Two local students will be taking part in the 13th annual Arizona Spelling Bee on Saturday. The competition, which will be held in Phoenix, will feature the state's top 27 spellers, ranging in age from 10 to 14. The local competitors are sixth-graders Christopher O'Connor of St. Cyril of Alexandria School and Elliott Groce of Laguna Elementary School. The winnerRead more

Germany on Thursday pledged to fund two new schools in the Gaza Strip, the UN agency for refugees said. Germany will contribute €3 million ($3.96 million) to UNRWA to enhance the agency's free schooling program, UNRWA said in a statement. At a signing ceremony in Jerusalem, UNRWA official Marina Skuric-Prodanovic said the donation "will further strengthen UNRWA’s efforts to provideRead more

Tens of thousands of Quebec university students staged rolling demonstrations throughout Montreal Thursday to protest impending tuition increases. Earlier in the day, one group of demonstrators briefly obstructed truck traffic into the Port of Montreal as police observed other groups emerging from various subway, or metro, stations and holding rallies at several locations, The (Montreal) Gazette reported. The crowd includedRead more

Hundreds of UAE and foreign students are holding a mock UN session at the Dubai International Academy (DIA) to break diplomatic gridlock over violent uprisings in the region that have claimed thousands of lives. Also on the agenda are concerns about Iran's nuclear programme and North Korea's defiance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Small arms trafficking in African nations willRead more

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a £100m fund to boost university research in the UK through private sector involvement. The government was committing the cash for "investment in major new university research facilities", he said in his Budget speech. Few details have been released, but the funding is intended to attract outside investment for universities. Universities and campaign groups sayRead more

Saudi Arabia agreed in principle to allow the opening of Egyptian schools in Jeddah, Riyadh and the Eastern Province to teach the Egyptian syllabus, sources at the Egyptian consulate announced Wednesday. Egyptian students in the Kingdom used to do their final examinations in their country’s embassy in Riyadh and the consulate in Jeddah. The sources said the Kingdom’s agreement inRead more

The annual event which is highly anticipated by book lovers in the capital has returned, now with more than 900 exhibitors to ensure that all visitors are spoilt for choice. The Abu Dhabi International Book Fair (ADIBF), now in its 22nd edition, was launched yesterday and will take place until Monday, April 2, at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre.Read more

Georgia police arrested a 17-year-old high school student for allegedly threatening on Facebook to shoot fellow students at school. Dustin Wade England, a freshman at Hiram High School, was charged with making terrorist threats, a felony, Paulding sheriff's Cpl. Ashley Henson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. England was being held without bond at the Paulding County Detention Center, the newspaper reportedRead more

Six teenagers face felony charges after allegedly dressing up as penguins and vandalizing a high school outside El Paso, Texas. The teens allegedly broke into Clint High School in Clint, Texas, a small farming town east of El Paso, and spray-painted walls, glued shut doors and glued light switches, the El Paso Times reported. The teens were arrested late Monday.Read more

The NUT and UCU plan to take industrial action in London on March 28 yet again over a breakdown in pension talks with the Government. The last such strikes were in June and November 2011. Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said: “The Government is well aware that teachers do not acceptRead more