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‘We’ve proved that change is possible’ – but Serbia protesters unsure of next move
With student-led activists reluctant to engage politically against well-entrenched regime, many are asking: now what?. When Serbian protesters took over the town of Novi Sad this weekend and ...The Guardian - 8h -
Serbia's striking students create 'festival atmosphere' to pass the time during protests
Serbia’s striking students are finding time to play, read or just hang out together during long protest blockades they organize to put pressure on the populist authoritiesABC News - 11h -
Major anti-corruption protests in Serbia add to pressure on President Vučić
Tens of thousands rally against government and in memory of railway station roof collapse that killed 15. Serbia’s powerful populist leader Aleksandar Vučić was facing his biggest challenge yet as ...The Guardian - 2d -
Blockades, mass rally set in Serbia to mark 3 months since canopy collapse killed 15 people
Serbia’s students will lead mass demonstrations and blockades of three bridges over the Danube river in the northern city of Novi Sad on Saturday to mark three months since a concrete canopy ...ABC News - 2d -
‘We are done with corruption’: how the students of Serbia rose up against the system
In a country grappling with weak rule of law, many seek freedom from a government long seen as authoritarian. Sitting on the balustrade of a viaduct in Belgrade, Uroš Pantović wasn’t in the mood to ...The Guardian - 4d -
Bangladesh students win a chance for change
Interim leader Muhammad Yunus on his hopes for a better futureFinancial Times - 4d -
Republican suggests students get jobs to pay for lunches
Republican Rep. Rich McCormick (R-Ga.) suggested students should get jobs to pay for their lunches as the federal funding freeze proposed by President Trump threatens nutrition support for children ...The Hill - 5d -
Student denies drugging and raping 10 women
Zhenhao Zou denies 35 charges, including 11 counts of rape and three counts of voyeurism.BBC News - 5d -
What does the resignation of its populist prime minister mean for Serbia?
Milos Vučević quit in an attempt to calm political tensions after months of anti-corruption protests led by students. Serbia’s populist prime minister, Miloš Vučević, has resigned in an attempt to ...The Guardian - 6d -
Serbia's prime minister resigns as anti-corruption protests grow
Serbia’s populist Prime Minister Milos Vucevic has resigned following weeks of massive anti-corruption protests over the deadly collapse of a concrete canopy in NovemberABC News - 6d -
Serbia’s prime minister resigns after weeks of mass protests
Backlash over fatal accident has become biggest challenge to President Aleksandar Vučić’s tight grip on powerFinancial Times - 6d -
Serbian farmers join striking university students' 24-hour traffic blockade in Belgrade
Serbia’s striking university students have started a 24-hour blockade of a key traffic intersection in the capital Belgrade, stepping up pressure on the populist authorities over a deadly canopy ...ABC News - 6d -
Florida educators, students speak out on curriculum changes
Educators, students and advocates across the Florida higher education system are speaking out against the recent removal of hundreds of general education courses.ABC News - 6d -
Struggling students to benefit from grant changes
The household income threshold for EMA will rise after a 15-year freeze, the Welsh government says.BBC News - Jan. 27 -
How a MIT grad student planned a Yale student's near perfect murder
When Kevin Jiang was killed on Feb. 6, 2021, no one had any idea why he may have been targeted. But detectives would soon discover that someone had a secret plot to kill him.CBS News - Jan. 26 -
Student, 15, tops Fantasy Premier League worldwide
Charlie was briefly the best out of the 11 million people who play Fantasy Premier League.BBC News - Jan. 25 -
New Luxury Hotel in Serbia Will Be a Trump-Kushner Joint Project
The plan illustrates the continued ambitions of the Trump family to forge new international deals even as President Trump has returned to the White House.The New York Times - Jan. 25 -
University students lead a strike in Serbia as populist president plans a rally to counter protests
A student-led strike in Serbia on Friday closed down numerous businesses and many people didn’t go to work as populist President Aleksandar Vucic planned a big rally to counter growing ...ABC News - Jan. 24 -
Croatia protests detention and deportation of 5 citizens in neighboring Serbia
Croatia has sent a diplomatic protest note to neighboring Serbia after Belgrade detained and deported five Croatian citizens who were taking part in a meeting of civil society organizations in the ...ABC News - Jan. 23 -
Mayotte's students are returning to school amid cyclone devastation
Students in the French territory of Mayotte are preparing to return to school on Monday, just over six weeks after the worst cyclone to hit the islands off Africa in nearly a century laid waste to ...ABC News - Jan. 23 -
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Does D.E.I. Help or Hurt Jewish Students?
