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Sunday, 8 November 2026

Tech

Gyeongnam Fire goes live with AI 119 interpreting in four languages

Gyeongnam Fire Headquarters began real-time two-way AI interpreting for 119 calls in English, Japanese, Chinese and Vietnamese on 1 Nov, cutting the wait that came with three-way human interpreter links.

Yonhap

Education

UK funds first Ukrainian GCSE after refugee pupils were steered to Russian

The DfE will give AQA up to £340,000 for a Ukrainian GCSE, first teaching September 2028 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, after Kyiv and community groups lobbied for 30,000 refugee children. Schools minister Georgia Gould apologised to pupils pushed into Russian GCSE (Guardian).

GOV.UK (Department for Education)

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