At the end of year one, when they are five or six, all children at state schools in England must take a test called the phonics screening check. The check measures their ability to use synthetic ...

Whereas Jan Smuts was to be largely forgotten after his defeat in South Africa’s 1948 election, Nelson Mandela became an international icon.

But the region’s heritage is currently facing an unprecedented risk of loss. Alongside the widespread loss of life, homes and livelihoods in the Gaza Strip in the aftermath of the Hamas attack on ...

Traffic in Lagos, Nigeria’s biggest city, is congested and chaotic. About 1.8 million vehicles used Lagos roads in 2022. The city has 226 vehicles per kilometre. The global average is 11 cars ...

After two months of ground war between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, a negotiated ceasefire has been reached which for now should help to relieve civilian suffering. However, much will depend on ...

Do you prefer Black Friday or Cyber Monday? The January sales or Amazon’s Prime Day? Or perhaps you like to hold out for a good old fashioned everything-must-go shop clearance.

Hezbollah, meanwhile, will withdraw all of its fighters from the region south of the Litani river, the ...

Responding to Russia’s latest large-scale missile and drone assault on Ukraine, Marie Struthers, Amnesty International’s Director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia, said: Th ...

Click to expand Image Activists with the opposition Citizens Coalition for Change party arrive at the Magistrates' courts in Harare, Zimbabwe, June 19, 2024. © 2024 MUNASHE ...

La police nigériane a eu recours à une force excessive contre les manifestant·e·s lors du mouvement national #Endbadgovernance (« Mettre fin à la mauvaise gouvernance ») qui a eu lieu du 1er au 10 aoû ...

Un récent sondage Léger a démontré que plus du deux tiers des Québécois, y compris ceux qui n’ont pas d’enfants, sont favorables à l’implantation d’un tel programme, dont des versions existent dans ...

par Magali Bigey, Maîtresse de conférences en Sciences de l'Information et de la Communication, Laboratoire ELLIADD, Université de Franche-Comté – UBFC Que nous dit le succès croissant de ces romans s ...