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The Australian school system has a serious design flaw. Can it change before it’s too late?

When colleagues overseas ask what I think about Australia’s school system, I tell them that it does offer world-class education, but not for everyone

The Guardian - AU

Finland moves up planned easing of COVID restrictions

Finland will begin gradually easing COVID-19 restrictions from Feb. 1 instead of mid-February as initially planned as the burden on its hospitals eases, the government said late on Thursday.

Reuters

Scenes from the Kalevala review – the Finnish epic poem that inspired a nation’s composers

Scenes from Finland’s national epic were set to music by many Finnish composers beyond the best known, Sibelius. These works by Klami, Madetoja and Pylkkänen deserve wider recognition, as these accomplished performances demonstrate

The Guardian - UK

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Boosters increase protection against death from Omicron in over-50s to 95% – UKHSA; UK records 338 deaths – as it happened

Protection against death increases to around 95% two weeks after receiving a booster dose, UK health agency says; UK reports another 96,871 Covid cases

The Guardian - UK

January design news: circular Levi’s and a Barbican birthday

Finnish feminist artists, award-winning craft at the Collect Craft Fair and a fashion/homeware collaboration

The Guardian - UK

Finland enhances military readiness as tension rises over Ukraine

Finland has enhanced its military readiness as international tensions rise over Russia's military build-up near Ukraine.

Reuters

Christian MP goes on trial in Finland for calling homosexuality a disorder

A Finnish Christian democrat MP and former minister of the interior went on trial on Monday for agitation against gay people over comments in which she described homosexuality as a developmental disorder and a sin.

Reuters

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Finland's opposition come first, nationalists hammered in midterm regional vote

Finland's main opposition party, the centre-right National Coalition, outperformed the ruling centre-left coalition in a midterm regional election, while the nationalist Finns Party took a beating, official results showed on Monday.

Reuters

‘We’re basically starting from zero’: Restoring Finland’s river ecosystems

Teams of rewilders are facing a huge task to encourage the return of wildlife after decades of damage by the forestry industry

The Guardian - UK

The best recent translated fiction – review roundup

The Holocaust and history; a young gay man in South Korea; a wartime epic from Finland; plus two tales of love and abandonment

The Guardian - UK

Finland's PM says young female government has been target of hate speech

Prime Minister Sanna Marin of Finland says she and her fellow young female ministers have been targeted with extensive hate speech for their gender and appearance while in office.

Reuters

Finland's PM says NATO membership is "very unlikely" in her current term

(This Jan.19 story corrects headline and third paragraph to show Marin was talking about her current term of office)

Reuters

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