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Robots help tackle school truancy in Japan
Published on 06/09/2023
» TOKYO - A Japanese city plans to use robots to enable pupils to attend classes virtually, as truancy rates surge due to anxiety and bullying, officials said on Wednesday.
Teen found dead in forest after skipping class
Online Reporters, Published on 03/09/2022
» BURI RAM: A Grade 12 student was found dead in a forest behind her school after she and two classmates skipped a prayer class on Friday, police said.
Control-deny-delete
News, Postbag, Published on 07/08/2022
» Re: "US shoots itself in the foot over Taiwan", (Opinion, Aug 5).
Forest fantasy
Oped, Postbag, Published on 04/08/2022
» Re: "Reforestation rethink required", (BP, July 24).
MP truancy taints House
Oped, Editorial, Published on 08/02/2022
» Students who skip class get marks deducted. Workers who don't show up see their wages cut. Shouldn't irresponsible MPs who miss House sessions face action too?"
Harris under scrutiny for tough-on-crime prosecutor past
AFP, Published on 12/08/2020
» LOS ANGELES - While many will hail the choice of Kamala Harris as Joe Biden's running mate, the US senator from California has come under tough criticism -- but also been praised -- over her past work as a top prosecutor.
The best in us, the bureaucratic worst
Oped, Wasant Techawongtham, Published on 18/04/2020
» The past week has been dominated by news of the government's bungling of its cash relief programme for those affected by the Covid-19 infection.
More than 100,000 children in migration-related US detention: UN
AFP, Published on 19/11/2019
» GENEVA - More than 100,000 children are currently being held in migration-related detention in the United States, often in violation of international law, the UN said Monday.
Students help to cut plastics
News, Editorial, Published on 22/03/2019
» Last Friday was something of a truancy day for students in 100 countries. A movement that started in Sweden with schoolgirl Greta Thunberg convinced thousands to abandon classrooms -- often with teachers' support -- and protest against their government's climate change programmes. Only a few schools chose to put a positive programme above outrage -- one of which was located in Bangkok.
Amy Schumer, Ashley Judd join calls to free US child sex trafficking victim
Life, Published on 19/12/2018
» Actors Amy Schumer and Ashley Judd have backed a campaign for an American woman convicted of killing a man who paid to have sex with her as a child to be given clemency.