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Arrest of female student: NANS lauds police quick intervention
The Sun Nigeria
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July 23, 2025
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Lagos State chapter yesterday, condemned what it described as irresponsible actions and calculated inaction of a landlord who unlawfully detained a female student of the Lagos State University,...
Columbia student detained for pro-Palestinian stance seeks $20mn in damages from Trump
The Economic Times
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July 23, 2025
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student and pro-Palestinian activist, visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday after spending over 100 days in US immigration detention. Khalil met with lawmakers including Pennsylvania Democrat Summer Lee to demand an...
Engineering student starts coffee business as tribute to father
Norwich Evening News
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Nithin Embari started his mobile coffee-bike business serving commuters and city folk just off Prince of Wales Road. Nithin, who is also a masters student in engineering management at the University of East London, runs the business with his...
Chinese student in Myanmar scam freed after gang realises he has ‘bright future’
South China Morning Post
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July 23, 2025
A student from northwestern China who was tricked into a scam in Myanmar was unexpectedly released after the gang learned he had a “bright future”. Peng Yuxuan, 19, from Hanzhong City in Shaanxi province, had just retaken China’s national college...
Delhi Cabinet approves free laptop scheme for meritorious students, hikes cash awards for Olympic winners
Edex Live
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The Delhi Cabinet on Tuesday, July 22, decided to provide free i7 laptops to 1,200 meritorious Class 10 students under the Mukhya Mantri Digital Education Scheme. Education Minister Ashish Sood announced the establishment of ICT labs in 175...
Bangladesh students protest after air force jet crash kills 32
1News
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Hundreds of students have protested near the site of the crash of a Bangladesh air force training jet into a school in the nation’s capital, demanding accountability, compensation for victims' families and the halt of training flights. The ongoing...
Firm launches project to empower students for sustainable change
The Guardian (Nigeria)
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July 23, 2025
Boke Technology Co. Ltd. has launched its SDG Hero Project in Lagos, Nigeria, empowering 5,000 students across the state to address all 17 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This innovative Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)...
Albanese Government’s first bills tackle childcare safety regulations, student debt reform
The West Australian
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July 23, 2025
The Albanese Government has introduced its first bills of the new term to slash student debt by 20 per cent and to tighten early childhood safety regulations by stripping funding from childcare centres that fail to meet minimum standards. While...
Philadelphia judge orders release of man convicted in 1984 killing of Drexel student
6 ABC Action News
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July 23, 2025
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- A former Drexel University security guard convicted of killing a student could walk out of prison a free man as early as Wednesday. It's the result of a wrongful conviction that a Philadelphia judge overturned on Tuesday,...
ARH Mountain Student Achiever - Abby Grade Adkins
WYMT - Kentucky
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July 22, 2025
HAZARD, Ky. (WYMT) - Abby Grace Adkins is an ARH Mountain Student Achiever. Adkins attended East Ridge High School, where she graduated with a GPA of 4.5. She was a 2024 Kentucky Governors Scholar and was part of the Pike County Early College...
Engineering student builds AetherLabs to fix delays in insurance operations
Edex Live
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Engineering student Advith Sharma has launched AetherLabs, a no-code web platform designed to solve delays and inefficiencies in insurance operations. The idea took shape after he saw his father, a veteran in the insurance sector, struggle with...
Thornton students 'take 3 for the sea' for plastic free July
Maitland Mercury
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July 23, 2025
Since 2009, Take 3 for the Sea has educated more than one million students, reached over 64 million people via social media, removed over 56 million items of rubbish from waterways and oceans and have spread to 129 countries.
Man’s killer charged after 15 years thanks to help of college students
KMOV - Missouri
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July 22, 2025
METRO EAST (First Alert 4) -- A local family finally has answers nearly 15 years after their loved one was murdered in East St. Louis. We’re learning more about the college students helping investigators make an arrest in that murder, and working...
Families of the Idaho students Bryan Kohberger stabbed to death are set to see him sentenced
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Georgia
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Police initially had no suspects, and the killings terrified the normally quiet community in the small, western Idaho city of Moscow. Some students at both universities left mid-semester, taking the rest of their classes online because they felt...
Immigration Raids Are Preventing Students From Attending School
EdSurge
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July 22, 2025
Even before Donald Trump moved into his second term as president, experts and advocates predicted a drop in school attendance by students from immigrant families, arguing that a “climate of fear” would prevent students from showing up in their...
Former preschool teacher pleads guilty to kicking 4-year-old girl, leaving bruise
Channel News Asia
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July 23, 2025
SINGAPORE: A former preschool teacher pleaded guilty on Tuesday (Jul 22) to kicking a four-year-old girl as she felt that the child, who was seated, had nearly caused her to trip. The child felt pain on her shin, which became bruised. Alamelu...
UTPB hosts new student orientation
Odessa American - Texas
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July 22, 2025
University of Texas Permian Basin hosted about 160 students Monday for orientation. The event, which continued Tuesday, helps prepare them for classes, which start Aug. 25. Dean of Students Corey Benson said students sign up for orientation,...
USM student body not taking part in July 26 rally, urges members to focus on final exams
The Malaysian Star
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July 23, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Sains Malaysia's (USM) student body has announced that it will not be involved in the “Turun Anwar” rally scheduled to take place this Thursday (July 26), here. In a statement on Wednesday (July 23), the USM Student...
Columbia University suspends, expels nearly 80 students over Gaza protests
Al Jazeera
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July 23, 2025
Columbia University in the United States has imposed severe punishments, including expulsion, suspension from courses and revocation of academic degrees, on dozens of students who participated in protests against Israel’s war on Gaza. The student...
Spring Hill, Gilmer students collect items for Texas Hill Country flood relief
Longview News-Journal - Texas
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July 23, 2025
Published 10:00 pm Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Students from Spring Hill and Gilmer ISDs have collected more than 1,000 items to donate to people affected by flooding in the Texas Hill Country.Members of the student councils at Spring Hill and Gilmer...