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Looking ahead, Ma painted a vision of a future where AI enhances human capabilities rather than replaces them. He emphasized the need for a human-centered approach to AI development, where technology is designed to empower people and enhance their lives. Ma called for greater collaboration and dialogue between stakeholders to shape the ethical and responsible use of AI.Teachers are allowed to use audiobooks to teach GCSE English. Literacy charities claim playing recorded stories during lessons can be “the key to unlocking ”. But critics fear their use risks lowering standards and damaging reading abilities. Primary and secondary schools in England, Wales and Scotland are allowed to play audiobooks in the classroom, where their use is at the discretion of individual teachers. On Monday, it emerged that one black GCSE pupil, 16, had to sit through his classmates’ laughter and stares when an audiobook version of played aloud the slur “n----r” uncensored during an English lesson. The book will be removed from the GCSE curriculum in Wales in September because of its use of the term. On online forums, teachers claim to have played audiobooks in the classroom when they are unwell, to limit disruption and because it can be “exhausting... to read in an emphatic and performative way while managing a class”. Chris McGovern, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, told The Telegraph that the use of audiobooks was “saddening”. “It’s dehumanising a crucial relationship between teacher and pupil,” he said. “The foundation stone of learning is personal contact between pupil and teacher so if a machine is taking over, you are removing that. “It won’t make children better readers. It may be useful on occasion. In the 1950s we used to listen to the radio from time to time and that was an aid to learning. “But in the love of reading. Kids are increasingly captured by technology and if you have technology reading to them as well, it makes them even more captured. “It’s a sort of literacy cocaine, this stuff, because it provides more of what they already have too much of, when what they haven’t got enough of is human contact.” The National Literacy Trust (NLT) argues that in playing audiobooks in lessons, which it says teachers should do “regularly”. “Not only can students access stories that may be beyond their reading level, but they can hear them in a range of exciting voices and accents, and understand expressions and nuances not always clear from printed books,” it tells teachers in a “top tips for using audiobooks in the classroom” resource. But research conducted by the charity in 2023 indicates that a majority of under 18s prefer to “hear stories directly from adults including parents or carers [59.7 per cent] and teachers or librarians [53.4 per cent]” rather than audiobooks. Barrington Stoke, the dyslexia-friendly publisher, says that audiobooks are useful because reading can be “difficult” when children are first learning. “Hearing a story being read – whether it’s via audiobooks or someone reading to you – frees up students’ minds to imagine and to empathise, helping them to step inside a book,” the company wrote in a 2023 article for the BookTrust, the children’s reading charity. A spokesman for the Department for Education (DfE) said: “High and rising school standards, with excellent foundations in reading, writing and maths, is a key part of our Plan for Change to ensure every child can achieve and thrive. “Teachers should encourage pupils to develop reading habits by listening to, discussing, and reading a wide range of literature.” A spokesman for the Welsh government said: “Schools have the flexibility to use a range of different approaches in the classroom. We do not prescribe a particular approach to audiobooks, and it is up to schools to determine how they teach particular texts. “We would encourage practitioners to use approaches that actively engage learners, giving them opportunities to ask questions and critically respond to material.” A spokesman for the Scottish Government said: “In Scotland, teachers are able to use a range of different learning tools including, where appropriate, audiobooks.”

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Heartland Community College announces Country Financial Trail for Normal campusNominees for Trump's administration continue to make their rounds on Capitol Hill, where they've been holding meetings and courting favor for days. Kash Patel, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee to direct the FBI, was in meetings with lawmakers the same day that current Director Chris Wray announced he would resign at the end of President Biden's term. Patel met with Sen. Ron Johnson, a Republican from Wisconsin, on Wednesday. Before the meeting, he told reporters he was ready to begin work immediately if he's confirmed. Wray's departure may make Patel's path to confirmation easier. And some Republican Senators have told Scripps News they see no reason their colleagues would object to Patel's nomination during confirmation hearings. "I think this is a great development," Sen. Josh Hawley, R-MO, told reporters. "I think this is long overdue and much needed. I look forward to confirming his successor." "I don't know what the opposition to Kash Patel really is," Hawley said. "I understand he is a conservative, and I understand my liberal colleagues don't like that. But a conservative just won the election." RELATED STORY | FBI Director Christopher Wray says he will resign at the end of Biden's term Meanwhile, Pete Hegseth, Trump's nominee for secretary of defense, continues to meet with lawmakers. There is not as much discussion of potentially replacing Hegseth as the nominee as there was last week. Sen. Susan Collins told reporters on Wednesday that she had asked Hegseth numerous questions about allegations of sexual assault. His comments on Wednesday also suggested his stance on women serving in the military has shifted. Before he was nominated to be secretary of defense, Hegseth made comments on the Shawn Ryan Show Podcast that women do not belong in combat roles. “I’m straight up just saying we should not have women in combat roles. It hasn’t made us more effective. Hasn’t made us more lethal. Has made fighting more complicated,” he said at the time. On Wednesday, Hegseth told reporters "I look forward to being a leader for every single member of this Pentagon, men and women."

