World Day Against Child Labor
Brazilian President Lula launches new children’s literacy program
The central objective of the program is to ensure that 100% of Brazilian children receive primary education at least until the second grade
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- Conservative-majority Congress slashes public media funding by over one billion dollars
- Israel’s strike on Gaza’s only Catholic church kills three
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