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- Mozambique's students are learning outdoors under trees, without basic infrastructure or internet access, even as artificial intelligence in education is being debated 1.
- Anthropic has reported an operation using AI in which around 70 AI-generated news sites published at least 318 articles on the conflict in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, covering relations with Rwanda and disputed mineral resources; Congolese journalists had missed it 2.
- Bahruz Samadov, a jailed Azerbaijani political prisoner, wrote a letter arguing that US silence on human rights in Azerbaijan endangers American democratic security and its international image 3.
- Armenian civil society groups are teaching media literacy as Russian-linked disinformation and propaganda grow more sophisticated with generative AI, in a country moving away from its long reliance on Russia 49.
- A UN report confirms Venezuela's repressive system remains active and documents how medical neglect in state custody led to the death of regional politician Alfredo Díaz 5.
- Trinidad and Tobago's Privy Council has overturned a 2025 Court of Appeal ruling and found the colonial-era "buggery laws" unconstitutional, in a case brought by Jason Jones after a decade-long legal battle 6.
- Thousands of Ecuadorian students have protested against President Noboa's temporary job plans, calling instead for lasting solutions on healthcare, education funding and rising insecurity 7.
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