Contrary to assertions by some so-called experts who have been prattling all week that Dele Farotimi wrote what he could not logically substantiate in his book Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System, this was a pre-meditated confrontation. Having depleted the legal means to get justice, he wrote to re-litigate the case in the court of public opinion. He seems calculatedly driven by the Yoruba proverb that says no one dies at the same spot they uttered blasphemy. In the time between your speaking and being punished, much can happen to change social dynamics. From the potpourri of events in the past week, Farotimi got what he wanted. One cannot say the same for Afe Babalola who, by now, would have realised that giving a traducer what they want is not the most prudent battle move. My reading is that Farotimi knew Babalola’s peculiar weakness and worked it to advantage. I will get to that momentarily. The blowback from this case is another instance that hopefully teaches our elites to rein in their tendency to exploit the warped Nigerian justice system that allows criminal defamation as a legal recourse. Criminal defamation might be legal, but it is unjust. It is a law that exists to regulate the differentials of power and access, one of the many ways rich people further privatise public resources. Since lawmakers are too compromised to expunge the law and law enforcers incapable of the reflexivity that will enlighten them on the stupidity of using state resources to fight an individual over another’s integrity, the best we can do for now is pressure the entitled “big man” not to take that path. In a criminal case, the prosecutor investigates to convict. The Nigerian police, perennially short of resources, spares no expense when sent to prosecute criminal defamation on behalf of another narcissist. Why should the state do that on behalf of an ordinary individual? Babalola, especially, is a man of ample resources, who can afford to fight for his reputation on his own dime. So, on Friday, Babalola’s legal team held a press conference in Ado Ekiti. Among several things, the lead lawyer Owoseni Ajayi said was: “Those pushing Farotimi are not his friends. By the time they led him to the dungeon, he would realise they were deceiving him. Let me advise his family members to apologise to Aare. Aare Babalola is a builder, not interested in destroying Farotimi.” I was intrigued by what he said it takes for them to call off the police hounds. If someone injured your reputation, and that reputation is truly worth the price you placed on it, why would you not be interested in watching them destroyed? Why would Ajayi, so sure of their victory that he boldly asserted that the only possible conclusion to the case is the dungeon, want to settle for the cheap spectacle of Farotimi’s family members with their clasped hands rolling on the floor and begging? What sealed the picture for me was an article by Kenneth Ikonne where he, like Ajayi, also urged Farotimi to go “beg” Babalola. According to Ikonne, he had won a preliminary objection against Babalola’s suit—which a lawyer is supposed to do, right? —but he was so intimidated by his own victory against the legal giant that he had to go beg Babalola. While Ikonne’s adulating article drips with flattery, it also unwittingly reveals a kabiyesi-complex. It is an attitude that revels in watching other humans’ heads perpetually bowed in servile reverence so they can repay your self-denigration with overwhelming niceness. Babalola seems like a man who likes to be liked, an attitude is consistently weakening because you must always play nice. Please note that there is a vast difference between being nice because you are a decent human and niceness as manipulation, a means to seduce others into becoming your subject. People of the latter category will take you to the top of the pinnacle, show you the extent of their power and glory, and nicely offer you a portion if only you would bend obsequious knees before them. If you refuse, they will then kick your calves until you fall on your face. Babalola is so used to a world where junior lawyers who defeat him in court still come to his Ado Ekiti palace to prostrate before him that Farotimi’s boldness to confront him must have been jarring. He resorted to his standard weapons of warfare, but as he must have also found out in the past week, the battle terrain has changed. Even if he wins the case, what will be the social value of a reputation held up by the courts? If Farotimi begs him as his lawyer and others have enjoined, what is done cannot be undone. Related News [UPDATED] Defamation: Court denies human rights activist Dele Farotimi