Govt should take the new act as a stepping stone to wider education reforms

Australia is introducing counter-radicalisation programmes in high schools - mainly in suburban Sydney - believed to be hot spots for recruiting Islamic extremists.

At least 40 were injured when ruling party’s youth wing Jubo League swooped on a procession brought out by the school students protesting extortion today.

More than 200 schools in four cities and provinces decide to temporarily close to prevent Middle East respiratory syndrome infection among students, Korea’s top education official says.