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Car ramming in Japan injures 7 schoolchildren and suspect is arrested on the scene Police officers inspect a vehicle believed to have hit elementary school students, in Osaka, western Japan, Thursday, May 1, 2025. (Kyodo News via AP) TOKYO — A man in Japan was arrested on suspicion of driving his car into seven schoolchildren who were walking home, injuring them, one seriously, police said. Police were handling the case as attempted murder rather than reckless driving because the suspect, Yuki Yazawa, 28, told investigators that he was “sick and tired of everything” and on Thursday drove his car into the children to kill them, officials said. Osaka prefectural police said Yazawa was arrested at the scene and is facing charges of attempted murder. The injured schoolchildren were aged 7 and 8 and were walking home from an elementary school nearby, police said. A 7-year-old girl suffered a broken jaw, while the other six — all boys — were slightly injured, Osaka police said. Television footage showed ambulances parked on a narrow back street with medics giving first aid to the children. NHK public television quoted a witness as saying that the children had fallen to the ground, screaming, and that the driver, who was silent and appeared to be in a daze, stayed in his seat until police came. Full story at CTV News (May 2025)
Estonian student becomes first non-Korean to win Miss Chunhyang title Mai, right, a 25-year-old Estonian student currently studying Korean language education at Seoul National University, poses with other finalists during the 95th Global Miss Chunhyang Pageant in Namwon, Wednesday. Photo courtesy of Namwon City By Kim Hyun-bin For the first time in the 95-year history of the Chunhyang Festival, a foreign contestant has won one of the top titles in the Miss Chunhyang beauty pageant. Mai, a 25-year-old Estonian student currently studying Korean language education at Seoul National University, came in fourth place during the Global Miss Chunhyang Pageant held on Wednesday in Namwon, a southern city often referred to as the home of some of Korea's most romantic folklore. Also a YouTuber who runs a channel under the name Kimchi Ghost Mai, she was named Miss Chunhyang “Hyun,” a title that ranks just below “Jin” (first place), “Seon” (second place), and “Mi” (third place) in the pageant’s hierarchy. The annual competition only began accepting international participants last year as part of its push for global outreach. Mai is the first non-Korean contestant ever to earn a title in the pageant’s main lineup, making her a symbol of the festival’s evolving inclusivity and growing international appeal. “I’m deeply honored to represent a tradition I’ve long admired,” Mai said after being crowned. “Learning the language brought me closer to Korean culture, and standing here today feels like a dream.” Full story at The Korea Times (May 2025)
Pro-Palestinian protesters arrested at US’s Columbia University Pro-Palestinian student group says it staged demonstration to protest against university profiting from ‘imperialist violence’. Pro-Palestinian protesters are loaded into NYPD buses following a protest at Butler Library on the campus of Columbia University in New York, on May 7, 2025 [Ryan Murphy/Reuters] Dozens of pro-Palestinian activists have staged a protest at Columbia University in the United States. Footage posted on social media showed demonstrators standing on tables, chanting and beating drums inside the university’s main library. Columbia University Apartheid Divest, a pro-Palestinian student group, said it had occupied the library to protest the university’s links to Israel. “Over 100 people have just flooded Butler Library and renamed it the Basel Al-Araj Popular University,” the group said on Substack, referring to the Palestinian activist and writer who was killed by Israeli forces in 2017. “The flood shows that as long as Columbia funds and profits from imperialist violence, the people will continue to disrupt Columbia’s profits and legitimacy. Repression breeds resistance – if Columbia escalates repression, the people will continue to escalate disruptions on this campus.” Columbia University’s acting president, Claire Shipman, condemned the demonstration as “completely unacceptable”. University officials called police after demonstrators refused requests to provide identification and leave the building, Shipman said. “Disruptions to our academic activities will not be tolerated and are violations of our rules and policies; this is especially unacceptable while our students study and prepare for final exams,” Shipman said in a statement. “Columbia strongly condemns violence on our campus, antisemitism and all forms of hate and discrimination, some of which we witnessed today.” Full story at Al Jazeera (May 2025)
School evacuated as grenade brought to show-and-tell By Dan Martin Head teacher Jeanette Hart put the grenade behind a "substantial" tree and called the police A school was evacuated and Army explosives experts called after a pupil unexpectedly produced a grenade from his pocket in a show-and-tell assembly. Staff at Osmaston CofE Primary School, in Ashbourne, Derbyshire, said they had not been expecting the boy to bring the World War Two weapon in for the assembly on Friday morning. Head teacher Jeanette Hart said she was unsure if the device was live, so she took it from the boy and slowly placed it behind a "substantial" tree in the car park as the school was cleared and emergency services were called. Army experts later established the grenade had been safe but police praised the "quick-thinking" staff. "It was quite an eventful assembly," Mrs Hart told the BBC. "It was going fine and there was a boy who brought an old bullet case in, which I knew about, but then his friend produced a hand grenade from his pocket. "That, I was not expecting." Pupils were said to be excited by the sight of police arriving at the school Mrs Hart said she had not wanted to cause a panic when she realised he was holding the grenade - a family heirloom the boy had picked up without telling his parents. "It looked old and I thought it might be safe but I didn't want to take the risk," she said. "I ended the assembly, took it off him and slowly carried it outside and put it behind a far tree in the car park. I wasn't 100% happy carrying it to be honest." Mrs Hart said the children were moved to safety while police and Army explosive experts were called to the scene. Full story at BBC News (May 2025)