bail Defamation: Farotimi gets N50m bail, to submit passport Defamation: Farotimi gets N50m bail, to submit passport However, this goes down, I commend Farotimi’s boldness. We all agree that the Nigerian judiciary is rotten, but the logic of producing rational evidence has made it virtually impossible to progress beyond merely abstract observations. Until we begin to mention names and point accusing fingers at specific people, the issues will remain intractable. Statistically, Nigerian judges and magistrates are the highest receivers of bribes in 2023, beating even the Customs/Immigration! This is according to the NBS. Those who facilitated these transactions are not ghosts. We have all been witnesses to the several instances where retiring judges have severely deplored the rot in the judiciary. It is amusing to see some people pretending Farotimi revealed what they did not already know. Our society maintains an overly reverential attitude toward people who have money and power, and are elderly. When a person combines all three, we are virtually cowed before their almighty presence. Otherwise, why can we not ask, if defamation is an offence that supposedly lessens someone’s reputational worth, what exactly would constitute it in the case of persons who have practised law in morally decrepit and with progressively weakened institutions like Nigeria for 60-plus years? Which of the atrocities that presently bedevils the country does not have the hands of the so-called learned class in it? This is not to disparage the legal profession or caricature lawyers, but we cannot talk about what is wrong with Nigeria today without the role lawyers have played in vandalising the temple of justice. From the so-called “legal luminaries” who—through endless frivolous election petitions—rendered democracy incoherent to the ones with the “SAN” appendage to their names who fraternise with politicians, they remade the country in their amoral image. We were all here when a partner in the firm of a high-profile lawyer solicited the client of another, saying their principal’s political influence would “significantly switch things in favour” of the prospective client. While that woman was disowned and eventually debarred, it was a moment of self-revelation as to how the justice system operates. Big names in the legal system do not necessarily correspond with a deep knowledge of the law. It just means they know which judge to buy and which string to pull. We witnessed a lawmaker publicly admitting that his judge’s wife helped his colleagues win their various cases. In a serious country, every case that a woman adjudicated would have been recalled and scrutinised, but this is Nigeria. Nothing ever happens here. This is the utterly compromised ecosystem in which Babalola has practised law and thrived to the point he built a magnificent university. He was also a lawyer and confidant to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, whose administration reputation was thoroughly corrupt. Nobody, not even the staunchest of his defenders, has said of Farotimi’s allegations that “it cannot possibly be true”. What they all say is, “It cannot be proven,” and that is telling enough. Given the contradictions of his profession, Babalola should have been circumspect enough to not jump into a public contest over his reputation. He seems to me like a man who has invested in being nice just so that he would not be remembered as a villain in Nigeria’s story. Now he is no longer the man with the carefully curated legacy who set out to redeem his image but the one who proved his critic right.

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This photo taken on Dec. 8, 2024 shows Israeli troops near the buffer zone between Syria and Israel in the Golan Heights. (Photo: Xinhua) As the world closely watches the power transition in Syria, Israeli forces have reportedly launched large-scale attacks across the country, targeting major strategic military infrastructure, including in the capital Damascus. These developments raise concerns about the process of power transition in Syria and further instability in the region. Israel pounded Syrian army bases on Tuesday in strikes it says aim to keep weapons from falling into hostile hands, but denied its forces had advanced into Syria beyond a buffer zone at the border, Reuters reported on Tuesday, after Syrian sources said the incursion had extended to within 25 kilometers of the capital Damascus. Three security sources said the Israelis had advanced beyond the demilitarized zone. One Syrian source said they had reached the town of Qatana, several kilometers to the east of the buffer zone and just a short drive