Note summarising the United States' results in the PISA 2012 problem solving assessment.

The USA has exceptional levels of health-care expenditure, but growth slowed dramatically in recent years, amidst major efforts to close the coverage gap with other OECD countries.

The ability to measure innovation is essential to an improvement strategy in education. This country note analyses how the practices are changing within classrooms and educational organisations and how teachers develop and use their pedagogical resources.

Levels of alcohol consumption in the United States are close to the OECD average and have remained relatively stable in the last 20 years, but with a progressive shift from beer to spirit consumption. In 2011, an average of 8.6 litres of pure alcohol per capita was consumed in the United States, compared with an estimate of 9.5 litres in the OECD.

Ministers and high-level officials from 76 countries and jurisdictions have signed today or formally expressed their intention to sign an innovative multilateral convention that will swiftly implement a series of tax treaty measures to update the existing network of bilateral tax treaties.

The USA has exceptional levels of health-care expenditure, but growth slowed dramatically in recent years, amidst major efforts to close the coverage gap with other OECD countries.

This study explores the impact of export shocks on firms and re-aggregates results to derive distributional effects on sectors and regions.

As the OECD celebrates its 10th Rural Conference this edition will look at the next steps for the OECD Rural Policy Programme and consider the direction for future work.

At least 21,000 more companies failed in March compared with the year before 

Bruce Springsteen's bleak ballad of American life has been promoted by politicians from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump. David Honigmann examines the song's fraught relationship with power. Credit: Columbia  

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UN official warns mass deportations risk spread of coronavirus to the region

Parents who haven’t historically claimed could now do so due to lost income

Tax bills can be reduced by handing back a vehicle to an employer

The former engineer on bullying, tech firm culture and breaking the silence

WhatsApp, which began testing its mobile payments feature in India two years ago, could offer at least one more financial service to people in its biggest market. In a filing with the local regulator in India, the Facebook -owned messaging platform has listed credit as one of the areas it will pursue in the country. […]

Doxzoo proudly says on its website that your “documents are in safe hands.” But for some time, that wasn’t true. The U.K. printing company left its customer files on a cloud storage bucket, hosted on Amazon Web Services, without a password. Anyone who knew the easy-to-guess bucket name could access the massive trove of customer […]

In spite of being in the midst of a pandemic sowing economic uncertainty, one area that continues to thrive is cloud computing. Perhaps that explains why Microsoft, which saw Azure grow 59% in its most recent earnings report, announced plans to open a new data center in New Zealand once it receives approval from the […]

The coronavirus outbreak has driven more consumers to turn to their smart speakers for news, information, music and entertainment, according to new data released today by NPR and Edison Research. Around three-quarters of U.S. adults 18 and up said their routines have been impacted due to COVID-19 and their media habits have changed as a […]

In spite of being in the midst of a pandemic sowing economic uncertainty, one area that continues to thrive is cloud computing. Perhaps that explains why Microsoft, which saw Azure grow 59% in its most recent earnings report, announced plans to open a new data center in New Zealand once it receives approval from the […]

WhatsApp, which began testing its mobile payments feature in India two years ago, could offer at least one more financial service to people in its biggest market. In a filing with the local regulator in India, the Facebook -owned messaging platform has listed credit as one of the areas it will pursue in the country. […]

There are some startups that behave like sprinters, and others that run a marathon. I came across Instabug when I was in Cairo in 2013. Born during the chaotic era of the Arab Spring, this plucky startup managed to make it to TechCrunch Disrupt, then Y Combinator in 2016, then a $1.7 million in seed […]

Impossible Foods made huge waves in the food industry when it came up with a way of isolating and using “heme” molecules from plants to mimic the blood found in animal meat (also comprised of heme), bringing a new depth of flavor to its vegetarian burger. This week at CES, the company is presenting the […]

Uber and Airbnb are cutting significant portions of their workforce, Microsoft announces new Surface devices and we talk to Apple Craig Federighi about the new iPad cursor. Here’s your Daily Crunch for May 6, 2020. 1. Uber is laying off 3,700 as rides plummet due to COVID-19 In an SEC filing, Uber disclosed plans to […]

Rousaud, along with five other officials, resigned from the board last week in protest at how president Josep Maria Bartomeu was running operations. But he has now spoken out about Messi's future.

