Day: November 22, 2023

Tens of thousands forced to flee after flooding in the Philippines

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Severe flooding has been brought on by heavy rains in the Philippines’ centre. According to the authorities on Wednesday, at least one person was killed by the floods. Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes. North Samar was one of the worst-affected provinces in the Southeast Asian island state. Rescue workers were on their way to several towns and villages with rubber dinghies to save trapped people.It had been raining in the region for a week. In the provincial capital of Catarman, significantly more rain had…

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Every third Viennese does not have an Austrian passport

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Vienna – A third of Viennese (34 percent) do not have an Austrian passport, according to the city’s integration monitor presented on Tuesday. Most of the people who have immigrated since 2014 come from EU or EFTA countries and have higher educational qualifications: 25 percent have a school-leaving certificate, and 38 percent have completed higher education. According to the study, young people whose parents came to Vienna from non-EU countries are also increasingly succeeding in advancing their education. Better school-leaving qualifications than parentsEven particularly disadvantaged groups are increasingly achieving better…

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School cancellation: Figures almost back to pre-corona level

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According to a special report created by the Federal Office for Sectarian Issues, the number of homeschooling registrations has now sharply decreased once more after peaking during the 2021–2022 school year. The Ministry of Education predicts that this year will probably see another attainment of the pre-corona level.Notably, higher fives on external examsAt the same time, there is a kind of trend towards “homeschooling tourism” in Germany, where the option to withdraw from school does not exist in this form. In Austria, there is no obligation to attend school, only…

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You should avoid these mistakes now if you have a cold

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A runny nose, a scratchy throat, and excruciating limb pain—colds are our unwelcome wintertime companions. However, if you treat your infection incorrectly, you will have to struggle with the symptoms for longer. It is, therefore, essential to avoid these mistakes. Suppress sneezingSneezing clears the nasal cavity of foreign bodies, such as dust and bacteria. If you suppress it, you keep these germs in your body, promoting even more colds. Even if the loud noise is unpleasant in public, sneezing should never be suppressed. Suppressing a sneeze can even be dangerous…

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How food influences our well-being

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It has long been known that there is a connection between nutrition and well-being. A study on depression now claims to have discovered the extent to which the gut microbiome, the entirety of all microbial co-inhabitants in the gut, plays a role in this. A thorough analysis—the most thorough to date—showed that individuals with depressive symptoms have a markedly different abundance or decrease of specific types of bacteria. The results can be read in the “Nature Communications” journal, published in December. In fact, people with mental illnesses are particularly prone…

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