"On June 1, India cut a slew of foundational topics from tenth grade textbooks, including the periodic table of elements, Darwin's theory of evolution, the Pythagorean theorem, sources of energy, sustainable management of natural resources and contribution of agriculture to the national economy..."
"#Serbia, #Poland and the #Netherlands have also had issues with teaching evolution in schools. In 2017, Turkey dropped it. Saudi Arabia, Oman, Algeria and Morocco have banned the teaching of evolution completely. In Egypt and Tunisia, evolution is presented as an unproven hypothesis. "
5% for Erdoğan in Belgium, 17% in the US: How to understand the voting behaviour of the Turkish diaspora.
In Germany and other European countries, the strong support for Erdoğan inspires irritation. But not all Turkish voters in the West voted for the autocrat. Their social background is only one reason for their choices.
A sliver of pleasure amid the gloom of Tigger’s disappearance 😩: my first bike ride in a fortnight, after succumbing to an ugly bout of bronchitis after my last trip to Germany 😷
Just a 54km evening ride around the Vlietland to check out the lungs & limbs – seemed to go ok 🙇♂️
US Defense Secretary Austin tells reporters today the #Ukrainian Defense Contact Group (an alliance of 54 countries) committed to doing even more to secure the fight for freedom by the Ukrainians.
The ICC 30 years after Yugoslavia: From Milošević to Putin.
The International Criminal Court in the Hague recently issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin – for the suspected abduction of Ukrainian children. The groundwork for this was laid by the special tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia.