Arquivos de Tag: Students

Protests erupt across France against rising living costs and in support of students

Scuffles broke out Saturday in Paris between police and small groups of protesters joining a march as part of nationwide demonstrations against rising living costs and in support of high school students’ grievances. Police used tear gas to push back people wearing hoods and masks and throwing fireworks and other objects at officers in the […]

Pakistan school roof collapses in Peshawar, killing almost 30 young students and a teacher

Islamabad — Almost 30 students and a teacher were killed Thursday when the roof of a private school collapsed in the Pakistani city of Peshawar, local officials said. The bodies of 17 children were brought to Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) in the city following the incident, in addition to the body of a female teacher, Mohammad […]

Riot police clash with students in Paris protests

In France, some public schools have been closed since Monday and won’t reopen until next week amid nationwide student and labor protests that have been raging for three weeks. Aiden Stretch reports from Paris. Riot police clash with students in Paris protests #Riot #police #clash #students #Paris #protests

Students lead violent protests in France over underfunding, overcrowding in schools

Students in France are leading violent protests over poor conditions in the country’s educational institutions. Holly Williams has the story. Students lead violent protests in France over underfunding, overcrowding in schools #Students #lead #violent #protests #France #underfunding #overcrowding #schools

Search for dozens of missing college students in Mexico leads to human remains, 17 new suspects

Twelve years after the disappearance of dozens of Mexican students from a rural university, allegedly at the hands of drug traffickers and police, authorities said Monday they had identified 17 new suspects. Thousands of people attended an annual march on Saturday in Mexico City to demand justice for 43 young men who were studying to […]

Waterloo Students Fold a Shirt Overnight Using a Laundry-Folding Robot

Steven Gong and his University of Waterloo engineering classmates needed a capstone that actually finished a chore companies have chased for years. Folding laundry looks simple until cloth bunches, sleeves hide, and every shirt arrives in a different mess. Their answer was a pair of follower arms that copied two leader arms driven by human […]