There is a $700 billion price tag attached to helping K-12 students get back on track academically

To assist the public school system in the United States in recovering from the coronavirus pandemic, the federal government gave $190 billion in emergency funds. However, recent studies suggest that the expense of overcoming academic obstacles could be more than $700 billion.

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Hours before the deadline, Congress passes a bill to prevent a shutdown of the federal government

Amid concerns that a shutdown could look bad for Democrats in the weeks leading up to the midterm elections, Congress passed a deal on Friday to prevent a shutdown before the midnight deadline.

This bill breezed through the House on Friday and is on its way to Vice President Joe Biden&#...

U.S. IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON RUSSIAN INSTITUTE ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF A MALWARE

Highlights

• Central Scientific Research Institute of Chemistry and Mechanics (TsNIIKhM) has been alleged of building customized tools that enabled the attack on an unidentified petrochemical facility in the Middle East back in 2017

• Brubaker said the acute nature o...

GERMANY PLANS TOUGHER LOCKDOWNS TO FIGHT SECOND COVID-19 WAVE

HIGHLIGHTS

• Germany is preparing to enforce tougher lockdowns to contain the second wave of coronavirus.
• Federal government is holding discussions with regional governments.

Germany is planning to allow for tougher lockdown measures t...

United States: Latest federal policy intervention on artificial intelligence and technologies of the next decade

A series of administrative artificial intelligence standards (AI) regulating the creation of private-sector AI was introduced last week by the Trump administration. Increasing their efforts to promote AI, private industry and policy actors see the latest guidelines as a critical regulatory struct...

Germany is concerned about the antibiotic levels in the poultry sector

The German Federal Government has expressed concerns about levels of antibiotics in poultry following the release of a report showing a high prevalence of antibiotic-resistant superbugs in chicken. The study, conducted by consumer and environmental group Germanwatch, found that half of the chicke...