INSEAD Day 4 - 728x90

schools

Samsung biggest chip investor

The tech giant invested nearly $59.2bn in 2025.

flynas to set up new hub

Five destinations in first phase of operations.

AD Ports Group acquires CLI

CLI is Brazilian agri-bulk terminal operator.

$1.59bn Makkah project awarded

A consortium will develop two districts in the Holy City.

2PointZero posts profit surge

Growth driven by merger consolidation.
  • Kabul, Afghanistan - Since the start of the school year in March, Afghan boys have been required to wear new uniforms of turbans and long tunics, following an order to adopt outfits reflecting Taliban rule. The Taliban government's education ministry cites strengthening discipline, masking social inequalities and promoting what the...
  • Hard-hitting drama ‘Adolescence’ to be shown in UK schools

    London, United Kingdom - The Netflix drama "Adolescence", which has sparked widespread debate about the toxic and misogynistic influences young boys are exposed to online, is to be shown in UK secondary schools, officials said on Monday. Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who met the creators of the show alongside charities...
  • Gaza civil defence says Israel strikes on two schools kill more than 18

    Senior civil defense official Mohammad al-Mughayyir said 60 people were also wounded and more than 40 still missing in the strikes on Al-Zahra and Abdel Fattah Hamoud schools in Gaza City.
  • 4,156 Palestinian students killed in Israeli Gaza and West Bank assault

    The Palestinian Ministry of Education said that since the beginning of the aggression, the number of students killed in the Gaza Strip has reached more than 4,119, with 7,536 others injured. The Ministry added that in the Gaza Strip, 221 teachers and administrators were killed, and 703 others were injured.
  • Kuwait City is the Middle East’s most polluted, Baghdad is next

    Dubai, UAE - As New Delhi once again topped the list of the world’s most polluted cities, across the Middle East, cities were also facing their own environmental challenges, with Kuwait City emerging as the region's most polluted city, according to the latest data from Swiss group IQAir. Kuwait City...
  • Saudi Fund for Development and Seychelles sign US$25m loan agreements

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-- The Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) has signed two loan agreements with Seychelles to support the social housing in the country. In this regard, CEO of the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al-Marshad signed two development loan agreements with Seychelles Minister of Finance, National...
  • Middle East embraces Mandarin learning in geopolitical shift

    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia - Middle Eastern countries are increasingly embracing the Mandarin language, extending China's soft power influence in the region. While interest in learning Mandarin has declined in the West, Middle Eastern nations are mandating Chinese language education in their schools, , a report in South China Morning Post...
  • Almost 8,000 participants to take part in Sharjah’s 10th Charity Marathon

    SHARJAH, UAE- The 10th Annual Charity Marathon, expected to attract over 8,000 runners from all segments of society, is all set to commence on Sunday at 4 pm, local media reports said. The runners are likely to include students from schools and universities, members of sports clubs, patients from hospitals,...
  • Over 100 arrested over school poisonings in Iran

    TEHRAN, IRAN - Iran has announced more than 100 arrests nationwide over the mystery poisonings of thousands of schoolgirls, charging that the unidentified alleged perpetrators may have links with "hostile" groups. In the wave of cases since late November, schoolgirls have suffered fainting, nausea, shortness of breath and other symptoms after...
  • GCC vows more cooperation to boost education

    The regional panel, during its fourth meeting in Riyadh, reviews the implementation of the strategic plan to improve educational institutions in the bloc and their needs.
  • Participation rises in Sharjah Sustainability Award

    SHARJAH, UAE - The Environment and Protected Areas Authority in Sharjah (EPAA) announced an increase in participation in the 11th session of the Sharjah Sustainability Award for 2022-2023. There were 485 entries from university students, colleges and government, private and foreign schools from different regions of the country, and youth...
  • Taaleem to raise US$204.21 million in IPO

    Dubai school operator plans to expand its network.
  • DXB to welcome 2.1m passengers over 10-day school holiday break

    October 30 is expected to be the busiest day with daily traffic exceeding 259,000 passengers.
  • Airfares increase as demand soars for flights to UAE

    Demand for air tickets to destinations outside the UAE also surged in June and July, even as the travel costs grew sharply due to the rising oil prices and global inflation.
  • More deals in sight as UAE-France ties strengthen

    The past years witnessed the signing of dozens of agreements and memoranda of understanding between the two countries in various economic, cultural, military and environmental fields, the latest of which was 13 agreements signed during the visit of the French President to the UAE last December.
  • Marcos Jr eyes landslide as Philippines votes for new president

    Millions of Filipinos thronged primary schools and other polling stations Monday to elect a new president, with the son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos the favourite to win the high-stakes election. Nearly 40 years after the patriarch was deposed by a popular revolt and the family chased into exile, Ferdinand...
  • Kuwait to hire 1,000 non-Kuwaiti teachers for academic year 2022-23

    Kuwait’s Ministry of Education has said it will hire 1,000 non-Kuwaiti male and female teachers to fill the shortage in schools for the next academic year 2022-2023. Media reports said that an applicant must be a University graduate qualified to work in general education schools in 11 different specializations. The...
  • Aldar Education gets $272m

    Company's growth plan focused on three locations in Abu Dhabi.
  • Istanbul airport closes down as snowstorm hits region

    Europe's busiest airport shut down in Istanbul while schools and vaccination centers closed in Athens as a rare snowstorm blanketed swathes of the eastern Mediterranean region.
  • Nearly 14,000 Bahraini nationals invested in UAE companies in 2020

    A total of 13, 978 Bahraini nationals have invested in UAE public shareholding companies in 2020 and 331 licenses for various economic activities were granted to them, the UAE Ministry of Finance has said. The Ministry said on the occasion of Bahrain National Day that trade between the UAE and...
  • Morocco state schools fail students, deepen inequality

    The High Council for Education has said that government schools "are not giving the majority of pupils basic skills or a fundamental education".
  • With Covid tamed, UAE to open schools in January

    The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will throw open schools, colleges, and universities from January next year to welcome students back after nearly two years of distance learning or online classes, necessitated because of the Covid pandemic.
  • Woman turns home into school in war-torn Yemen

    Amina Mahdi had already been teaching children to read and write before the outbreak of the impoverished country's devastating war in 2014.
  • Lebanon’s ‘new poor’ pull children out of private school

    Since 2019, Lebanon's financial meltdown, one on the planet's worst since the 1850s, has decimated the country's middle class
  • Despite economic crisis, Lebanon to reopen schools

    Rights groups have decried an “education catastrophe”, with more than a million children in Lebanon out of school since the country’s Covid-19 outbreak began in February last year
  • Israel requires Covid tests for children

    Israel already requires children aged 12 and over to be tested for Covid in order to enter many public places
  • Masks up again in Israel as Delta variant drives up cases

    Mask requirement reimposed for all indoor settings except the home Israel has already started its vaccine drive for children aged 12 to 15 Masks up again in Israel as Delta variant drives up cases Ten days after being allowed to ditch masks, Israel told its citizens on Friday they must...