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Word nerds have a weekend on the tiles at Thailand's Scrabble title

If he were no longer physically able to play Scrabble, 86-year-old Tan Jin Chor said he would "shut the lights and call it a day", but his love of the word game has kept the veteran verbophile competing.

Fire in Kenya girls' school dorm kills 16

A fire in a girls' dormitory in Kenya on Thursday killed 16 children and hospitalised 79 in the latest deadly blaze to hit a school in the east African country.

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France imposes smoking ban on beaches, parks

Anyone who lights up on a beach or in a public park in France will be breaking the law from Sunday under new rules aimed at protecting children from the dangers of passive smoking.

US Supreme Court backs parents opting children out of LGBTQ-themed books

The US Supreme Court on Friday ruled 6-3 in favor of parents seeking the right to opt their children out of lessons involving LGBTQ-themed books on religious grounds.

US to screen social media of foreign students for anti-American content

Foreigners seeking to study in the United States will be required to make public their social media profiles to allow screening for anti-American content under new State Department guidelines released Wednesday.

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France says supports Harvard, welcomes foreign students

France's foreign minister on Saturday said his country supported students and staff at Harvard, after President Donald Trump tried to ban foreign students from the prestigious US university.

Deadly school shooting fuels debate on Austria's gun laws

With Austria still reeling from this week's deadly school shooting that killed 10 people, a debate is now raging over the Alpine country's gun laws.

French minister urges focus on mental health of pupils after knife attack

France's education minister said on Friday every school must adopt plans by the end of the year to identify and help pupils suffering from psychological distress.

Betraying the revolution: Cuban students reject dollarization

It took a steep hike in mobile internet tariffs to unleash a rebellion among Cuban students on a scale unseen since the 1959 revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power.

Austria mourns 10 victims of 'abominable' school shooting

Grieving Austrians on Wednesday held tearful memorials for the 10 people shot dead at a high school by a former pupil, an unprecedented attack in the Alpine nation.

Austria mourns school shooting victims with minute's silence

Grieving Austrians on Wednesday held tearful memorials and marked a moment of silence to mourn the 10 people shot dead at a school the prior day by a former pupil, an unprecented attack in the Alpine nation.

France eyes social media ban for under-15s after school stabbing

French authorities have announced plans to ban social media for under-15s and the sale of knives to minors after the murder of a teaching assistant by a 14-year-old boy plunged the country into shock.

Shooter kills nine people at Austrian school

An attack on a school in southeastern Austria reportedly by a former student has left several people dead, police said Tuesday, in a rare case of deadly gun violence in a European school.

Pupil stabs to death assistant at French school

French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday condemned a "senseless wave of violence" after a teaching assistant stabbed by a 15-year-old pupil outside a school in the east of the country died of her wounds.

Millions sit China's high-stakes university entrance exam

Hopeful parents accompanied their teenage children to the gates of a busy Beijing test centre on Saturday, among millions of high school students across China sitting their first day of the highly competitive university entrance exam.

Court blocks Trump's new ban on foreign students at Harvard

A court on Thursday put a temporary stay on Donald Trump's latest effort to stop foreign students from enrolling at Harvard, as the US president's battle with one of the world's most prestigious universities intensified.

'Really worried': Ukrainian pupils mark end of school as war drags on

As she watched her 17-year-old son Vladyslav graduate from high school in Kyiv on Friday, servicewoman Oksana Baranovska said she felt a mix of pride and fear.

Harvard holds graduation in shadow of Trump threat

Harvard held its annual graduation ceremony Thursday as a federal judge considers the legality of punitive measures taken against the university by US President Donald Trump.

Harvard holds graduation in shadow of Trump 'retribution'

Harvard began its annual graduation ceremony Thursday as a federal judge considers the legality of punitive measures taken against the university by US President Donald Trump that threaten to overshadow festivities.

Chinese students lament US plans to block visas

Chinese students lamented Washington's latest tirade against them on Thursday, accusing the Trump administration of acting "recklessly" and tarnishing their once-sparkling image of an American higher education.

China condemns 'discriminatory' US plan to revoke student visas

Beijing reacted in fury Thursday at the US government's vow to revoke Chinese students' visas, condemning President Donald Trump's crackdown on international scholars as "political and discriminatory".

Foreign students wary of US as Trump presses 'dehumanizing' campaign

Donald Trump's expanding crackdown on elite universities is prompting some international students to abandon applications to campuses in the United States and spreading stress and anxiety among those already enrolled.

Macron gives Vietnamese students a lesson in 'impulsive' superpowers

Between jabs at Donald Trump's US trade tariffs and criticism of Beijing's assertiveness in the South China Sea, French President Emmanuel Macron warned Vietnamese students Tuesday that "on the impulse of a superpower, everything can change".

French lawmakers divided over PM child abuse hearing

French politicians were divided on Thursday over the marathon hearing of Prime Minister Francois Bayrou, who was grilled by lawmakers about claims of sexual abuse at a Catholic school.

'Children are innocent': Myanmar families in grief after school air strike

Ko Min said he found his son and daughter's bodies in the ruins of a schoolhouse in central Myanmar, moments after a deadly air strike that witnesses said came as a military jet circled the village.

At his former US university, the new pope is just 'Bob'

The idyllic campus of Villanova University is ecstatic since the election of American Robert Prevost to the highest seat of the Catholic Church.

Nicaragua says quitting UNESCO over press prize award

Nicaragua has notified UNESCO of its withdrawal from the organization in response to its press prize going to a Nicaraguan newspaper in exile, local media reported Sunday.

Turkish Cypriots protest new rule allowing hijab in school

Several thousand Turkish Cypriots marched on Friday to protest a new regulation allowing pupils to wear Islamic headscarves in secondary schools, a move critics say threatens the community's secular traditions.

US Supreme Court weighs public funding of religious charter school

The US Supreme Court on Wednesday appeared to be leaning towards allowing public funding of a religious charter school in a case testing the historic separation of church and state.

Community seeks answers after French school knife killing

Hundreds of mourners holding white flowers gathered on Friday at the French private school where a student killed a girl in a stabbing spree, as the prime minister suggested metal detectors to prevent future attacks.

Foreign students give up American dream over Trump crackdown

After President Donald Trump's administration revoked hundreds of student visas and threatened deportation for participants of pro-Palestinian campus protests, international students told AFP they were reconsidering their dreams of earning degrees in the United States.

Pupil kills fellow student in France school knife attack

A student killed a girl and wounded three other pupils in a stabbing spree on Thursday at a private high school in France, prompting the prime minister to urge better security in and around schools to combat "endemic youth violence".

Trump slams Harvard as funding fight heads to court

US President Donald Trump on Thursday bashed Harvard as an "Anti-Semitic, Far Left Institution," as the prestigious university battles his administration's funding freeze in court.

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