There are 7,000 languages in use around the world - this is why they matter
Of the more than 7,000 different languages in use around the world today, 41% are endangered. Some languages still thrive, however, when given the right conditions.
Recoded to Forum Agenda on 29/05/2024.
Of the more than 7,000 different languages in use around the world today, 41% are endangered. Some languages still thrive, however, when given the right conditions.
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Some of the biggest names in the global tech space have joined the fight against the coronavirus.
This article was updated on 23 March 2020.
New schools and new views on teaching are springing up around the world to help prepare the next generation for a rapidly changing employment landscape.
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On 1 June 1941, with Europe in turmoil as the Second World War raged, Oliver Lyttelton, who was President of the British Board of Trade, announced that clothes would be rationed in the UK.
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Kayaking around the craggy shores of West Cork, in a remote corner of Ireland, Fionn Ferreira’s eye was drawn to the amount of plastic pollution being washed in by the Atlantic.