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UAE: IB May 2025 results announced, schools begin reviewing scores | World News

UAE schools began reviewing May 2025 IB results, with individual scores to be announced on July 7.(Representational Image) The much-anticipated results of the May 2025 International Baccalaureate (IB) examinations have been released today, with schools across the UAE beginning the process of compiling and reviewing scores. However, individual student results will be made available at […]

France bans outdoor smoking: Parks, beaches, schools included; cites child safety

Representative image (AI-generated) France will ban smoking on beaches, in parks, public gardens, and bus shelters from Sunday, the government announced. The decree, published in the official govt gazette on Saturday, also prohibits smoking outside libraries, swimming pools, and schools to protect children from passive smoking. The decree does not mention electronic cigarettes. Individuals who […]

With Acts of Subversion, Some Russians Fight Propaganda in Schools

Some schools in Russia are preparing fake schedules to conceal their efforts to shun patriotic education classes. Some parents school their children at home. Others try to help young people navigate a school system in which they say propaganda is pervasive. Faced with what they say is an ever-growing flood of misinformation about the war […]

US Supreme Court to hear case against LGBTQ books in schools | World News

WASHINGTON: The conservative-dominated US Supreme Court is slated to hear a case on Tuesday about whether parents have the religious right to pull their children from classes when books containing LGBTQ-related content are read or discussed.The court will review an appeal filed by parents against a Maryland public school district where, in 2022, books aimed […]

Pentagon schools students sue defence secretary Pete Hegseth over book bans on race and gender

A group of twelve students from Department of Defence Education Activity (DoDEA) schools are taking legal action against US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of violating their First Amendment rights through widespread book bans. The students, who attend Pentagon-operated schools in the US, Italy, and Japan, are being represented by the American Civil Liberties […]

Germany: Schools closed over extremist right threats

Several schools in the German city of Duisburg remained closed on Monday as a precaution after warnings that they would be targeted with criminal actions.The messages contained “threatening and right-wing extremist statements,” police in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia said. What do we know about the threats? Police said a German comprehensive school […]

Utah becomes first US state to ban LGBTQ pride flag from schools and government buildings

Utah has become the first state in the US to ban the LGBTQ pride flag from flying at schools and government buildings after Republican governor Spencer Cox allowed the legislation to become law without his signature.Governor Cox expressed concerns about the measure but chose not to veto it, acknowledging that his decision would likely be […]