from Damascus airport, but an Israeli military spokesperson said troops had not left the demilitarized zone, the report said. On Sunday, Israel quickly moved in and seized the buffer zone separating the occupied Golan Heights from Syrian-controlled areas. Israel seized the Golan Heights from Syria in the 1967 Middle East war and annexed it in the 1980s, but the international community has never recognized the move, according to Xinhua News Agency. Speaking to reporters on Monday, Netanyahu said the occupied Golan Heights would remain with Israel "for eternity," Al Jazeera reported. We want to see the situation in Syria stabilize as soon as possible, and we do hope an inclusive political process can be initiated as soon as possible. The factions and parties in Syria should take the interest of the people as their priority, Fu Cong, China's permanent representative to the UN said when answering a question on the situation of Syria. The UN Security Council members on Monday of local time convened for closed consultations on Syria situation, according to CCTV News. Mohammed Al-Bashir has officially taken over Syrian transitional government, Xinhua News Agency reported on Tuesday. Israel's attacks in Syria are driven by concerns over weapons proliferation after the end of Assad's rule. Also, in recent years, Israel has focused on expanding its security borders and buffer zones, adopting an aggressive posture, Zhu Yongbiao, a professor from the School of Politics and International Relations in Lanzhou University, told the Global Times. Its primary targets in Syria are chemical weapons facilities and military infrastructure, aimed at weakening anti-Israel forces. Regardless of who holds power, Israel seeks to exploit Syria's instability to pursue its strategy, Zhu said. Given the ongoing instability in Syria, a major conflict between Syria and Israel is unlikely in the short term. However, if Syria achieves unity, Israel's actions would likely face strong resistance due to nationalist sentiments within a unified government. On the other hand, if Syria remains fragmented and chaotic, it is possible Israel will continue its actions in Syria, Zhu said. Some regional countries, including Qatar, Iraq and Saudi Arabia have decried Israel's seizure of land in Syria. The Qatari Foreign Ministry said on Monday that Doha considers the Israeli incursion "a dangerous development and a blatant attack on Syria's sovereignty and unity as well as a flagrant violation of international law," according to a report from Al Jazeera. Assad's prime minister, Mohammed Jalali, on Monday agreed to hand power to the rebel-led Salvation Government. The main rebel commander Ahmed al-Sharaa, known as Abu Mohammed al-Golani met with Jalali and Vice President Faisal Mekdad to discuss the transitional government, Reuters reported. Syria's political transition faces substantial challenges. Forces led by the Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), which has advanced into the capital, have a strong religious orientation, and while it has shown signs of adjustment in recent years, it remains uncertain whether it can evolve into a moderate and inclusive leadership force, said Ding Long, a professor with the Middle East Studies Institute of Shanghai International Studies University. Currently, the transfer of power in the new regime seems low-risk. However, the main challenge lies in how long a new government can remain stable and whether it can survive the frictions between different factions. Foreign influences and interventions could also further exacerbate divisions and infighting, testing the new government's viability, said Zhu. The possibility of regional fragmentation and warlord control in Syria remains high and the international community is closely monitoring the situation in Syria and its spillover effects on the region, particularly concerning refugee issues and terrorism, Zhu said. After more than a decade of turmoil, Syria is grappling with severe refugee and humanitarian crises, and the international community has been providing humanitarian assistance. However, such support hinges on the Syrian government being open to broad cooperation with the international community, said the expert.Looking towards the future, the Emirates Stadium continues to be a symbol of ambition and determination for Arsenal FC. Under the leadership of Mikel Arteta, the team is undergoing a revitalization process, with a focus on nurturing young talent, tactical innovation, and a return to the club's winning ways. The Emirates stands as a fortress where dreams are made reality, where the next generation of footballing stars will etch their names into history.

