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Danish students to be allowed to use AI during English exams
Alexa.ng
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Students in some high schools in Denmark will be allowed to use artificial intelligence to prepare for English language exams from next year, the education ministry announced on Friday, August 22. The Danish government said the permitted use of AI...
Copenhagen's CopenPay Model Inspires Three European Cities to Reward Tourists
Tempo.co
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August 22, 2025
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Three cities in Europe are inspired by the CopenPay scheme, an award given by the Copenhagen government to tourists who behave well. This approach differs slightly from that of other popular European destinations, which impose...
Denmark Made a Special Exception To Let In Hundreds of Palestinian Refugees. Here’s What Happened.
The Washington Free Beacon - Virginia
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August 22, 2025
Hamas terrorists (Chris McGrath/Getty Images) In 1992, the Danish Parliament passed a special law granting asylum to 321 Palestinian refugees from Lebanon who were living in the country illegally. Twenty-five years later, a Danish minister, Martin...
Denmark to Allow AI Use in High School English Exams from 2026
Nigerian Eye
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August 22, 2025
Denmark’s education ministry announced on August 22, 2025, that high school students will be permitted to use artificial intelligence (AI) to prepare for the oral component of English language exams starting in 2026, as part of an experimental...
RFK Jr. Demands Retraction of Danish Vaccine-Autism Study, Journal Refuses
WebProNews
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August 23, 2025
In a bold and unprecedented intervention, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., newly appointed as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services, has publicly demanded the retraction of a scientific study that found no connection between aluminum adjuvants in...
Denmark To Abolish VAT On Books To Get More People Reading
Slashdot
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August 22, 2025
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Denmark is to stop charging VAT on books in an attempt to get more people reading. At 25%, the country's tax rate on books is the highest in the world, a policy the government believes is...
Grandson inspires children's book
Mountain Scene
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August 23, 2025
Arrowtown artist Jenny Mehrtens has added a string to her bow. Or should that be a pen to her brush? Mehrtens has written and illustrated a book originally meant only as a present for her grandson William’s third birthday last month. However, when...
Denmark to Let Students Use AI in English Oral Exams Starting 2026
The Daily Tribune - News Of Bahrain
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TDT | Manama Email: mail@newsofbahrain.com High school students in Denmark will soon be allowed to use artificial intelligence when preparing for their English oral exams, the Education Ministry announced on Friday. The new rule will take effect...
Denmark to allow students use AI in English exams from 2026
Tribune Online
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August 22, 2025
Starting in 2026, high school students in Denmark will be permitted to use artificial intelligence tools to prepare for their English oral exams, the country’s education ministry has announced. The policy, described as experimental, will apply...
Denmark to slash VAT on books
Euro Weekly News
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August 22, 2025
The country which gave birth to one of the most famous and prolific children’s authors of all time has until now charged a higher tax on books than almost anywhere else in the world. Renowned for his numerous fables, Hans Christian Andersen would...
Danish high schools to use AI for English exams
Punch
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August 22, 2025
Students in some high schools in Denmark will be allowed to use artificial intelligence to prepare for English language exams from next year, the education ministry announced on Friday. The move comes as education authorities around the world...
Danish students to be allowed to use AI for English exams
The Economic Times
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August 22, 2025
Students in some high schools in Denmark will be allowed to use artificial intelligence to prepare for English language exams from next year, the education ministry announced on Friday. The move comes as education authorities around the world...
Denmark scraps book tax in £38m bid to tackle ‘reading crisis’
The Bookseller
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The Danish government has announced plans to remove its 25% tax on books in a bid to tackle Denmark’s “reading crisis”. Previously the highest tax on books in the world, scrapping the tax is expected to cost around DKK330m (£38m). Culture minister...
One-hour-old baby taken from mother sparks protests in Denmark
The Indian Express
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August 23, 2025
Danish authorities took a one-hour-old baby girl away from her Greenlandic mother after conducting a “parenting competency” test (FKU) despite this test having been banned for use on people with Inuit backgrounds earlier this year.A Greenlandic...
Many problems stem from education failures
Trinidad Express
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August 23, 2025
I READ a letter to the editor titled, “Transforming our prison system”, by someone who identified himself as Otis Spence. Much as I seek to avoid being critical of my fellow citizens’ contributions on the many issues facing us, it is necessary,...
DNA test reveals which children are at higher risk of obesity in adulthood
KLIN News Talk - Nebraska
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August 23, 2025
Fox News senior medical analyst Dr. Marc Siegel weighs in on the MAHA Commission's report on chronic disease rates in children and explains what is contributing to the obesity epidemic on 'Fox Report.' NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A...
Peter Andre's parents mark huge milestone as he makes admission about wife Emily
OK!
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August 25, 2025
Peter Andre has spent the week reflecting on his parents' huge milestone - and some other big showbiz moments! The Mysterious Girl singer opened up about his relationship with Junior for his new magazine column, as well as his life with wife Emily...
Lyari rising: Part - I
The News International
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August 26, 2025
Lyari in Karachi has produced many prominent intellectuals, journalists, poets and writers. From poets such as Essa Baloch, Waheed Noor and N M Danish (a brilliant poet and debater of my college days in the 1980s) to journalists like Nadir Shah...
„For the Sake of the Children“ – How Surveillance Laws Endanger Our Digital Freedom
Pressenza
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August 23, 2025
Same old song every year. The EU wants total digital control and sells it to us as child protection. The only new thing is that this time, the UK jumped ahead and has already introduced mandatory ID checks. And although the country is no longer...
Denmark eliminates book tax to spur reading
China Daily
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Danish flags flutter in a street in central Copenhagen, Denmark, July 24, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] Denmark has decided to scrap its tax on books in a bid to increase literacy levels, which have plunged to worrying lows recently. The country's...