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In the past year and a half, over 750 private schools have closed in Colombia due to declining student numbers, driven by a sharp drop in birth rates and worsened by the pandemic, which shifted many students to public schools

A further 200 fully paid scholarships is being offered by the Cuban government to Palestinian medical students to complete their undergraduate and postgraduate training in the coming years

A new a digital education program has been introduced in Belize, aimed at teaching computer science and robotics to around 10.000 students across 40 primary schools; currently, over 200 teachers are being trained

Chile is getting ready to position itself as the world’s top lithium supplier; as global demand rises, it aims to regain market share despite recent declines, and has expectations of higher lithium prices by 2025

Trinidad and Tobago's men's hockey team won the 2024 Pan American Challenge and qualified for the 2025 Pan American Cup in Uruguay

Venezuela revoked Brazil's authorization to safeguard Argentina's embassy in Caracas, endangering six anti-government opposition members seeking asylum there and accusing the embassy of facilitating terrorist activities against President Nicolás Maduro

Tupinambá indigenous people celebrated in Rio de Janeiro the return of a sacred cloak that had been in Europe for nearly 380 years, marking a significant cultural homecoming after centuries of absence

The second reef warning station, worth $140.000, will be placed in Eleuthera and will collect weather data and support climate change efforts

The strategic initiative to integrate artificial intelligence and adaptive technology into school curricula has been presented by the Ministry of Education and Youth

Officers from a number of services will receive a four-day level 2 trauma training from tomorrow, part of the initiative “Pruning the Root – Comprehensive Trauma Training for Criminal Justice Professionals Engaging Youth Caregiver Treatment Group”

Julien Alfred won the women's 100m title at the Wanda Diamond League final, after winning the gold medal at the Olympics against all odds

Pope Francis reportedly commented he wouldn't know which is the 'lesser of two evils' between Harris and Trump: both 'are anti-life', referring to their positions on abortion rights and the reception of migrants respectively