By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - From hatha to vinyasa and everything in between, a new app helps yoga lovers find upcoming classes nearby. Om Lovers, an iPhone app, detects a user's location and shows yoga classes happening at studios aroun... [Full Article]
Hong Kong officials backed down Saturday on plans to make students take Chinese patriotism classes following a week of protests in the former British colony sparked by fears of pro-Beijing "brainwashing." (Source: Associated Press)... [Full Article]
The Hong Kong government calls it national education. But parents, teachers and pupils in the former British colony call it "brainwashing" and fear it's a ploy by Beijing authorities to indoctrinate the city's young into unquestio... [Full Article]
Hong Kong students and teachers protested Tuesday for a sixth straight day against plans to introduce Chinese patriotism classes, as political tensions rise days ahead of legislative polls. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Charismatic North Korean Kim Un-Guk and China's Li Xueying broke a raft of records as they handed out two masterclasses in weightlifting at the London Olympics here on Monday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Hong Kong on Monday vowed to push ahead with patriotism classes despite mass protests over what parents and teachers call Chinese brainwashing. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
Thousands including teachers and parents pushing strollers took to Hong Kong streets Sunday to protest the upcoming introduction of Chinese patriotism classes they fear will lead to brainwashing, the latest sign of growing discomfort over Beijing... [Full Article]
David Cameron said free parenting classes are not a "nanny state" policy as he defended a raft of new initiatives targeting families on Friday. (Source: AFP)... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Five prestigious U.S. universities will create free online courses for students worldwide through a new, interactive education platform dubbed Coursera, the founders announced Wednesday. The two founders, both professors of computer scien... [Full Article]
(Reuters) - Students walk home in the rain after the suspension of classes due to rainfall from Typhoon Nesat in Quezon City, Metro Manila September 26, 2011. The Department of Education suspended afternoon classes in the preschool, elementary and hi... [Full Article]