College Board shelves AP psychology class in Florida over guidance on gender content
The College Board says schools in Florida should not offer its Advanced Placement course in psychology to students, citing guidance from state officials to exclude content on sexual orientation and gender identity
2023-08-05 01:46
"We ran for our lives": historic floods destroy Beijing couple's home
By Josh Arslan and Tingshu Wang BEIJING (Reuters) -For years, Gao enjoyed a big apartment in scenic west Beijing and
2023-08-04 20:16
Apple sees sales slump continuing, shares drop 2% despite beating sales expectations
By Stephen Nellis Apple on Thursday forecast that a sales slump would continue into the current quarter, sending
2023-08-04 08:28
Florida effectively bans advanced psychology course over LGBTQ content - course developer
By Sharon Bernstein Florida has told school superintendents that the Advanced Placement psychology course offered to high school
2023-08-04 07:17
Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor
Texas A&M University has reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism professor whose hiring was sabotaged by backlash her past work promoting diversity
2023-08-04 05:45
After Supreme Court victory, anti-affirmative action group turns to military academy exemption
By Rachel Nostrant The group that took its case against affirmative action in college admissions to the U.S.
2023-08-04 03:26
US man pleads guilty to laundering crypto stolen from Bitfinex hack
By Luc Cohen WASHINGTON A New York technology entrepreneur pleaded guilty on Thursday to laundering funds stolen from
2023-08-03 23:15
Nintendo's profit jumps as Super Mario franchise gets a boost from hit film
Nintendo is reporting a 52% increase in profit for the first fiscal quarter following the success of its Super Mario movie and the new Zelda video game
2023-08-03 18:00
Safety concerns mount for scout gathering amid South Korea heatwave
By Soo-hyang Choi SEOUL South Korea's interior minister urged on Thursday organisers of a global scout jamboree to
2023-08-03 15:56
Alibaba unveils open-sourced AI model similar to Meta's Llama 2
HONG KONG Chinese tech giant Alibaba Group's cloud computing unit released two open-sourced artificial intelligence (AI) models on
2023-08-03 15:22
California school district at center of earlier controversy is sued over critical race theory ban
A Southern California school board at odds with state officials and local residents this summer over its rejection of social studies curriculum that includes gay rights is now being sued regarding a different policy decision.
2023-08-03 15:16
China proposes to limit children's smartphone time to a maximum of 2 hours a day
China’s internet watchdog has laid out regulations to curb the amount of time children spend on their smartphones, in the latest blow to firms such as Tencent and ByteDance, which run social media platforms and online games
2023-08-03 12:51