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Already in the last month of 2023, the wars – in Gaza, in Ukraine – are getting complicated. And also the fight against sexist violence. Maybe even – today we will know – the battle for educational quality.
To try to understand what is happening in Gaza, stories like that of Asmaa al Ghul, a Palestinian journalist: “My cousin sent three of her six children to buy bread, they lived, the rest of the family did not.” And she adds: “Hamas politicians did not know about the attack on Israel.”
The fighting arrives in the south of the strip, an area that until almost recently was understood to be theoretically “safe.” Sums it all up.
Kyiv's nightmare, for its part, is taking shape. Orbán and the German budget endanger European support for Ukraine. “We are without money,” the White House urges Congress. “Putin seems to be winning the war, for now,” he launches.
The number of sexist murders so far in 2023 already shows the worst balance in twelve years with 55 victims. She is one dead every six days on average and a total of 56 orphaned minors. How to improve the protection system is discussed. It's missing.
The results of the OECD's PISA 2022 educational quality assessment will be announced today. Analysts expect a general drop due to covid, although less in Asian countries.
Two CNI agents, the National Intelligence Center, have been arrested for allegedly leaking classified information to the United States, an allied country with which they already collaborate closely. Here is everything that is known about a case that is called “unusual.”
The blockade of the Judiciary in Spain, which has been going on for five years, once again brings forth strong words that do not point to any solution. The Government relies on Brussels.
Justine Triet, film director, Palme d'Or in Cannes. “In court the truth does not matter, only the story.” Read it here.
“I'm marrying my hologram boyfriend…” The words are from the Catalan artist Alicia Framis. And as a joke, nothing. She created her ideal partner with AI and with traits from ex-partners, family, friends and even the deceased. It will take place next summer in the Netherlands.
The Nordic method to sleep better: together but not wrapped in the same duvet. The explanation from the doctors is that it would help more “refreshing” dreams; others even add that “it can lengthen life expectancy”!
The new distribution of Michelin stars is still being savored, but it's time to put the dots over the i's. For example, because rewarding restaurants that have only been open for six months can be harmful. This and more in podcast by cook Begoña Rodrigo.
Kelly G. Wilson, co-founder of acceptance and commitment therapy. “Trying to avoid suffering causes us more suffering.” Read it here.
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