Amid Trump 2.0, Insiders at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Describe a Mission Divided
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Amid Trump 2.0, Insiders at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Describe a Mission Divided

Priscilla Chan met the moment with the kind of grace and sensitivity she’d become known for. It was July 2020, George Floyd had recently been murdered, and staffers at the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative—the foundation she started with husband Mark Zuckerberg in 2015—were hurting. Tissues on hand, eyes welling up, she hosted an all-hands Zoom to address them. “It didn’t feel right to not actually just spend the time as an organization acknowledging the—in medicine we call it ‘acute on chronic’—racial disaster that is our country,” she said, hands clasped in front of her, in a video obtained by Vanity Fair. If there was a silver lining, it was that the moment was so bad, change was imperative—both in the country at large and at CZI, whatever that would entail. “That’s my little hopeful pearl that...
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Technological Driven, Skilful Youths Keys To Economic Advancement, Says Dr Ngene
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Technological Driven, Skilful Youths Keys To Economic Advancement, Says Dr Ngene

Posted by Ignatius OkparaFeatured, Latest Headlines, News Across NigeriaSunday, August 17th, 2025 (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Chairman of the Science Technical and Vocational Schools Management Board (STVSMB), Enugu state, Dr. Amaka Ngene, has emphasized the need for Nigeria to focus on producing new generational youths that are skilful and technologically driven for the advancement of the nation’s economy. She explained that no nation in the 21st century could advance, or make any meaningful headway in any sector of her economy without the contribution of technological savvy youths. The (STVSMB) Chairman, stated this  when she received the Good Governance class “Post Graduate of PhD and MSc students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT) from the institute for Peace, Conflict, and Development Studies (IPCDS), of the university who were at the remodelled government Technical college GTC...
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Man who died for 10 minutes reveals what it felt like when he came back to life
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Man who died for 10 minutes reveals what it felt like when he came back to life

A 42-year-old man from Britain, Matthew Allick, has spoken about what it was like to die and then be brought back to life after suffering a sudden cardiac arrest. Matthew, who was generally healthy, began to feel unwell at the end of August 2023. He experienced shortness of breath and swelling in his feet, but assumed the changes were because of his new night-shift schedule. The seriousness of his condition became clear when he was unable to climb a single step at work. Realizing something was very wrong, he asked a friend to call an ambulance. At the hospital, Matthew told a doctor that although he hadn’t felt much pain before, it suddenly became unbearable. He described it as “11 out of 10” and then “13,” before collapsing. His heart stopped completely due to a pulmonary embolism—a...
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Air India Ahmedabad-London Flight Cancelled Due to Technical Glitch
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Air India Ahmedabad-London Flight Cancelled Due to Technical Glitch

Updated 17 June 2025 at 14:24 IST Air India flight number AI 159, a Boeing 788, scheduled to take off from Ahmedabad for London at 1:10 pm, has been cancelled due to a technical snag. Follow : Air India Flight Cancelled due to technical glitch. | Image: Republic New Delhi: Air India flight number AI 159, a Boeing 788, scheduled to take off from Ahmedabad for London at 1:10 pm, has been cancelled due to a technical snag on Tuesday. Air-India flight AI 159 had arrived from New Delhi to Ahmedabad and was set to take off for...
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