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☆ Opinion | America Has No Official Language. Instead It Has Hundreds.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-10 | by ( Ross Perlin | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Now Donald Trump is warning about this linguistic diversity, arguing that New York’s classrooms are overwhelmed by foreign students who speak obscure languages. “They have languages that nobody in this country has ever heard of,” Mr. Trump said, referring to migrants who have recently arrived. But why did Mr. Trump deem this “a very horrible thing,” and not a call to arms for more research and more language teachers? There are many practical benefits to be found in the knowledge, wisdom and poetry of the languages that immigrants bring with them. The presence of these languages and their speakers continually revitalizes the profound social experiment that is America.

Persons: Donald Trump, ” Mr, Trump, “ Organizations: New Locations: French, Belgian, Manhattan, New York City, America

☆ Belgian Education Minister Condemns School Arson Attacks
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Sept. | At P.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgian education minister Caroline Desir has condemned a series of arson attacks on schools in recent days in protest against a new mandatory sex education course, saying the attacks were acts of "extreme brutality". "They are attacking our teaching, our freedom of education. These are acts of extreme barbarity, these are acts of terrorism", Desir told Belgian broadcaster RTBF on Friday while visiting a targeted school near the southern city of Charleroi. The government is investigating the attacks but said it would not give details for security reasons. The anti-EVRAS movement plans a protest in Brussels on Sunday.

Persons: Caroline Desir, Desir, Marine Strauss, David Holmes Organizations: Education, RTBF Locations: BRUSSELS, Belgian, Charleroi, Brussels, Walloon, EVRAS

☆ Telenet in talks with French telco Orange on network access deal
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-03 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

PARIS, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Liberty Global's Telenet (TNET.BR) on Thursday said it was in talks with France's No. 1 telecoms company Orange (ORAN.PA) over a potential network access to Walloon cable operator VOO, which Orange plans to acquire. The companies have reached a memorandum of understanding which will structure further negotiations, Telenet said in a statement. The planned purchase - currently under European Union anti-trust review, a source has said - would give Orange control over the cable network in Belgium's French speaking Walloon region and part of the Brussels area. The announced acquisition of 75% in VOO dealt a blow to Orange Belgium's local rival Telenet, which had not been selected to enter into talks.

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