment Albert Oosthuysen, Group CEO of Evotel and Net Nine Nine, has officially launched CYNK, a bold new tech and investment company created through the strategic...
River of giants: Canoe team tracks hippos in one of Africa’s last strongholds
Mongabay
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July 15, 2025
A team from The Wilderness Project has conducted a survey of hippos along Zambia’s Kafue River, one of the last strongholds of the species in Southern Africa. The expedition faced regular close encounters with hippos, which are highly territorial...
Skills, not just Grades, will shape South Africa's Future
IOL
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Dumisani Tshabalala|Published 13 minutes ago 4min Today, as South Africa celebrates World Youth Skills Day with speeches and hashtags, a persistent question echoes beneath the vuvuzelas: are our classrooms shaping the skills that tomorrow’s...
Demolition delayed on historic former African American school in Powhatan
WWBT - Virginia
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July 15, 2025
RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) - A former school building in Powhatan with historic significance to African Americans will be partially torn down despite efforts to save the once-segregated school. Demolition was set to begin on Monday, July 14th, but...
GACC, Sege LANet commemorates African Union Anti-Corruption Day
Ghana News Agency
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July 15, 2025
By Lawrencia Akoto Frempong Sege, July 15, GNA - The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition’s (GACC) Local and Accountability Network (LANet) in Sege, in the Ada West District of the Greater Accra Region has commemorated the 2025 African Union...
University of West Florida adds civil engineering program
Yahoo News
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — Students at the University of West Florida will soon be able to take advantage of a new engineering program. Mobile police, firefighters respond to Africatown crash Starting fall semester, the UWF Hal Marcus College of...
Can Africa learn from India's innovation journey?
Sunday Independent
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July 15, 2025
Phapano Phasha|Published 16 hours ago 3min INDIA is rapidly establishing its position as a global innovation leader, making remarkable strides in technology, pharmaceuticals, space exploration, and digital infrastructure. According to a recent PwC...
AIF harps on Africa’s tech-driven industrial sovereignty
The Sun Nigeria
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July 15, 2025
Africa’s technological destiny took centre stage recently on industry leaders and innovators across the African continent converged virtually for the inaugural African Industrial Forum (AIF). Hosted by the African Technology and Innovation...
Report: 94% of the 603 students at Hatchett Elementary School not on "college track" in 2023-24 school year
San Antonio Standard - Texas
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July 15, 2025
Of the 603 students at Hatchett Elementary School in San Antonio, 566 (94%) weren’t on track for college in the 2023-24 school year, according to San Antonio Standard's analysis of STAAR scores from the Texas Education Agency (TEA). The TEA...