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Suspected militants blew up a girls’ school in north-western Pakistan, stoking fresh fears about the safety of female students whose education has been targeted by Islamists for years. The compound of the privately-owned school was partially damaged when the bomb went off during the night on Wednesday in the town of North Waziristan near the Afghan border, local police official Amjad Suhail said. No one was killed or wounded. The mountainous town of North Waziristan has long served as headquarters for Islamist militants linked to al-Qaeda and its affiliated Haqqani network of the Afghan Taliba...
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The Free University of Brussels has decided to end a technology research project with Israeli partners and review all other projects involving Israeli participation due to Israel's military operation in the Gaza Strip, the Belga news agency reported. The decision was made following the escalation of the war between Israel and the Islamist terrorist organization Hamas, Belga reported on Wednesday. The cooperation concerns a scientific research project on artificial intelligence (AI). The Dutch-language university in the Belgian capital now wants to decide project by project on the future of its...
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Germany's minister of education and research, Bettina Stark-Watzinger, has called on universities to scrutinize any joint projects with China in the light of recent arrests over spying allegations. "The arrest of three Germans for suspected espionage once again makes it abundantly clear that we must not be naive in our dealings with China," the liberal politician told German news magazine Wirtschaftswoche. "We need to weigh up the risks and benefits of cooperation even more carefully, especially in science and in universities. This includes reviewing existing cooperative relationships." A week...
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A knife-wielding attacker in France left two primary schoolchildren with only superficial cuts on Thursday but terrified the small community of Souffelweyersheim on the outskirts of Strasbourg. A suspect was detained after the attack in Souffelweyersheim on Thursday, according to the public prosecutor's office in Strasbourg. The man, who is around 30 years old, was taken into police custody, it said. The two schoolgirls, aged 7 and 11, suffered superficial cuts. They were able to leave the university hospital in Strasbourg after brief treatment. Nothing was initially known about the attacker's...
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A knife-wielding attacker in France left two primary schoolchildren with only superficial cuts on Thursday but terrified the town of Souffelweyersheim on the outskirts of Strasbourg. Schools in Souffelweyersheim locked down for security reasons after the attack, and a schoolgirl at a nearby secondary school suffered a serious heart attack, according to police. The two schoolgirls cut in the knife attack were taken to the paediatric ward of the university hospital in Strasbourg, while the schoolgirl who suffered a heart attack is being treated in serious condition in hospital. The 28-year-old s...
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A man slightly injured two primary schoolchildren with a knife in an attack in the French town of Souffelweyersheim. The two children have been taken to hospital and a suspect has been arrested, police in the nearby city of Strasbourg, located on the border with Germany, announced on Thursday. The attack took place in a square near the local school. Police said the attacker's motive remains unclear. Psychological assistance has been organized for other pupils at the school, according to police. According to media reports, the two victims are aged 6 and 11. The 28-year-old suspect was arrested ...
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German Agriculture Minister Cem Özdemir has called for healthier food in schools, daycare centres and canteens during debate in parliament on Thursday over the government's nutrition strategy. "Food determines life chances. It starts with the youngest children," Özdemir, from the Green Party, told lawmakers in Berlin. "That's why it should be as easy as possible for everyone to eat well and healthily if they want to." He argued that healthy food should be available to everyone, regardless of where a person's family might come from, where in Germany they live or how wealthy they are. Özdemir sa...
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A 22-year-old man with a knife and a blank-firing gun was arrested at a school in Petershagen near the German capital Berlin on Friday morning. Police said a security alarm had been triggered at the school at around 7:15 am (0615 GMT) when a man with a weapon was seen to have entered the school. Police cordoned off the school and specially trained emergency services then searched the building and overpowered the man. A police spokesman said he had been arrested. The man and a police officer both suffered minor injuries during the arrest, the spokesman said. No other injuries have been reported...
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A man with a knife and a gun was arrested at a school in Petershagen near the German capital Berlin on Friday morning. Police said a security alarm had been triggered at the school at around 7:15 am (0615 GMT), when a man with a weapon was seen to have entered the school. Specially trained emergency services then searched the school building and overpowered the man. A police spokesman said he had been arrested, and was found to have a firearm and a knife. It is not yet clear whether the weapon was capable of firing live ammunition. The man was injured during the arrest, the spokesman said. No ...
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The Taliban police in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Khost has banned local radio and television channels from accepting phone calls from girls, citing immorality, an Afghan media watchdog reported on Sunday. In a statement, the Afghanistan Journalists Center (AFJC) said that media officials have been warned of legal consequences for violating the directive. A letter from the provincial police obtained by the AFJC states that some private radio stations are spreading moral corruption by misusing social programs and education programs. The letter accused girls of making “illegitimate contact...
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