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An Indian teacher and activist known for creating hundreds of learning centres and painting educational murals across the walls of slums won the US$1 million Global Teacher Prize on Thursday. Rouble Nagi accepted the award at the World Governments Summit in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, an annual event that draws leaders from across the globe. Her Rouble Nagi Art Foundation has established more than 800 learning centres across India. They aim to have children who never attended school begin...

Department of Homeland Security plans to purchase and operate mega warehouses to use as immigration detention centers are raising concerns among lawmakers, local residents and government contractors.

More than 8 million people in the U.S. take blood thinners, also called anticoagulants. Many are prescribed the drugs after they develop clots following surgery.

The race to fill a vacant, safely blue House seat in New Jersey has set off an expensive competition between different interest groups, political figures and cash-flush super PACs to shape the future of the Democratic Party this year — one district at a time

Get the latest information on the Winter Olympics 2026 opening ceremony, including who is set to perform, when it’s taking place, timing, how to watch and more.

EU industry chief Stephane Sejourne was in Washington on Wednesday, with a mandate from the bloc’s 27 member states to work towards a memorandum on critical minerals with the United States. With the sides keen to reduce their reliance on China, dramatically weaponised during last year’s US-China trade war, the French commissioner secured a “commitment” to work towards a memorandum within 30 days, to identify joint mining, refining, processing and recycling projects. In a joint statement that...

A 10-year-old Chinese boy has died after a lengthy and brave battle with leukaemia, breaking millions of hearts online. The boy, known by his nickname Haohao, from southwestern China’s Guizhou province, died in Beijing on January 27, his parents announced on his social media account with 600,000 followers. The video received 780,000 likes and 410,000 comments. Many mourned the death of the strong-minded boy. Haohao was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia at the age of four after his parents...

No fewer than 19 communities have paused data center development, while bipartisan lawmakers push to repeal policies that have lured the industry to Michigan.

The latest release of Epstein files from the Justice Department indicates that the late sex offender had wider and deeper ties in tech than previously known.

Advocates of the “success sequence” say a simple formula staves off poverty for nearly everyone. Critics disagree. Indiana legislators are considering a bill requiring schools to teach it.

Bob Rassat is one of many in the small Minnesota town of Buffalo who supports the federal immigration crackdown about 40 miles (65 kilometers) away in the liberal city of Minneapolis.

London Heathrow remained the busiest aviation hub in Europe last year but Istanbul Airport was nearly neck-and-neck and is likely to overtake it soon, an industry group said Thursday.