Italian student Giuliano Diaferio had a long-standing wish to teach in China, and his dream has come true. "I was captivated by traditional Chinese culture, which might have been influenced by my mother, who had a keen interest in Asian culture. So in Italy, I studied Chinese language, literature and history and got a degree. And I think becoming aRead more

Technical education in Gujarat is on road to excellence. Soon centres of excellence will come up in various universities, colleges and institutes across Gujarat. While these centres will lend more credibility, prestige and autonomy to a chosen few colleges, the excellence will come at a price for the students. The centres of excellence will also translate into a sharp hikeRead more

His Royal Highness Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Prime Minister, thanked the Bahraini people for their profound feelings of support to security, stability, and legitimacy in Bahrain. The meeting, chaired by the Prime Minister, also stressed its support to the Egyptian leadership and to the stability of Egypt, as well as the rejection by Bahrain of all actsRead more

Xiao Lin went to school to pick up his academic report alone, while most of his schoolmates were accompanied by their parents. Nine-year-old Lin (pseudonym), whose divorced parents had been working outside his hometown for years, looked a bit down with his disappointing scores on Monday, according to a village cadre in Sige Village in Wangjiang County of east China'sRead more

A suspect was arrested early Saturday and charged with murdering a student outside a dormitory at South Carolina State University, law enforcement officials said, according to AP. Justin Bernard Singleton, 19, of Charleston, was charged with murder in the death of 20-year-old Brandon Robinson, the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division said in a news release. Singleton was taken into custodyRead more

China's securities regulator rightly expressed regret over a draconian ruling by a United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) law judge, who ruled to sanction the Chinese affiliates of Big Four auditors last week. In a jaw-dropping decision Thursday, the judge suspended the China units of Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers -- the four most respected international accountingRead more

In his weekly address on Saturday, President Barack Obama said his administration has taken another important step to protect women at college by establishing the White House Task Force on Protecting Students from Sexual Assault. An estimated 1 in 5 women are sexually assaulted at college in the United States, and the president said his administration will keep taking actionRead more

Officials at South Carolina State University said a student has been injured in a shooting at an on-campus dorm. The university sent out an alert saying the student was hurt Friday afternoon at the Hugine Suites. The school says police think they know who fired the gun and are looking for the suspect. The name and condition of the studentRead more

A workshop on governmental decentralisation and active participation of women in political action was held Thursday in Tunis. Initiated by the Forum of Federations, the two-day seminar aimed to strengthen the exchange of experiences and advice between the different participating policy-makersRead more

The German government is conditioning continued grants to Israeli high-tech companies, as well as the renewal of a scientific cooperation agreement, on the inclusion of a territorial clause stating that Israeli entities located in West Bank settlements or East Jerusalem will not be eligible for funding, Israeli Haaretz daily reported Thursday. According to the report ,Israel fears the German moveRead more