58+ min ago   (405+ words) Aug. 28 (UPI) -- Cuba will begin the school year Tuesday for 1.4 million students despite a severe economic crisis and widespread disruptions to the power system. The Education Ministry announced Thursday that it will allow greater flexibility in in-person attendance, school schedules…...

10+ hour, 18+ min ago   (276+ words) Aug. 28 (UPI) -- The Justice Department is suing four more states over offering in-state tuition benefits to qualifying undocumented students, for a total of 21 lawsuits filed against so-called Dream Acts amid the Trump administration's anti-immigration push. The lawsuits against Arizona, New…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (379+ words) Aug. 24 (Asia Today) -- South Korea added 292,000 wage and salary jobs in the first quarter from a year earlier, but employment among workers in their 20s and younger declined for a 14th consecutive quarter, government data showed Monday. The country's total number of…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (268+ words) Aug. 24 (UPI) -- South Korea's LG Electronics said the company's vocational school in Ethiopia held the 10th graduation ceremony for 68 students in the country's capital, Addis Ababa, on Saturday. The Seoul-based company noted that its vocational training program has helped 679 students graduate…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago   (246+ words) Aug. 21 (UPI) -- Ghent University in Belgium suspended Nathan Cofnas, the postdoctoral scholar who accused the late Dr. Jason Arday of plagiarism. The university said in a statement on Thursday that the suspension is a precautionary measure as it investigates Cofnas…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (444+ words) Aug. 18 (UPI) -- A group of university organizations and labor unions filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new government rule that limits the time international students can spend in the United States. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced the final…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago   (187+ words) Aug. 14 (UPI) -- Firefighters in Virginia said a fire that damaged eight classrooms at a middle school was sparked when an escaped python knocked over a heat lamp. The Forest Fire Department said crews responded to a 12:31 a.m. Thursday fire alarm at…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (382+ words) Aug. 12 (Asia Today) -- Employment among young South Koreans fell for a 45th consecutive month in July despite an increase of more than 100,000 jobs across the overall economy, government data showed Wednesday. The number of employed people ages 15 to 29 stood at 3.441 million…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (865+ words) SEOUL, Aug. 11 (UPI) -- Korean tradition remembers a rough old form of abduction called "bossam." A man would lie in wait in a dark alley, throw a black cloth sack over his quarry and carry the person off by force. Crude…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (467+ words) Aug. 10 (Asia Today) -- The number of young South Koreans enrolled in employment insurance fell for the 47th consecutive month in July as companies favored experienced workers and increasingly adopted artificial intelligence and robotics, government data showed Monday. Manufacturing employment insurance enrollment…...