Ferdinand's comments are a reminder of the high standards that players at Manchester United are expected to meet. He believes that the club needs to take a more ruthless approach towards those who are not living up to those standards, in order to ensure the team's success on the pitch. He has called for greater accountability and consequences for underperforming players, in order to create a culture of excellence at the club.A group of economists came together earlier this year to complete the largest analysis of hurricanes’ economic effects on the US to date. One of the most striking findings was that businesses with only a brick-and-mortar presence that were in a hurricane’s path suffered a 56% drop in sales for roughly three weeks, whereas those with an online presence experienced a far shallower decline – just 23%. The clear takeaway is that nearly every business – from a hardware store in North Carolina to a corner shop in Nairobi – can strengthen its resilience to climate change by joining in the digital economy. The global effort to counteract climate change has expanded rapidly in recent years. The energy and automotive industries are overhauling supply chains to boost uptake of clean technologies. Governments are implementing policies to accelerate the green transition, from the European Union’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism to the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act. But measures to promote digital and financial inclusion – the critical work of providing internet access to left-behind communities, bank accounts to workers, and digital tools to entrepreneurs – are often missing in the fight against global warming. The report on the impact of hurricanes, conducted by the World Bank, the Sustainable and Green Finance Institute, and the Mastercard Economics Institute, illustrates why integrating these measures into climate action plans would have a powerful effect. More than 1bn unbanked people live in the most climate-vulnerable countries, and improving their access to digital banking and payment services would make them and their communities more resilient to both economic and climate shocks. Following a natural disaster, households could more easily receive relief funds through digital money transfers, and businesses could continue selling to their customers online. This represents a clear opportunity, especially for fintechs and nonprofits, to create more products and services at the intersection of climate resilience and digital inclusion. One good example is the social enterprise Abalobi, an Earthshot Prize finalist in 2023. Abalobi created an app that small-scale fishers can use to input catches, showing exactly where they are fishing. The app addresses two problems. First, it provides invaluable data to governments and scientists about who is fishing sustainably and who is not. Second, small-scale fishers often sell through middlemen who pay low prices, which forces them to reel in as much as they can to make a living. But by using the app’s digital marketplace, these fishers can connect directly with restaurants and other buyers, enabling them to sell their catch for higher prices. This allows them to fish more selectively, in turn reducing the strain on marine life. Yo! Pay Agric, powered by Mastercard Community Pass, likewise enables smallholder farmers to connect with regional buyers through their farmer cooperative organisations, bypassing middlemen and earning them higher prices for their crops. Transaction data from these sales can be used by farmers to establish their creditworthiness, making it easier for them to secure loans to invest in seeds, fertiliser, and clean-energy solutions such as solar-powered farm equipment. Digital and financial inclusion must become a core pillar of future climate efforts, with a focus on reducing the number of unbanked individuals and building digital infrastructure in climate-vulnerable communities. To that end, private companies, governments, and nonprofits need to work together to create innovative solutions, including products like Abalobi and Yo! Pay. This approach would help local users improve their financial health while simultaneously promoting resilience. Climate change and poverty are intertwined: we cannot effectively tackle one without addressing the other. Digital tools and access to financial services cannot stop climate-related disasters, but they can make it easier for people to recover from these shocks. Strengthening the financial resilience of the most climate-vulnerable households benefits local communities, while also benefiting the entire global economy. – Project Syndicate Ellen Jackowski is Chief Sustainability Officer at Mastercard. Related Story QNB recognised as 'Best Digital Experience' in Qatar MoECC workshop on climate changeThe digital poster of the upcoming film 'Sangee', which stars Sharib Hashmi , was unveiled on Tuesday. The poster on social media revealed the star cast of the film including Sanjay Bishnoi, Shyamraj Patil, Vidya Malvade, and Gaurav More in lead roles. Talking about the film, Sharib Hashmi said, "'Sangee' is a film very close to my heart, and unveiling the poster digitally is a wonderful way to connect directly with the audience. The poster encapsulates the soul of the story, and I'm thrilled for everyone to see what we've been working on". Director Sumit Kulkarni said, "This digital launch is a reflection of how cinema continues to evolve and embrace technology. Sangee is a film that speaks to the heart, and this poster is just the beginning of an incredible journey. I am grateful for the dedication and passion of our entire team". Produced by Armoks Media Pvt Ltd, Yantrana Films, and presented by Supreme Motion Pictures and Satyam Jewellers, the film is directed by Sumit Kulkarni and written by Thopte Vijaysinh Sarjerao. Rohhan Bhosale, Arun Prabhudesai, Pintu Saw, Monica Prabhudesai, Pratik Thakur, and Sumit Kulkarni. Lalasaheb Shinde, Rajendra Shinde, and Rahul Kiranraj Chopra serve as co-producers on the film. Sharib Hashmi is best known for portraying J.K. Talpade in the Prime Video series 'The Family Man' for which he won several awards including a Filmfare OTT Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series. He worked behind the scenes in 'MTV Roadies' season 2. In 2008, he appeared in Slumdog Millionaire, which became an Oscar-winning movie. In 2012, he obtained a major role in 'Filmistaan', alongside Inaamulhaq and Kumud Mishra. He played a supporting role in 'Jab Tak Hai Jaan', which starred Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma and Katrina Kaif. The film is set to release in cinemas on January 17, 2025. Khoj- Parchaiyon Ke Uss Paar: Sharib Hashmi, Anupriya Goenka and Aamir Dalvi Starrer Khoj- Parchaiyon Ke Uss Paar Official Trailer