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FEDERAL BUDGET - WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR:THE BIG PICTURE* With the COVID-19 pandemic, flooding and the Ukraine-Russia war creating headwinds, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg emphasizes the "fiscal dividend of a stronger economy."Watch the latest news…

British researchers are taking industrial action against cuts to their pensions, among other conditions.Credit: Vuk Valcic/ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock Thousands of academics walked out of…

Low-cost airline IndiGo is offering a 10% discount on the base fare to passengers who have received one or both doses of COVID-19 vaccines. The offer is restricted to passengers aged 18 and over.In a bid to boost air travel amid the…

SINGAPORE - Students undertaking overseas programs provided by their universities in Singapore must be fully immunized and have parental consent. Local institutions said that students going abroad are covered by student travel insurance…

Religious tourism - travel for religious or spiritual purposes and visits to monuments - is a growing trend in the hospitality industry in India, as spiritual sites attract a well-paid younger generation.Hoteliers are beginning to…

In America, we love a good Horatio Alger story, in which someone who starts out with very little applies hard work and ambition and becomes successful - but only in the abstract. In real life, America's elites hate the try as much as any…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina (AP) - Bosnia's coronavirus vaccination rate is one of the lowest in…

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that the Biden-Harris administration will provide up to $…

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Raj Kiran Grewal, who lives in Mohali in the Indian state of Punjab, considered Australia the perfect place to do his MBA. But after spending 20 months trying to get around the country's ultra-strict border…

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Tthe rent is from a community of 400 people in the Top End. Arrive by road and the first thing you see is the air strip of red dust, but closer to you, tall sprawling trees create oases of coolness in the tropical heat. Under them,…

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The number of students attending Texas community colleges fell below enrollment at four-year universities in the state for the first time since the 1990s, as many two-year schools continue to face a sharp drop in…

The Fountains, a major $ 425 million transformation project at the former Brooklyn Developmental Center site in eastern New York, has been completed. This redevelopment of a six-acre complex includes 1,163 affordable housing units spread…

The Union government has issued guidelines for the PM-Cares for children program, which will provide full support to children who have lost their parents due to the Covid-19 pandemic.…

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University bosses should apologize for any further disruption to students returning to campus rather than staff who must vote on the strike, a union leader said.Jo Grady, secretary general of the University and College Union (UCU), called…

The banking industry has moved from physical to digital, and now to hybrid banking models. Thanks to emerging technologies and fintech companies using digital tools to transform the way we do our banking. The use of Aadhaar…

By Katia Paz-GoldfarbIt's National Hispanic Heritage Month, a celebration of traditions and history that are dear to millions of Hispanic Americans.This week we also celebrate Institutions Serving Hispanics Week (HSI), an initiative…

University staff are set to be called on strike over the next academic year, reigniting their battle with employers over deep cuts to pension benefits just as campuses are recovering from the effects of the disruption. Covid.A special…

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Shadab, 18, was ready to leave Afghanistan to travel nearly 7,500 miles to begin his final year of high school at the Subiaco Academy - a Benedictine high school that is both a day school and a boarding school -…

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Despite full FDA approval on Monday of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, New Hampshire's public…

Achieving herd immunity with a minimum of 70% requires hard work and rapid problem solving, and in this case the pesantren community is our target. Jakarta (ANTARA) - The Ministry of Religious Affairs hailed the Kita Jaga…

University leaders say their institutions are ready to help the growing number of students applying to college this summer and that students should continue to be ambitious in their study choices. Ahead of Results Day for AS / A…

Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh Pupils at a school for the visually impaired in Varanasi, Sri Hanuman Prasad Poddar Andh Vidyalaya, staged protests from Ganga ghat to the Hindu University of Banaras. The visually impaired…

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Noraini Ahmad said the MoHE had also asked universities not to charge fees on other activities because most students were not on campus during the pandemic of Covid-19. - Photo by Yusof Mat Isa…

An Anishinaabe woman from the Peterborough area who has started teaching her children about their culture, language and heritage is launching an online fundraising campaign to fund a private school teaching low-income urban Indigenous…

This is the July 5, 2021 edition of the 8 to 3 newsletter on school, kids and parenting. Do you like what you read ? Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Monday. Tell the truth: you probably went to the pool this weekend.…

LETTER | Lately, many members of the university community have expressed resentment, expressing concern, anger and frustration at a series of issues besieging the higher education community in this country. These problems, among others,…

Senator Jim Gray is doing his homework and getting results. Over the past six months, Jim has been one of the most tireless and effective lawmakers in the State House, and we couldn't have crafted a conservative and financially responsible…

The State Department of Environmental Protection has given the owner of the Rockhill Quarry more time to conduct environmental testing of the property, where asbestos was found in 2018.Last week, the DEP partially agreed to Hanson…

To enable cloud collaboration and remote working, corporate IT teams can help employees improve home network setup.…

99 people missing after building collapse in FloridaThe sudden collapse of a condominium complex north of Miami Beach has left at least one dead and 99 missing. Search and rescue teams using trained dogs and sonar scanned above and below…

EARLY the year, Republicans in the state Senate pledged a conservative and fiscally responsible budget for…

Local It may arrive later than expected. An MBTA cyclist waits for the Longwood MBTA station in…