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Trump backs improved background checks on gun buys

by Brian Knowlton © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump signaled support Monday for improving background gun checks amid mounting pressure for reform in the wake of the Florida school shooting, as the accused gunman appeared in court. Nikolas Cruz, charged with killing 17 people, sat silently with his head bowed during a procedural hearing in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in what is expected to be a lengthy and emotional prosecution. Wednesday’s rampage […]

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Florida shooter a troubled loner with white supremacist ties

PARKLAND, United States (AFP) — Nikolas Cruz was expelled from school, threatened fellow students and posted “very disturbing” messages on social media, along with pictures of his favorite guns. But despite broad signs suggesting he was a deeply troubled young man, Cruz was able to return to his Parkland, Florida high school Wednesday with an assault rifle and open fire, killing 17 students and adults. A mugshot of Cruz, released after his arrest, depicts a young man […]

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High pollution shuts schools in Tehran

TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Primary schools will be closed on Monday in Tehran as thick fog caused by pollution smothers the Iranian capital and most of the surrounding province, local authorities said. They also announced Sunday they would impose traffic restrictions in Tehran, home to 8.5 million inhabitants, allowing cars onto the streets in alternating shifts, depending on their number plates. Similar measures were taken in December when primary schools in Tehran and most of […]

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Four children dead as train collides with bus in southern France

MILLAS, France (AFP) — At least four children were killed and 19 people injured, seven seriously, on Thursday when a train crashed into a school bus at a level crossing in southern France. The bus, which was carrying around 20 students from a local secondary school, was struck by the train in Millas about 18 kilometers west (11 miles) of the city of Perpignan, close to the Spanish border in mid-afternoon. “The bus was very […]

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At least seven dead, several injured in China kindergarten blast

BEIIJING, China (AFP) — An explosion rocked a kindergarten in eastern China on Thursday, killing at least seven people and injuring dozens, authorities said, as state media published images showing bloodied and unconscious victims. The blast occurred near the kindergarten and victims were taken to hospital, according to the Fengxian county government in Jiangsu province. Xinhua news agency, citing the emergency office of Xuzhou city, said the explosion happened at the gate just as children […]

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Japanese PM denies allegations of donations made by him or his wife to principal of scandal-hit school

TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday (March 24) neither he nor his wife had made donations to the head of a Japanese nationalist school at the heart of a political scandal that is chipping away at Abe’s support. School principal Yasunori Kagoike said on Thursday in parliament he had received 1 million yen ($9,000) in an envelope from Abe’s wife, Akie, on behalf of her husband. Kagoike’s educational group, […]

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‘Grandmothers’ school’ in India gives elderly women second chance at education

MAHARASHTRA, India (Reuters) — Aajibaichi Shaala is not your ordinary school in India. The students at “grandmothers’ school” in the village of Phangane, 120 km (75 miles) east of the financial capital, Mumbai, are elderly women who are getting the chance to learn to read. Clad in pink saris, their school uniform, the women walk every afternoon along dusty village paths to their lessons. The women begin class with a prayer and then dive into […]

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22 children killed in air raid on Syria school: UNICEF

BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) — Air strikes that hit a school in rebel-held Idlib province in northwest Syria killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children’s agency UNICEF said Wednesday. “This is a tragedy. It is an outrage. And if deliberate, it is a war crime,” said UNICEF director Anthony Lake. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said “warplanes — either Russia or Syrian — carried out six strikes” in the village of Hass, including on a […]

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DPWH to build 6,098 more classrooms nationwide

MANILA, Sep. 24 — The Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has released P9.41 billion to the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), the government’s primary construction arm, to build 6,098 classrooms in 956 high schools nationwide for the Department of Education (DepEd). Charged under the DepEd’s Basic Educational Facilities Fund (BEFF) in the 2015 National Budget, the fund release of P9.41 billion will increase the capacity of public high schools, as well as […]

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