Covid-19: Language teaching 'all but collapsed' during pandemic
NI pupils study languages on a compulsory basis for less time than any other country in Europe.
NI pupils study languages on a compulsory basis for less time than any other country in Europe.
"Can you send a female moderator, because all our speakers are men?" As collective of conference moderators focussed on 'the Brussels bubble', we get this request a lot.
Devin Booker recorded 30 points, seven rebounds and five assists to help the host Phoenix Suns steamroll the Los Angeles Lakers 115-85 on Tuesday night and take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference fi
Down 5-4 in the bottom of the 10th inning, Josh Reddick came up huge for the Arizona Diamondbacks, hitting a walk-off two-run double to seal a 6-5 win over the New York Mets.
The Indian rupee slumped 27 paise to 73.17 against the US dollar in opening trade on Wednesday tracking weak domestic equities and strong American currency
Arunachal Pradesh reported 370 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the tally in the state to 27,642, a senior health department official said on Wednesday
"A national expert group has been formed to review COVID-19 infections in children and approach the pandemic in a renewed way so as to strengthen the nation's preparedness,” NITI Aayog Member VK Paul said.
Ross Peltier, who lives in the constituency, plays for Jamaica and the Doncaster Dons.
The COVID-19 pandemic continues to badly affect Spain’s tourism sector, which in the first quarter of the year saw an 82% drop in the number of international tourists it welcomed compared to the same period of 2020, from 10.6 million to only 1.8 million. EURACTIV’s partner EFE reported.
Washington [US], June 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Tuesday (local time) traveled to Tulsa, Oklahoma to visit the survivors of the city's 1921 race massacre and unveiled a broad plan to drive rac
Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], June 2 (ANI/PRNewswire): Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF), a well-known brand in the Vocational Education field serving the society for the last 61 plus years
Jerusalem (AFP) June 1, 2021
Israeli military exports reached $8.3 billion in 2020, buoyed by a 15 percent spike in the number of agreements signed compared with the previous year, the government announced Tuesday.
Despite fears the coronavirus pandemic would impact 2020 sales, Israel cited new markets in allowing sales jumping $1 billion from 2019.
It's the second highest sales figure ever, behind 2017, when the to
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jun 02, 2021
Instead of chasing storms, NASA researchers are using new weather prediction methods to see storms ahead of time. By studying lightning, the team of scientists is working to develop new ways to help forecast the intensity of incoming hurricanes. Typically, an increase in lightning within the storm signals that the storm is likely to strengthen. But sometimes even weakening hurricanes have large
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jun 02, 2021
The European Space Agency (ESA) Living Planet Symposium takes place every three years with approximately 4000 to 5000 participants. The previous symposium was held in Milan during May 2019 - with extensive support from the city and university. From 23 to 27 May 2022, the world's largest specialist conference in the field of Earth observation will be coming to Germany for the first time - to Bonn
Stockholm, Sweden (SPX) Jun 02, 2021
The global technology and consulting company Indra in Spain and the Spanish Air Navigational Service Provider (ANSP) Enaire has selected GomSpace A/S to deliver a large-scale development and demonstration project including the launch of three dedicated in orbit demonstration (IOD) nanosatellites.
The contract GomSpace disclosed on May 10 with Indra, which is estimated to be at a value of E
Charlottesville VA (SPX) Jun 02, 2021
The National Radio Astronomy Observatory (NRAO) has selected a contractor to develop a production-ready design and produce a prototype antenna for the Next Generation Very Large Array (ngVLA). NRAO officials signed an agreement with mtex antenna technology GmbH of Germany on May 27.
The ngVLA, a powerful radio telescope with a total of 263 dish antennas distributed across North America, is
Hefei, China (XNA) Jun 02, 2021
On Friday, Hefei Institutes of Physical Science, part of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, ran its experimental controllable nuclear fusion device and kept the plasma stable at a temperature of 120 million degrees C for 101 seconds and at 160 million C for 20 seconds.
The previous record was 20 seconds at 100 C set by the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), the Republic
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 02, 2021
Enaire and Indra have created a public-private initiative project for satellite technology innovation. Once the validation phase has taken place, the project's objective is to create and deploy a network of more than 200 small satellites at a low altitude to improve air traffic management with a global service vision over the entire planet.
The incorporation of Startical, the name of the c
Matsuyama, Japan (SPX) Jun 02, 2021
According to the theory of planet formation, rocky bodies such as the Earth were formed by repeating collisions from dusty materials. In this process, a number of Mercury- or Mars-sized planetary embryos, were formed, and eventually these bodies merged together and formed terrestrial planets in our solar system.
During the formation of the planetary embryos, the interior of these bodies wa
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Jun 02, 2021
GMV , the world's number one supplier of satellite control systems, has signed a new contract with the UAE-based Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) to supply the control centre and flight dynamics system for the operator's sixth satellite - Thuraya 4NGS, a next generation L-band system slated for operations in 2024.
Thuraya 4-NGS will lead the continued advancement of Yahsat'
Beijing (XNA) Jun 02, 2021
Astronauts on the upcoming Shenzhou XII mission will engage in spacewalks outside the Tianhe core module of China's Tiangong space station, a key figure in the nation's manned space endeavor said.
Yang Liwei, the first Chinese in space and now deputy chief planner of the country's manned space program, told China Central Television on Sunday in Wenchang, Hainan province, that during their
Beijing (XNA) Jun 02, 2021
Tianzhou 2, a cargo spacecraft launched on Saturday evening, docked with Tianhe-the recently deployed core module of the country's permanent space station-early on Sunday morning, according to the China Manned Space Agency.
The Long March 7 rocket, carrying Tianzhou 2, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site on the coast of the southern island province of Hainan at 8:55 pm Sat
Wright-Patterson AFB OH (SPX) May 31, 2021
The Air Force Research Laboratory has recently renovated their materials characterization facility (MCF) to meet the ever-advancing needs of materials research. By renovating 3,700 square feet of existing laboratory space, the facility has been designed to keep pace with analytical research technology, thereby "future-proofing" it for the next generation of instrumentation, according to program
Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2021
Chinese authorities imposed fresh travel limits, cancelled flights and tested thousands of residents in Guangdong Monday after the Indian variant of the coronavirus was reported in the country's most populous province.
Travellers leaving Guangzhou - the capital of the southern province home to 100 million people - must show negative Covid-19 test results from the past 72 hours, starting fr
Hong Kong (AFP) June 1, 2021
Oil prices surged on demand optimism ahead of the latest OPEC meeting on Tuesday, while the pound hit a three-year high against the dollar over Britain's economic rebound and equities mostly rose with focus on upcoming US jobs data.
Wall Street and London were closed Monday for holidays meaning there were few drivers for buying, with the general theme continuing to be the global economic rec