DIY education: Greek teacher creates TV classes for inmates

When lockdowns cancelled classes at Greece’s Avlona Special Youth Detention Center school, the prison’s students had no way to continue learning, until a teacher created a dedicated TV channel to broadcast their classes.

12,000 illegals nabbed in Ops Benteng since last year

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 12,000 undocumented immigrants have been detained while 922 ‘tekong’ (skippers) were nabbed by the National Task Force (NTF) led by the Malaysian Armed Forces (MAF) since last year, says Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

Singapore to get first university of the arts, formed by alliance between Nafa and Lasalle

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): A new university of the arts will be formed by an "alliance" between the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Nafa) and Lasalle College of the Arts, Education Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Wednesday (March 3).

Microsoft steps up push to bring virtual reality to the masses

Microsoft Corp unveiled software tools designed to make it easier and less expensive for people to access virtual reality and augmented reality content, and for more creators to build these digital and holographic worlds.

U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee approves Burns to lead CIA

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee by a unanimous voice vote on Tuesday confirmed veteran diplomat William Burns to become President Joe Biden's Central Intelligence Agency director, Senator Mark Warner, the Democratic committee chair, said.

Timber industry seeks local grads to join in its march towards IR 4.0

PUTRAJAYA: The timber industry is on the lookout for more local graduates as it moves into the Fourth Industrial Revolution, or IR 4.0.

Climate change is about more than the environment

Mumbai power outage could have been cyber sabotage, says minister

MUMBAI (Reuters) - A power failure that crippled India's financial capital of Mumbai in western Maharashtra state last year could have been a case of cyber sabotage, a local minister said on Monday, as China denied a report that it was behind the outage.

Envoy hopes for more Thai students in Brunei

The country and Thailand share close ties in education with over 40 Thai students studying here this year.

Women fight for funding in man’s world of tech startups

When it comes to getting backing for a startup it is about trust, and that seems to be lacking when it comes to women entrepreneurs, according to Foundos and others.