The recent introduction of material in schools with unscientific and obscure content raises serious issues for the leadership of the Ministry of Education, the Movement for Change notes in a statement. “In times when knowledge and science determine almost decisively the creative future of modern society, any attempt to introduce medieval and irrational concepts, especially […]
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Antonio Villar: “I am afraid that the pandemic will leave an important mark on the Covid generation”
Antonio Villar (1954) is Professor of Economics at the Pablo de Olavide University of Seville, Doctor of Economics from the University of Alicante and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Oxford. He affirms that this crisis has exposed the health system and structural weaknesses that “will have to be faced.” On the impact on […]
Coronavirus: what restrictions are there in Catalonia as of Monday, November 23?
Despite the fact that the data is still far from the objectives that the Generalitat had been marked to reduce the limitations imposed to reduce coronavirus infections, Catalonia begins tomorrow a two-month de-escalation plan, which will consist of four phases (sections 1, 2, 3 and 4). The Catalan Executive will review every 15 days the […]
President Trump’s coronavirus task force holds briefing
[The stream is slated to start at 11:30 a.m. ET. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] Members of the task force created to address the deadly coronavirus outbreak are expected to hold a press briefing Tuesday at the White House as state and local authorities take […]
Trump floats payroll tax cut, other financial relief amid coronavirus outbreak
President Donald Trump on Monday said he will be meeting with Senate and House Republicans on Tuesday to discuss “a possible tax relief measure” that would provide “a timely and effective response to the coronavirus.” “We are to be meeting with House Republicans, Mitch McConnell, and discussing a possible payroll tax cut or relief, substantial […]
MIT puts professor on leave for Jeffrey Epstein donations
Jeffrey Epstein in 2004. Rick Friedman | Corbis News | Getty Images The Massachusetts Institute of Technology said Friday that it had placed one of its tenured professors on paid administrative leave after finding that he “purposefully failed to inform MIT” that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was the source of two donations in 2012 […]
