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'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.

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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.

Student kills classmate in France knife attack: police source

A student killed one student and wounded three others in a stabbing spree at a private high school in northwestern France before being arrested Thursday, a police source said.

French PM's daughter says priest beat her as a teenager

A daughter of France's prime minister became Wednesday the latest to accuse the clergy running a school in the Pyrenees of systemic abuse including while Francois Bayrou was a local official, saying a priest beat her during summer camp when she was 14.

Four killed after spring storms wreak havoc in the Alps

Alpine ski resorts were getting back to normal on Friday after spring storms the previous day claimed four victims in the French Alps and northern Italy, including a British holidaymaker.

Museums rethink how the Holocaust should be shown

Historians are rethinking the way the Holocaust is being presented in museums as the world marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the last Nazi concentration camps this month.

Spring snow storm wreaks deadly havoc in the Alps

More than a metre (3.3 feet) of snow fell in a few hours in the Alps as a rare spring storm left at least one dead and caused widespread chaos.

Trump says 'joke' Harvard should be stripped of funds

President Donald Trump called Harvard a "joke" Wednesday and said it should lose its government research contracts after the top US university refused to accept demands to come under outside political supervision.

Harvard sees $2.2bn funding freeze after defying Trump

Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze on Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.

Harvard defies Trump demands for policy changes, risking funding

Elite US university Harvard risked billions of dollars in federal funding Monday as it rejected a list of sweeping demands that the Trump administration said are intended to crack down on campus antisemitism.

Lessons and liquids: buried alive in Myanmar's earthquake

Entombed under his hotel bed for five days in the debris, two things enabled teacher Tin Maung Htwe to survive Myanmar's devastating earthquake: old school lessons and his own urine.

Young Turkish protesters face rude awakening in police custody

After rising up to rally against the arrest of Istanbul's powerful opposition mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, young Turkish protesters have been forced to wake up to the reality of police custody.

At his academy, Romanian legend Hagi shapes future champions

A huge mural of Gheorghe Hagi graces his football academy, a reminder of Romania's spectacular performance at the 1994 World Cup, when he led the unfancied team to the quarter-finals.

Rubio vows to keep stripping visas after furor over snatched student

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Thursday he has canceled more than 300 visas in a crackdown on anti-Israel activism and vowed to keep doing so, brushing aside furor after masked agents snatched a student.

Trump administration expands university DEI probes to California

President Donald Trump's government said Thursday it will investigate admissions practices at some of California's top universities, broadening a campaign against elite educational institutions.

Has US Education Dept impeded students? False claims by conservatives

Do American students really rank at the bottom of international comparisons and does the United States really spend more per pupil than any other country?

US denies entry to French scientist over 'hateful' messages

France has expressed concern after US border agents read the contents of a visiting French space scientist's smartphone and deported him after accusing him of "hateful" messages against US policy.

In high stakes move, Istanbul University revokes degree of top Erdogan rival

A Turkish university on Tuesday revoked the university degree of Istanbul's powerful mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, the biggest political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, on grounds it was falsely obtained.

Turkey university cancels Erdogan rival's university degree

A Turkish university said Tuesday that Istanbul's mayor Ekrem Imamoglu -- a rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and already the target of a clutch of court cases -- falsely obtained his university degree.

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