Trump Administration Says It Is Halting Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students The move was a major escalation in the administration’s efforts to pressure the college to fall in line with President Trump’s demands. The Harvard campus this month. The administration notified the university in recent days about its decision to halt Harvard’s ability to enroll international students. Photo: Sophie Park for The New York Times By Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender The Trump administration on Thursday said it would halt Harvard University’s ability to enroll international students, taking aim at a crucial funding source for the nation’s oldest and wealthiest college in a major escalation of the administration’s efforts to pressure the elite school to fall in line with the president’s agenda. The administration notified Harvard about the decision — which could affect about a quarter of the school’s student body — after a back-and-forth in recent weeks over the legality of a sprawling records request as part of the Department of Homeland Security’s investigation, according to three people with knowledge of the negotiations. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly. The latest move intensifies the administration’s attempt to upend the culture of higher education by directly subverting the ability of one of the nation’s premier universities to attract the best and brightest students from all over the world. That capability, across all of academia, has long been one of the greatest sources of academic, economic and scientific strength in America. It is also likely to prompt a second legal challenge from Harvard, according to another person familiar with the school’s thinking who insisted on anonymity to discuss private deliberations. The university sued the Trump administration last month over the government’s attempt to impose changes to its curriculum, admissions policies and hiring practices. “I am writing to inform you that effective immediately, Harvard University’s Student and Exchange Visitor Program certification is revoked,” a letter to the university from Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary, said. A copy of the letter was obtained by The New York Times. The Department of Homeland Security said the action applied to current and future students. “Harvard can no longer enroll foreign students, and existing foreign students must transfer or lose their legal status,” the department said in a news release after Ms. Noem posted the administration’s letter on social media later on Thursday. Full story at The New York Times (May 2025)
‘Secret to eternal youth’: Korean school principal, 93, shares tips for staying young Clean-living, single nonagenarian with no kids stays forever young by ‘doing ordinary things’, says patients, students are her ‘husband and children’ By Zoey Zhang A 93-year-old school principal in South Korea who is known for her radiant skin, sharp mind and tireless passion for work, has shared tips for staying youthful. A recent video from Gachon University in Seongnam, a city in the country’s most populous province of Gyeonggi, has gone viral for highlighting its president, Lee Gil-ya. Born in 1932, Lee speaks confidently about artificial intelligence, showcasing both insight and energy. Lee Gil-ya, 93, could easily be mistaken for a woman half that age. Photo: 163.com Lee has often made headlines for her age-defying youthful appearance. In 2023, she danced with students at a university festival, earning loud cheers from the crowd. In an interview with Chosun Daily, Lee said her secret to staying young is “consistently doing very ordinary things”. She sticks to a strict routine, avoids alcohol and smoking, drinks tea instead of coffee, and makes sure to stay hydrated by consuming 1.5 litres of water a day. A humidifier runs constantly in her room. Lee as a young child. The now school principal and philanthropist was born in 1932. Photo: 163.com “Avoid stimulants and do not stress too much,” said Lee. She also receives regular laser treatments at a dermatology clinic. As a child, Lee saw many poor people die without proper medical care, which inspired her to become a doctor. Online sources show that she graduated from Seoul National University College of Medicine and later studied in the United States and Japan. Full story at South China Morning Post (May 2025)
15 killed in Malaysian university bus crash near Thailand border The early morning crash along the dangerous East-West Highway is the country’s deadliest road accident in over a decade By Hadi Azmi Fifteen people, mostly university students, were killed in a predawn crash on Monday between a car and a university bus along Malaysia’s notoriously dangerous East-West Highway. In the deadliest road accident to strike the country in several years, 13 people were killed at the scene, while two others died in hospital, according to Malaysia’s Civil Defence Force (APM). Thirty-three others were injured, including seven whose condition was critical. The crash occurred around 1.10am along a remote stretch of the jungle-lined road. Emergency responders found the bus from Sultan Idris Education University overturned, with the mangled car nearby. “Several injured victims were rushed to Gerik Hospital. Among them were those with broken arms, broken legs and minor injuries,” APM said. The bus was travelling from Jerteh, in Terengganu, on the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia, back to its main campus in Tanjung Malim, an hour north of the capital, Kuala Lumpur. The bus after it collided with a minivan in Gerik-Jeli, in Malaysia’s Perak state. Photo: Perak’s Fire and Rescue Department/AFP “The bus overturned and the minivan slid into a ditch,” the Perak state disaster management authority said, according to Agence France-Presse. “Some victims managed to get out on their own, some victims were thrown out while others were still [trapped] in the bus.” A hydraulic cutter was needed to rescue and retrieve some of the victims in the bus, rescue services said. The death toll included 14 students from the university, while the last victim was a bus attendant. Full story at South China Morning Post (June 2025)