Rousaud, who was among the six directors to hand in their resignations from the board last week, revealed that a potential chase for the Brazilian forward would be 'complex' but remains a possibility.

Susanna Reid has left fans stunned by sharing a throwback clip of herself presenting BBC News 20 years ago in which she looks older than she does now.

The 73-year-old soap opera actress who was on All My Children for 41 years showed off her incredible shape in a new Instagram shared on Tuesday while in St Barts.

Barcelona are weighing up a move for Ajax star Dusan Tadic after their pursuit of Valencia forward Rodrigo fell through, with the club still chasing a move for a new forward.

Luis Suarez has hit out at the 'hurtful' claims Barcelona players were against taking a 70% pay cut during Spain's state of emergency. 

The lead-up to this summer’s World Championships has been dominated by doping revelations, but starting on Saturday the athletes have a chance to lift their sport from the mire.

Team GB and Team USA already have a slew of medals under their belt, but as these adorable photographs show, each and every one of our Olympians had to start somewhere.

The attractive pair met at shoe designer Brian Atwood's party at the Four Seasons restaurant last Wednesday and have been seen together at several events since.

It looks like Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte and Miss USA Olivia Culpo are diving into a romance after they were pictured snuggling next to each other once again

Michael Phelps has wished his USA team-mate Ryan Lochte happy birthday as they both prepare for the Olympic Games in Rio.

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Edinburgh to protest the arrival of President Donald Trump (bottom right). Meanwhile the US President (inset) has started playing golf

Mark McLean, 33, has spent more than £2,000 amassing food, a first aid kit, basic medications and camping gear. He currently lives in a Glasgow city centre flat but will live off the land when riots start.

The Up Helly Aa fire festival, which attracts visitors from around the globe, takes place in Lerwick on the last Tuesday of January each year.

MARTIN SAMUEL - CHIEF SPORTS WRITER: Ian Poulter was prancing around dressed as a red pillar box. Tommy Fleetwood was being chaired from green to green.

The USA may have slumped to a thumping loss in the Ryder Cup this weekend, but it did not stop Phil Mickelson letting off some steam at the after party.

As the European team began their Ryder Cup celebrations, Patrick Reed was saying his piece to the New York Times, and it won't have made pretty reading for Jordan Spieth or Jim Furyk.

Dustin Johnson and Brooks Koepka almost came to blows during a heated argument in the bitter aftermath of the United States' resounding Ryder Cup defeat to Europe over the weekend.

Jim Furyk's side were humbled in Paris, defeated by a margin of 17½-10½, and it was Mickelson's tugged tee shot into the water at the 16th which ensured Europe's lead became unassailable.

WORLD OF GOLD EXCLUSIVE BY DEREK LAWRENSON: Nathaniel, 57, arrives with a clutch of great stories about his father and the natural bonhomie that was the preserve of his old man.

USA captain Stricker insisted there would be 'no real tricks' in 2020, when his team will be out to make the most of home advantage having been out-played in Paris.

Susanna Reid, 49, who has been dyeing her hair for the last 20 years, explains why she won't be glad to go grey. British TV presenter says it's bizarre Sharon Osbourne's hair colour made news.

Big crowds are expected to watch the game at Glastonbury Festival this year after a plea from midfielder Georgia Stanway, whose brother JP (pictured) is among the revellers.

United States take on Netherlands for ultimate glory in the Women's World Cup final in France today. Sportsmail will provide you live updates as it happens from the Lyon Olympic Stadium.

De Toekomst training complex in Amsterdam was like a scene from Armageddon as Ajax fans let their players know what the fixture means to them while there were similar scenes in Rotterdam.

Days after co-starring in the Jonas Brothers' new music video, Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner shared a sweet kiss in Sherman Oaks.

NIK SIMON IN KOBE: As one of 10 changes to Jones' side, Cokanasiga will live out his dream at the Kobe Misaki Stadium, just four years after being a mascot dressed up as a Fijian warrior.