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Vietnam's Typhoon Yagi death toll passes 250, scores still missing
Reuters, Published on 14/09/2024
» HANOI - The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 254 on Friday, authorities said, as flood waters receded, and search efforts pressed on.
Italy tests AI-assisted teaching in schools
Published on 13/09/2024
» ROME - Italy is introducing artificial intelligence in its schools as the government explores new ways to close the country’s digital skills gap with other European Union members.
Vietnam death toll from Typhoon Yagi at 141 as Hanoi faces flood risk
Reuters, Published on 11/09/2024
» HANOI: The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi has risen to 141, the government said on Wednesday as it warned that flood waters were causing the Red River to rise rapidly and threaten to inundate downtown districts of the capital Hanoi.
Indian state suspends internet amid clashes
Published on 10/09/2024
» GUWAHATI, India - Internet and mobile data services were suspended for five days and an indefinite curfew imposed in some parts of India’s northeastern state of Manipur on Tuesday after student protests over continuing ethnic strife turned violent.
Kenya school blaze kills 17 students
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2024
» NAIROBI - A fire in a school in central Kenya has killed 17 students, a police spokeswoman said on Friday, following media reports that they had been burnt beyond recognition.
Gunman, 14, kills four in US high school shooting
New York Times, Published on 05/09/2024
» WINDER — A 14-year-old student rampaged through the hallways of his Georgia high school Wednesday, killing two students and two teachers before giving up his gun and surrendering, according to authorities.
Danish police detain activist Greta Thunberg during Gaza war protest
Reuters, Published on 04/09/2024
» COPENHAGEN - Danish police on Wednesday apprehended activist Greta Thunberg at a Copenhagen protest against the war in Gaza, a spokesperson for the student group organising the demonstration said.
School bus rams into students in China, 11 dead
Published on 03/09/2024
» SHANDONG - A bus crashed into a crowd in front of a junior high school in eastern China on Tuesday morning, killing 11 people and injuring 24.
Protesters block train tracks, buses in India over doctor's rape, murder
Reuters, Published on 28/08/2024
» KOLKATA - Protesters blocked train tracks, stopped buses and shouted slogans in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal on Wednesday, the latest in a series of protests that have rocked the state since the rape and murder of a trainee doctor.
Australia caps foreign student numbers to curb migration
Published on 27/08/2024
» Australia has announced plans to cap the number of foreign students at 270,000 in 2025 as part of a crackdown on migration.