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Young Finnish school shooter ‘was bullied’
Published on 03/04/2024
» HELSINKI - The 12-year-old boy who shot and killed a fellow sixth-grader and severely injured two others at a school in Finland has explained that he was a target of bullying, and this was the motive for his attack, police said on Wednesday.
Child killed in Finland school shooting
Published on 02/04/2024
» HELSINKI - One child was killed and two seriously wounded in a shooting at a school outside the Finnish capital on Tuesday, police said, with a 12-year-old fellow pupil suspected of the attack taken into custody.
US anti-Muslim incidents hit record high
Reuters, Published on 02/04/2024
» WASHINGTON - Reported discrimination and attacks against Muslims and Palestinians reached a record high in the United States in 2023, driven by rising Islamophobia and bias as the Israel-Gaza war raged late in the year, data from an advocacy group showed on Tuesday.
Ex-Taiwan leader Ma kicks off China visit, may meet Xi amid tensions
Published on 01/04/2024
» Former Taiwanese leader Ma Ying-jeou of the opposition Nationalist Party kicked off Monday an 11-day visit to mainland China, where he may meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping, amid tensions across the Taiwan Strait.
Canadian school boards sue social media giants
Published on 28/03/2024
» Four of Canada’s largest school boards are seeking more than $4 billion in damages from social media firms such as Facebook owner Meta and Snap in a lawsuit, alleging that their products harm students.
Eight teens shot at Philadelphia bus stop
New York Times, Published on 07/03/2024
» Eight Philadelphia high school students were shot and wounded as they waited for a public bus after school Wednesday, the latest in a spate of shootings that have touched off outrage in the city, the police said.
Australia reveals details of foreign spy operation
Published on 28/02/2024
» CANBERRA - Australia’s spy chief has revealed details of a foreign intelligence service’s efforts to target Australians for information and said his agency had confronted the spy masters to let them know they had been caught.
Korean doctors’ walkout starting to hurt
Published on 21/02/2024
» SEOUL - Emergency rooms in South Korea are overcrowded, with major hospitals having to cancel scheduled surgeries, after thousands of trainee doctors joined a protest walkout on Wednesday, as a minister warned of danger to seriously ill patients.
S. Korea trainee doctors stage walkout
Reuters, Published on 20/02/2024
» SEOUL - More than 1,600 trainee doctors in South Korea's major hospitals staged a walkout on Tuesday to protest against a government plan to admit more students to medical schools, stoking fears of delays to surgical operations and patient treatment.
China teachers facing uncertainty with falling birth rate
South China Morning Post, Published on 13/02/2024
» Regarded as one of the "iron rice bowls" of China, teaching has remained a much sought-after option for Chinese jobseekers in an era of economic uncertainty.