Enrollment up as new academic year begins in Myanmar, despite turmoil — Radio Free Asia

An anti-coup protester splashes red paint on student uniforms hung outside a school during a demonstration against the re-opening of the school by the junta in Yangon, April 27, 2021. Credit: AP Photo

Myanmar’s junta reopened basic education schools across the country for the 2022-2023 academic year on Thursday with student enrollment levels surpassing those from a year earlier, when the pandemic and a teacher boycott of the military regime kept kids at home, according to parents and residents. In the commercial capital Yangon, the number of students

Teens ’cause £100,000 worth of damage’ after ‘wrecking spree’ in Scots yacht harbour

A damaged vessel at East India Harbour in Greenock

Teens went on an alleged wrecking spree in a yacht harbour in Inverclyde – allegedly causing more than an estimated £100,000 worth of damage and leaving boat owners gutted. Several youths allegedly went on the rampage at East India Harbour, Greenock, after 10pm on Monday night. The young men allegedly boarded a number of boats,

Apoyarán a jornaleros temporaleros con presupuesto de 30 mdp

Apoyarán a jornaleros temporaleros con presupuesto de 30 mdp

Guamúchil, Sinaloa.- Gracias al presupuesto designado por el Gobierno del Estado de Sinaloa a este sector agrícola, el cual consiste en 30 millones de pesos, se otorgarán programas de apoyo para jornaleros temporaleros, así lo confirmó el subsecretario de Agricultura de Sinaloa, Ramón Gallegos Araiza, quien sostuvo una reunión con trabajadores de esta índole para

Google is sharing our personal data on a mind-boggling scale

Augmented reality glasses are showcased during the virtual Google I/O Developers Conference in New York on May 11. | BLOOMBERG

Along with the Pixel phones, watches and earbuds at Google’s annual showcase of software and devices last month came a pair of nifty-looking translation glasses. Put them on and real-time “subtitles” appear on the lenses as you watch a person speaking in a different language. Very cool. But the glasses aren’t commercially available. It’s also

punjab: Punjab to restore VIP cover to 434 by June 7 | India News

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CHANDIGARH: Punjab’s AAP government informed the Punjab and Haryana high court on Thursday that the withdrawal of state security to 434 at-risk individuals, including slain singer-rapper Sidhu Moosewala, was “transitory” and that guards assigned to all such people would be restored by June 7. The formal statement in the high court was in response to

Poland must enact judicial reforms to receive Covid aid, says EU chief

Poland must enact judicial reforms to receive Covid aid, says EU chief

Issued on: 02/06/2022 – 21:27 Poland will only receive the money from its 35.4-billion euro ($38 billion) post-Covid economic recovery package if it carries out rule of law reforms, European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Thursday. She said the EU’s approval of the plan announced on Wednesday was “important” but only “a

Un ‘malore’ per Elisabetta, la Regina non parteciperà alla cerimonia nella cattedrale di St.Paul – Mondo

Un 'malore' per Elisabetta, la Regina non parteciperà alla cerimonia nella cattedrale di St.Paul - Mondo

La regina Elisabetta non parteciperà alla messa di ringraziamento alla cattedrale di Saint Paul di Londra, nell’ambito dei festeggiamenti per il Giubileo di Platino: una decisione presa in seguito ad un “malessere“: lo fa sapere Buckigham Palace, citato dalla Bbc, che parla di nuove preoccupazioni per la salute della sovrana 96enne, che celebra i 70

Warships arrive in Kyauk Phyu township as tensions rise in Myanmar’s Rakhine state — Radio Free Asia

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Myanmar’s military is sending more troops into Rakhine state amid fears that an informal ceasefire with the Arakan Army (AA) is about to collapse. A submarine arrived at Kyauk Phyu township on May 31, after sailing through the Bay of Bengal and traveling up the Than Zit river, according to locals. They said a warship

Buddies named Elizabeth can bag themselves a royal treat this Jubilee weekend

Buddies named Elizabeth can bag themselves a royal treat this Jubilee weekend

Buddies called Elizabeth will be able to bag themselves a royal treat this Jubilee weekend. Showcase Cinemas, Phoenix Business Park, is celebrating the Royal Jubilee by offering free cinema tickets and snacks to anyone named Elizabeth over the Jubilee bank holiday. On Friday, June 3, film fans with the same first name as The Queen

First batch of China’s grant of medicines to arrive tomorrow

First batch of China’s grant of medicines to arrive tomorrow

The Chinese Embassy in Colombo says that 512,640 syringes of life-saving Enoxaparin Sodium Injection worth of 10 million RMB, the first batch of China’s 500 million RMB grant to the Sri Lankan people, will be delivered via two consignments soon.  “With joint efforts of all relevant authorities from both China and Sri Lanka, 512,640 syringes

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