Italian parents seek therapy over ‘nightmare’ long school holidays Prospect of three-month break with the children driving mamma e papa insane, say psychologists By Nick Squires Italian parents are turning to psychiatrists to help them deal with the country’s “nightmare” long school holidays. Italy’s state schools broke up on Friday for the usual three-month break, with groups of jubilant children gathering for the tradition of squirting each other with water pistols and tipping bags of flour over each other’s heads. For their parents, however, worry is setting in as to how to entertain their offspring until schools resume in September. As more Italian grandparents keep working into their 70s, the traditional option of conscripting nonna e nonno is disappearing. Along with Malta and Latvia, Italy’s school summer holidays are the longest in Europe and have long been a source of angst for working mothers and fathers. Among the longest in Europe, Italy’s summer break has long been a source of angst for working mothers and fathers - Dallas Stribley/Image Bank The number of parents who seek psychiatric help between June and August increases by up to 40 per cent, according to the Order of Psychologists of Lombardy. Common complaints include anxiety, irritability and a sense of inadequacy, according to Mara Compagnoni, a psychologist. “Holidays are meant to be an opportunity for the family to connect but the myth of the perfect holiday and the impossibility of satisfying the needs of children, work and partners often generates stress and frustration,” she told TGCom24, an Italian news website. The annual struggle to secure childcare is a logistical, financial and even psychological challenge. Among working mothers, 63 per cent say they feel “exhausted” during the summer holidays because of the strain of juggling work and family. “For parents, summer is a nightmare,” said Francesca Fiore, one of the founders of an irreverent blog called Mamma di Merda [Sh—y Mummy], which explores parenting issues. The ordeal begins months before, as parents turn to spreadsheets in an effort to work out how they are going to have their children cared for while they are at work, she said. Full story at The Telegraph (June 2025)
Teachers can use AI to save time on marking, new guidance says By Hazel Shearing The government says AI should only be used for "low-stakes" marking Teachers in England can use artificial intelligence (AI) to speed up marking and write letters home to parents, new government guidance says. Training materials being distributed to schools, first seen exclusively by the BBC, say teachers can use the technology to "help automate routine tasks" and focus instead on "quality face-to-face time". Teachers should be transparent about their use of AI and always check its results, the Department for Education (DfE) said. The Association of School and College Leaders (ASCL) said it could "free up time for face-to-face teaching" but there were still "big issues" to be resolved. BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, said it was an "important step forward" but teachers would "want clarity on exactly how they should be telling... parents where they've used AI". Teachers and pupils have already been experimenting with AI, and the DfE has previously supported its use among teachers. However, this is the first time it has produced training materials and guidance for schools outlining how they should and should not use it. The DfE says AI should only be used for "low-stakes" marking such as quizzes or homework, and teachers must check its results. They also give teachers permission to use AI to write "routine" letters to parents. Full story at BBC News (June 2025)
Austria reels from ‘national tragedy’ after gunman kills nine at former school Worst mass shooting in country’s recent history leaves 10 dead, including 21-year-old man who police say shot himself after killing nine others Paramedics close to the school in Graz where the shooting take place. Photograph: Erwin Scheriau/APA/AFP/Getty Images By Jon Henley Austria will hold three days of national mourning after a 21-year-old man shot dead eight pupils and an adult at his old high school and injured a dozen more before turning his weapon on himself. Visibly moved at a media conference, the chancellor, Christian Stocker, announced a minute’s silence for 10am on Wednesday to start the period of mourning for the victims of Austria’s deadliest postwar mass shooting. The attack on Tuesday morning in the southern city of Graz was a “a dark day in the history of our country”, an act of “unimaginable violence” and “a national tragedy that has shocked us all”, he said. The interior minister, Gerhard Karner, said six of the the shooter’s victims were female and three male. Twelve people had been injured, he said, some seriously. Karner said the presumed shooter, a former pupil at the school who had left before graduating, had acted alone and was among the dead. The mayor of Graz, Elke Kahr, had earlier said that an adult - thought to be a teacher at the school - was among the fatalities. Guardian Graphic The gunman opened fire in two classrooms, one of which had once been his own, soon after 10am local time (0900 BST). Police gave the all clear about 90 minutes later, after a major security operation involving a special forces unit and several helicopters. A police spokesperson told reporters the suspect was a 21-year-old Austrian national who was armed with two weapons that he owned legally, and had no criminal record. His name has not been released. “Everything else, and many other things have been speculated about at this point in time, is simply speculation,” the interior minister told reporters, adding that no further details would be announced because of the active police investigation. “Out of consideration for family members, only reliable information will be released to the public,” Karner said. He said nothing concrete could yet be said about the possible motive of the gunman, whom media reported had been bullied at school. Citing police sources, the Kurier and Salzburger Nachrichten newspapers said the gunman was carrying two weapons, a pistol and a shotgun, one of them only recently acquired. Police said he had been found dead in a school bathroom. Full story at The Guardian (June 2025)