Some students and professors are questioning whether campus diversity, equity and inclusion offices should do more to combat antisemitism, or whether D.E.I. itself is the problem.The New York Times - Jan. 23 -
At least two students wounded in Tennessee school shooting
Police say two students were wounded and a shooter has been "contained" after a shooting inside a high school cafeteria in Antioch, Tennessee.NBC News - Jan. 22 -
Fire at nursing home kills eight in Serbia, state TV says
Serbian state television says eight people have died in a fire at a home for the elderly on the outskirts of the capitalABC News - Jan. 20 -
Students lead massive protests in Serbia against state broadcaster and president
Tens of thousands of protesters led by university students have held a noisy rally outside Serbia’s state television headquarters in Belgrade to protest what they called the broadcaster’s ...ABC News - Jan. 17 -
Gang detained over transgender student stab attack
The victim was repeatedly stabbed and beaten after being lured to a car park, a court hears.BBC News - Jan. 16 -
Driver rams into crowd of anti-government protesters in Serbia, injuring young woman
A driver rammed his car into a crowd and seriously injured a young woman during daily student-led protests and traffic blockades that have been held throughout Serbia following the collapse in ...ABC News - Jan. 16 -
Student finds bride's unseen 1960s wedding video
Beryl Davies says there was previously just one coloured photo from her big day in October 1966.BBC News - Jan. 16 -
Biden cancels student loans for 150,000 more borrowers
President Joe Biden announced his administration had approved student loan relief for more than 150,000 borrowers, bringing the total number who have had their student debt cancelled under the ...NBC News - Jan. 13 -
Thousands of students protest in Serbia against violation of civil rights, spy agency crackdown
Serbia’s striking university students have protested outside the Balkan country’s top court to draw their attention to what they say have been violations of their civil rights under the populist ...ABC News - Jan. 13 -
Hammer attack injures eight students at Tokyo university
Japanese police say 22-year-old woman arrested as witness describes panic after attacker ‘all of a sudden’ began swinging hammer in classroom. Eight Tokyo university students attacked with a hammer ...The Guardian - Jan. 11 -
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Dockworkers and port operators strike labor deal, again dodging strike
Automation was at the center of a long-running labor dispute that threatened to close East and Gulf Coast ports.CBS News - Jan. 8 -
Dockworkers reach tentative deal to avert damaging strike
Dockworkers and longshoremen struck a tentative deal Wednesday night to avoid a damaging strike ahead of a looming January deadline. “This is a win-win agreement that creates ILA jobs, supports ...The Hill - Jan. 9 -
Russian Strike Kills 13 in Southeastern Ukraine
The attack, which also wounded dozens of people, came hours after Ukraine’s military attacked an oil depot deep inside Russia.The New York Times - Jan. 8 -
Port strike looms ahead of Trump inauguration
Tens of thousands of longshoremen could walk off the job from Maine to Texas next week if their union and management can’t resolve long-running contract issues. A damaging strike that kicks off a ...The Hill - Jan. 8 -
As Port Talks Resume, Strike Deadline Looms
Dockworkers along the East and Gulf Coasts threaten to walk off the job on January 15, over concerns about increased automation and job losses, creating economic uncertainty.Inc. - Jan. 7 -
95 dead after powerful earthquake strikes Tibet
A 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 95 people, Chinese state media reported.NBC News - Jan. 7 -
Deadly New Year's trend strikes again in Japan
Choking on mochi is so common that authorities offer tips every year on how to help someone who has the food lodged in their throat.CBS News - Jan. 6 -
Students Charged in ‘To Catch a Predator’ TikTok Scheme
Five students at Assumption University in Worcester, Mass., are accused of luring a man to campus, where he was chased by a group of about 25 people.The New York Times - Jan. 6
