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JASIN, Jan 26 (Bernama) — Polytechnics and community colleges (POLYCC) are stepping up long-term planning to create a more inclusive and accessible higher education landscape for persons with disabilities (PwD), in line with the Malaysian Higher Education Blueprint (RPTM) 2026-2035. Polytechnic Education and Community College Department director-general Dr Shamsuri Abdullah said this was reflected in today’s launch of the PwD Education Development Plan, a strategic framework aimed at enhancing the inclusiveness of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) in the institutions. “The plan provides comprehensive policies and guidelines covering curriculum design, the development of new programmes and infrastructure improvements to support the needs of…

Indigenous perspectives have long been taken for granted, if not altogether ignored or intentionally suppressed. In 2024, while running for a Senate seat representing Arizona, Rubén Gallego pointed out a disheartening trend — politicians only seemed to care about Native communities and their environmental campaigns in the last two weeks of election season. “Far too often, politicians only visit Arizona’s tribes in the run-up to an election,” Gallego told The Arizona Republic last year. “Their voices deserve to be heard.”Last year, Gallego visited all of Arizona’s 22 federally recognized tribes, even hiking eight miles below the rim of the Grand Canyon…

– credit Jordan Crawford via Unsplash A herd of 6 American bison—3 males and 3 females—have been released onto native Illinois prairie. There, to the sound of drumming, songs, and cheers, they began to acclimate to their new surroundings—surroundings that had missed them for 200 years. A large crowd of Santee Sioux, herded together in their woven blankets and synthetic down jackets, had arrived at sunrise on Burlington Prairie Forest Preserve in Kane County, 60 miles northwest of Chicago, to witness something of a homecoming. “It’s different when you’re welcoming them back home. That’s their home, not mine,” tribal elder…

In recent years concern about the impact of social media on the psychological well being of young people has gathered global attention, News.Az reports. Now, major technology companies Meta TikTok and YouTube are facing trials and legal scrutiny over allegations that their platforms contribute to harm in youth mental health. This FAQ explainer news piece answers the key questions about what is happening why it matters and what the trial could mean for young people families policymakers and the tech industry. What’s at the center of the trial against Meta TikTok and YouTube At the heart of the legal proceedings are claims…

Knüsel family with their electric tractors – Rigitrac Traktorenbau AG via FACEBOOK A big Swiss family has invented Europe’s first all-electric, solar-assisted tractor, and is now selling the vehicle in 5 countries. The Knüsel Family lives in the canton of Schwyz, where patriarch and father of 4, Sepp Knüsel, has been building tractors for over 20 years under the brand name Rigitrac AG.  In 2019, with the help of his four daughters, he debuted the continent’s first all-electric tractor, and 6 years later, the family won a national award for their invention: the Watt d’Or, o ‘Golden Watt.’ “The development…

Beth Brown was assigned to a major project at work when hardship struck. First, her 6-month-old daughter fell ill with COVID-19. A few days later, her mother passed away. Brown, director of health and well-being at a company that provides employee mental health programs and absence management services, sent a note to the senior ComPsych director who was her partner on the project, explaining she would have to miss work to care for her daughter and to make funeral arrangements. “The guilt that I felt for knowing I was going to leave her dry on my end,” she recalled. Instead of calling to go…

In an ideal world, we’d all enjoy regular spa breaks and relaxing facials to reset both skin and mind. Reality, of course, looks a little different. The good news? With the right products, you can …

Continuing to work while drawing or planning to draw Social Security retirement benefits can affect your monthly payments, but the impact depends heavily on your age, earnings and …

EPAThe Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt has been mostly closed since May 2024 (file photo)Israel says it has agreed to reopen the Gaza Strip’s key border crossing with Egypt only after an operation to retrieve the body of the last remaining Israeli hostage in the territory is complete.The Rafah crossing has been mostly closed since May 2024, when the Palestinian side was seized by Israeli forces. It was meant to have reopened during the first stage of the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which began in October.However, the Israeli government has made that conditional on Hamas making every effort…

The opening ceremony of the January 26 Health Congress. Health ministry Lo Veasnakiry, secretary of state at the Ministry of Health, shared several sobering health statistics, during the opening of a National Health Congress, held this morning, January 26. He noted that in 2025, examinations and treatments for mental illness totalled 389,553, an increase of 37.8 per cent over the previous year. Rather than a cause for concern, however, some indicators suggest that this is a positive, as many cases were likely previously undiagnosed. Pall Chamroeun, a public health researcher at the Royal Academy of Cambodia, noted that the higher…