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            <title><![CDATA[French student protests grow as Greta Thunberg joins rally in Paris]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government has offered “crumbs” in response to the protests, French students say. On Tuesday, they will demonstrate again across the country, with Greta Thunberg attending in Paris. French student organizations say nearly half a million people are taking part nationwide.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 07:45:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deadly school fires in Kenya expose crisis in boarding schools]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Overcrowded boarding schools, locked doors and students acting out in protest. Dozens of school fires have been set in Kenya this year alone. In one of the fires, 16 students died. Fellow students are suspected of arson.]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Deadly school fires in Kenya expose deeper crisis in boarding schools]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Overcrowded boarding schools, locked doors and students acting out in protest. Dozens of school fires have been set in Kenya this year alone. In one of the fires, 16 students died. Fellow students are suspected of arson.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 08:02:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[First-graders may receive cutting-edge music education]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A pilot project in cutting-edge music education may be allowed to begin in grade 1, according to a new investigation.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:00:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New independent schools prohibited from distributing profits]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The government is moving forward with a ban on profit distribution for the first five years for newly established independent schools. Profit distribution will also be limited in the event of a change of ownership or if the school has quality deficiencies.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2026 11:17:29 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[This is how Parisa Liljestrand has been as Minister of Culture]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Combative but uninterested in culture. This is how Minister of Culture Parisa Liljestrand (M), who has now presented the final budget of her term, is described. Here are three voices on what has characterized her four years.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:07:35 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US ends Department of Education agreements protecting transgender students]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Department of Education has terminated several agreements aimed at protecting the rights of transgender students.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:49:28 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Invitation to a meeting about screen time, a little desperate]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Minister of Education Simona Mohamsson (L) invites all parliamentary parties to a discussion about screen time and age limits for social media. S, V and C accept, but say they have difficulty taking the invitation seriously.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:32:52 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[New knife attack at school in southern France]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A student at a school in southern France stabbed a teacher on Tuesday; the teacher is being treated for serious injuries.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2026 16:08:58 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump's first year in power - in eight points]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Tariff wars, loud threats against Greenland and an increasingly gold-plated White House. A captured head of state and a burning desire for a peace prize. President Donald Trump is one year into his second term, and the world is holding its breath.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 20 Jan 2026 04:46:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump 2.0: A year that shook the world in his second term]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Tariff wars, threats of annexation and a White House that is becoming increasingly golden. A head of state gripped by a burning desire for a peace prize. President Donald Trump is one year into his second term, and the world is holding its breath.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2026 11:21:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Judge Blocks Trump's Plan to Close Education Department]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[A federal judge stops USA's President Donald Trump's order to shut down the Education Department.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2025 15:23:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump's First 100 Days: Trade Wars, Deportations, and Global Tensions]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[It is 100 days that will likely stand out in history books. The US President Donald Trump's tumultuous first period has been marked by trade conflicts, deportations, annexation threats, and attempts to handle the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2025 10:46:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Proposes New Rules for Federal Employees to Enforce His Policies]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Donald Trump is taking a new step to force federal non-political officials to work according to his wishes and policy. If they do not follow his will, they should be fired, he writes. The words apply to around 50,000 employees.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2025 20:23:25 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Suggests Taxing Harvard as Political Entity Over Grant Freeze]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[President Donald Trump is turning up the heat on Harvard after the government froze billions in state grants. Now the prestigious university is threatened to be taxed as a political organization.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2025 01:11:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Harvard Challenges Trump Administration, Risks $9 Billion Funding]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The American prestige university Harvard risks losing nine billion dollars after having opposed demands from the Trump administration.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 21:21:45 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Students Face Deportation Over Alleged Pro-Palestinian Support]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Several students are threatened with deportation from the USA for having expressed support for the Palestinians in Gaza. In Donald Trump's USA, people are being deported on ideological grounds, critics rage. A conservative plan drawn up ahead of last year's election can provide a framework for the harsh crackdowns.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 30 Mar 2025 16:37:39 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Universities in the USA investigated for racism against whites]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2025 19:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Plans Major Overhaul of U.S. Education Department]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The President of the USA, Donald Trump, will soon order the dissolution of the country's education department, reports The Wall Street Journal.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 06:21:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Why the Billionaires Are Gathering Around Trump]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[From outcast to billionaires' darling. Donald Trump's accession in 2025 is very different compared to how it was in 2017. The list of mega-rich individuals who previously shunned the Maga-president but are now open admirers has become increasingly longer.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 20 Jan 2025 04:46:27 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Stricter requirements result in fewer new teacher students]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 03 Dec 2024 14:02:35 GMT</pubDate>
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