Science
May 1, 2020
The global lockdown to stem the spread of the coronavirus or COVID-19 led to a massive drop in carbon emissions in April. Besides the fall in industrial production and closure of transportation, new commitments by some countries like Japan and Chile also contributed to reduce carbon imprints. Although the 26th session of the Conference of […]
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March 17, 2020
Educational institutions across Bangladesh will be suspended for the next two weeks to help stem the spread of coronavirus after the number of cases rose to eight, an official said Monday.”Primarily we decided to close the educational institutions on M…
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March 13, 2020
Primary, secondary and high schools in Turkey will be closed for two weeks, with remote education to begin in the second week as part of several precautions against the novel coronavirus, the country’s education minister said on Thursday.The announceme…
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March 13, 2020
Belgium, Portugal and Luxembourg announced Thursday that schools will be closed as a precaution against the novel coronavirus.Belgian Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes told a press conference that the country’s schools will be closed as of Friday night unti…
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March 10, 2020
Militants affiliated with renegade Libyan military commander Khalifa Haftar targeted two schools with rocket fire, local officials said Monday.In a statement on social media, Abu Salim Municipality said no one was killed or injured in the attack as th…
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March 7, 2020
The decision to close Turkey’s border with Iran due to the coronavirus outbreak has left Iranians pursuing an education in the country in a kind of limbo.”I haven’t seen my family for 10 months. When the borders were closed, I was on the fence about wh…
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March 5, 2020
Besides human and economic losses, education has taken a major hit in Indian-administered Kashmir due to conflict and clampdowns.On Feb. 24, nearly 1.2 million students attended classes for the first time in almost seven months, since India revoked lim…
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March 5, 2020
Iran has suspended education in schools and universities for two weeks over rapid spread of the new type of coronavirus across the country.Elementary and secondary schools as well as universities were closed in the virus-hit country until March 20, Ira…
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