The St. Louis area on Thursday was bracing for more racial unrest over the August killing of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown by a white police officer, and another police killing of a black teenager on Wednesday was expected to add fuel to the fire.
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Hong Kong called off talks with protesting students on Thursday, dealing a heavy blow to attempts to defuse a political crisis that has seen tens of thousands take to the streets to demand free elections and calling for leader Leung Chun-ying to resign.
(GPDN-Los Angeles)October 5th is UN World Teachers’ Day; political leaders, such as Congressman Ed Royce, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, California State Senator Bob Huff, Mrs.
(GPDN-Los Angeles)October 5th is UN World Teachers’ Day; political leaders, such as Congressman Ed Royce, Chairman of Foreign Affairs Committee, California State Senator Bob Huff, Mrs.
On the first day of school outside the east Ukrainian rebel stronghold of Donetsk, 11th-grade teacher Yelena Sepik tells her class to get out of their seats to clap and sing along to the Soviet military music playing over the speakers.
(GPDN-Taipei)Teachers are highly valued, for they play a key role in making the society function well. Initiated by UNESCO and ILO in 1994, World Teachers’ Day is annually celebrated on October 5. “Invest in the future, invest in teachers” is the theme for 2014 World Teachers’ Day.
Pakistan said on Thursday it was capable of responding "befittingly" to Indian border shelling, and warned against an escalation of the worst fighting between the nuclear-armed rivals in more than a decade.
Democratic lawmakers in Hong Kong demanded anti-graft officers investigate a $6.4 million business payout to Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying on Thursday, as political fallout grows from massive student-led protests calling for democracy in the Chinese-controlled city.
Iran and major powers are set to hold multilateral and bilateral nuclear talks in the coming days in Vienna, Iran's foreign ministry said on Wednesday.
After three days trapped in a cellar by shelling, Svetlana and Sergei Divenko left their home in eastern Ukraine and fled to Russia with their two children and a single bag.