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Year: 2022

Sri Lankan students demand government resign over crisis

By ERANGA JAYAWARDENA Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Thousands of students from state universities marched in Sri Lanka’s capital on Monday to demand the president and prime minister resign over an economic crisis that has caused severe shortages of essential supplies and disrupted people’s livelihoods and education. The students say President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

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Canadian girl with autism in world-first test on how brain stimulation could stop severe self-harm

By Avis Favaro Click here for updates on this story     TORONTO (CTV Network) — A nine-year-old Canadian girl with autism spectrum disorder has “amazed” her doctors and scientists after they were able to send electrical signals to her brain that stopped her from inflicting severe harm on herself. Ellie Tomljanovic who lives in Barrie, Ont.,

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Juneteenth by the Numbers 2022

By Toby Lyles, CNN Editorial Research Juneteenth is the oldest known US celebration of the end of slavery. African Americans and others mark the anniversary much like the Fourth of July, with parties, picnics and gatherings with family and friends. Juneteenth was signed into law as a national holiday by President Joe Biden on June

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