Category: Study

Pandemic Dents Turnout at Brazil University Entrance Exams

RIO DE JANEIRO — Turnout for Brazil’s standardized university admission exam on Sunday appeared to be the lowest in 15 years, in large part reflecting the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s education, according to experts.Just over 3 milli…

UNHCR Somalia: Operational Update (1-31 October 2021)

The operational environment in Somalia continued fluid throughout October, shaped by the ongoing elections as well as several large-scale internal displacements. UNHCR, together with partners, responded to the internal displacement from Lasanood to oth…

Chinese Students in US Reflect on COVID Chaos

Ryan Wang was among hundreds of thousands of Chinese students at U.S. colleges or universities who struggled over whether to return home to China or remain in the United States when the COVID-19 pandemic surged in the spring of 2020.“When the pandemic …

Facebook to shut down face-recognition system, delete data

Washington, Facebook said it will shut down its face-recognition system and delete the faceprints of more than 1 billion people amid growing concerns about the technology and its misuse by governments, police and others, said AP. “This change will repr…