Education in France: Attal unveils a series of announcements to “raise the bar” at school

Gabriel Attal unveiled a series of announcements to “raise the bar” at the school in the wake of the results of the Pisa study. The publication of the OECD Pisa 2022 study, which points to a “historic” drop in the level of French students in mathematics and a sharp decline in reading comprehension, while Asia, led by Singapore, is again illustrated in the survey, the minister indicated that it is a question of responding to the “challenge of raising the level”. Attal declared: “the results of Pisa are very clear: yes, there is a problem in middle school, especially in mathematics

Artificial intelligence: the EU wants to reach an agreement on a text without equivalent

After months of difficult negotiations on taking into account the ChatGPT phenomenon, the European Parliament and the EU member states are trying on Wednesday to reach an agreement on an unparalleled text to regulate artificial intelligence (AI). The European Union wants to be the first in the world to adopt a comprehensive legal framework to limit the excesses of AI while securing innovation

Sixth day of COP28: fossil fuels in sight

Several developing countries denounce the hypocrisy of rich countries, led by the United States and Canada, which are not setting an example enough to phase out fossil fuels but would like poor countries to ban hydrocarbons. They are calling for much greater financial aid commitments to help countries invest in renewable energy and the transition. Everyone makes their bets on the sixth day of COP28

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Japanese government spokesperson Hirokazu Matsuno said that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to take part in the start of a teleconference between leaders of G7 countries later on Wednesday.

After the deadly stabbing attack in Paris on Saturday, which put the executive under pressure in the face of the jihadist threat, Elisabeth Borne accused the National Rally on Tuesday of “fuelling polemics” and of not voting or voting “against” the measures anti-terrorists

At a highly anticipated hearing in the public inquiry into the Covid pandemic, after strong criticism from former collaborators, former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will have to answer tough questions on Wednesday.

Before a meeting on Thursday between the unions, the current management and the consortium of buyers, several hundred Casino Group employees mobilized in Saint-Etienne and the Paris region to express their concern about the future of the struggling group& eacute; financial

Four days after the death of a fan in Nantes, a new illustration of the violence that is poisoning French soccer, the OM-Lyon match will be played on Wednesday under surveillance.