Test shows Australian students are determined problem-solvers
MELBOURNE: Australian teenagers persevere harder at problem-solving tasks than students in most Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries,…
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Myanmar army releases more than 100 child soldiers
YANGON: Myanmar’s army released 109 children from its military ranks yesterday in its single biggest discharge of child soldiers, but…
Philippines rules out talks with militants holding Germans
MANILA: The Philippines said yesterday it would not negotiate with a militant group threatening to behead one of two German…
Australia ‘terror suspect’ may not have been acting alone
SYDNEY: A terror suspect shot dead by Australian police after stabbing two officers in a frenzied knife attack may not…
Allies hit IS oil refineries in Syria
DAMASCUS: The US-led coalition has bombed oil facilities used by Islamic State jihadists in Syria, as the world moves to…
Mexico shock as kidnapped lawmaker killed, burned
GUADALAJARA, Mexico: A Mexican federal lawmaker was killed and burned after being abducted in broad daylight, authorities confirmed Wednesday, shocking…
Ukraine prepares to close Russia border
KIEV: President Petro Poroshenko instructed his government yesterday to consider temporarily closing Ukraine’s porous border with Russia to help halt…
Sierra Leone quarantines more than one million people
FREETOWN: Sierra Leone has ordered the quarantine ‘with immediate effect’ of three districts and 12 tribal chiefdoms – affecting more…