NEW YORK (AP) — Shai Reshef, president and founder of the online, tuition-free University of the People, and Arizona State professor and researcher Michelene Chi, who has developed a framework to improve how students learn, are the 2023 winners of The Yidan Prize, the biggest award in education.Reshef and Chi will each receive 15 million
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s parliament Wednesday approved the provision of additional military aid to Ukraine in its war with Russia.At a closed-door meeting, lawmakers voted 141-40, with three abstentions, in favor of supplying Ukraine with defective surface-to-air missiles for the Russian-made S-300 air defense system and small-caliber automatic weapon ammunition discarded by the Interior
ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s oldest film festival has been thrown into turmoil after jury members resigned and filmmakers withdrew their work from the competition over accusations of censorship.The producers and directors of 27 entries at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival on Wednesday announced they were pulling out, days after 20 members of the festival
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has so far failed to make enough progress in boosting tax collection and other economic reforms for the International Monetary Fund to release a second tranche of $330 million in the country’s $2.9 billion bailout from bankruptcy, the IMF said.An IMF team led by Peter Breuer and Katsiaryna
PARIS (AP) — Echos of the ’70s are resonating on the Parisian catwalks this season, intertwined with modern fashion cues. While elongated silhouettes and intentional mismatched styles at Dries Van Noten highlighted a retro influence, the futuristic, space-age designs of Courreges offered a counterbalance, making the past meet the future.Here are some highlights of spring-summer
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Republic’s government on Wednesday approved a Defense Ministry plan to acquire two dozen U.S. F-35 fighter jets in a deal worth around 150 billion Czech koruna ($6.5 billion).Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that the F-35s “will solve the future of our tactical air forces for dozens of years to come.”Fiala
Ekonomija | Izvor: Beta | 26.09.2023 | access_time 20:45 Zvanični srednji kurs biće sutra 117,1954 dinara za jedan evro, saopštila je Narodna banka Srbije.Danas je zvanični srednji kurs 117,1998 dinar za evro.Dinar će sutra vredeti jednako kao pre mesec dana, a 0,1 odsto više nego pre godinu dana i od početka ove godine.Najslabija vrednost dinara
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel arrested five Palestinians in a plot allegedly hatched in Iran to target and spy on senior Israeli politicians, including Israel’s far-right national security minister, the country’s internal security agency said Wednesday.The Shin Bet security service alleged that an Iranian security official living in neighboring Jordan had recruited three Palestinian men in
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The French troops withdrawing from Niger were seen as a key line of defense for about a decade in Western efforts against jihadi violence in Africa’s Sahel region, the vast arid expanse south of the Sahara Desert.As the U.S. keeps pushing for a diplomatic solution to resolve Niger’s political crisis, analysts
GUIDONIA MONTECELIO, Italy (AP) — Ever the prankster, Novak Djokovic walked out onto the first tee for the Ryder Cup All-Star match with a tennis racket in his hand and pretended to take a swing at his golf ball.“It actually would be better for me,” the 24-time Grand Slam champion said Wednesday before going back
