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French authorities ordered hundreds of high schools to suspend lessons on October 5 as a wave of student blockades over shortages, overcrowding and dilapidated facilities spread across the country. The move follows days of clashes, dozens of injuries and thousands of arrests that have deepened political pressure on the government.
Istanbul’s nine day Kultur Yolu festival closed on October 4 with a final night of opera, dance and pop concerts across the city, drawing large crowds to Galataport and the Ataturk Culture Center and highlighting a program that mixed classical repertoire with contemporary Turkish pop.
The Istanbul Foundation for Science and Culture opened the 13th International Bediuzzaman Symposium today at the Ataturk Cultural Center in Istanbul, convening scholars from around the world to discuss Qur’anic responses to contemporary global crises.
SLI Consulting and Philippine Coding Camp signed a cooperation to provide courses, bootcamps and family access to coding and digital skills, aiming to widen the Philippines technology talent pipeline by linking corporate upskilling to early learning for children and teens.
Veteran actors and musicians including Shabana Azmi, Naseeruddin Shah and Vishal Dadlani joined a Cockroach Janta Party protest at Mumbai's Shivaji Park calling for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar to step down amid controversy over the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls.
Regional technical evaluations for the Alibaba Cloud AI Hackathon Pakistan 2026 opened in Karachi on October 3, spotlighting student and startup projects that apply AI to agriculture, health, education and finance, and underscoring Pakistan’s growing public private push to build sovereign AI capacity and workforce pathways.
A new memorandum of understanding between Curtin University Malaysia and DriverAI aims to bring advanced computing, applied research and commercialisation pathways to Sarawak, aligning with state plans to build a high skilled digital workforce.
The Polizia Postale has expanded its annual education campaign with a nationwide Action Week beginning October 2, 2026, taking officers back into classrooms across Liguria and other regions to confront rising cases of sextortion, online harassment and violence involving minors.
Dozens of AI produced posters and coordinated posts on Snapchat, Instagram and TikTok helped spread calls to blockade high schools across France this week, investigators and news reports say, complicating efforts to distinguish grassroots student demands from outside agitation.
Ghana’s three main pretertiary teacher unions continued a nationwide strike on September 29, disrupting basic and secondary school teaching across multiple regions after talks with the education ministry failed to resolve demands over promotions, salary placement and unpaid arrears.
Popular actress and model Mousumi Mou has been announced as Ispahani Mirzapore Tea’s new two year brand ambassador and the host of the show Banglabid, a move that links a high profile celebrity with a cultural campaign to revive Bangla language interest among young viewers.
A violent confrontation at the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute on September 28 has drawn wide attention after students protested a right wing event, leaving multiple people injured and prompting criticism from filmmakers including Anurag Kashyap.
A month of street demonstrations by a youth movement over an alleged national medical entrance exam leak culminated in the resignation of India’s education minister, highlighting deep public anger over fairness in education and the government response to dissent.