A decade later, Mexico’s Ayotzinapa victims still search for truth and justice

Mexico City, Mexico Reuters Ten years ago, Edgar Vargas’ life forever changed when he was shot in the face in one of Mexico’s most notorious cases of mass violence in recent memory: the attack and disappearance of 43 students from the rural teacher-training school of Ayotzinapa. A bullet pierced Vargas’ jaw on the night of […]
Eastern Europe’s armies struggle to enlist young people with war not far away

Valec, Czech Republic Reuters As instructors shout commands, dozens of students taking part in a pilot Czech army program aimed at boosting flagging enlistment numbers crawl through forest scrub carrying combat rifles and learning proper shooting positions. Like most former Soviet-satellite states now in NATO, the Czech Republic has missed recruitment targets for years and […]
Five killed in violent anti-quota protests in Bangladesh

Dhaka, Bangladesh Reuters At least five people were killed and scores injured across Bangladesh on Tuesday as young government supporters and police firing tear gas clashed with students protesting against a quota system for government jobs, police said. Tens of thousands of students joined nationwide protests for a second day after more than 100 people […]
Kidnapped Nigerian university students rescued
Maiduguri, Nigeria Reuters Nigerian security forces have rescued students kidnapped from a university in northern Kogi state, along with other victims held by the abductors, the army and state government said on Sunday. Kogi information commissioner Kingsley Femi Fanwo said security forces were involved in a shootout with the armed gang that carried out Thursday’s […]
Extreme heat shuts schools for millions, widening learning gaps worldwide

Reuters Hena Khan, a grade nine student in Dhaka, has struggled to focus on her studies this week as temperatures surpassed 43 degrees Celsius in the Bangladesh capital. “There is no real education in schools in this punishing heat,” she said. “Teachers can’t teach, students can’t concentrate. Rather, our lives are at risk.” Sheikh Tamim […]
Philippines’ ‘dangerous’ heat prompts shift to online classes, power crunch

Manila, The Philippines Reuters The Philippines has cancelled in-person public school classes for the next two days and said the power grid on its main island could be strained as the country grapples with a heatwave that is also affecting other parts of South-East Asia. The state weather agency on Monday forecast temperatures in the […]
Argentina’s Milei faces biggest protest yet as students march over budget cuts

Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities, the biggest protest yet against President Javier Milei’s painful austerity measures. The demonstrations are the latest example of rising tension over spending cuts that are helping undo […]
Gaza children yearn for their school days before conflict

Gaza Reuters Traumatised 10-year-old students stare at their destroyed schools in Gaza, a grim reminder of the education and time with friends in the playground lost since the war erupted over six months ago. “We would go out during recess. We would go to the classroom and walk around. The principle would come to the […]
“We will teach by candlelight”: Argentine students and teachers protest Milei budget cuts
Buenos Aires, Argentina Reuters Argentina’s public universities held protests on Wednesday against sharp budget cuts by the government of President Javier Milei, turning off the lights in classrooms to draw attention to their predicament – and save money on electricity. The prestigious University of Buenos Aires (UBA) said it had experienced an 80 per cent […]
Nigeria defence chief says bad intel hinders fight on kidnappings

Lagos, Nigeria Reuters Nigeria’s Defence Chief General Chris Musa said on Monday the military was being fed bad intelligence by informants, hampering the fight against armed kidnapping gangs who continue to abduct students and residents in the north of the country. The military announced on Sunday that it had rescued 137 students abducted by gunmen […]