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When colleges close, students are left scrambling. Some never go back to school

«SFGate» (sfgate.com) 

More colleges around the country have been closing as they cope with steep declines in enrollment. That's a consequence of both changing demographics and the effects of the pandemic. The closures in recent years have left tens of thousands of students in limbo — and at increased risk of never finishing their degrees at all. Students at Philadelphia’s University of the Arts were thrown into panic mode two weeks ago, as they got the startling news that their school would be shutting down within days. Читать дальше...

Abducted MD, others still in captivity as rescue efforts continue

The Punch 

Efforts to rescue the Managing Director of Foani Company, which represents LG and Hisense in Nigeria, Mohammed Foani, and three other Lebanese, have entered day four following their abduction on the waterways around the Falomo Bridge in Lagos State. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development to our correspondent

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No respite from heatwave, max temp in Delhi can touch 45 degrees Celsius

Business Standard 

The national capital on Tuesday recorded a minimum temperature of 33.8 degrees Celsius, six notches above the season's average. The weather department has predicted mainly clear sky and heatwave to severe heatwave conditions and strong surface winds. The humidity was 61 per cent at 8.30 am. The maximum temperature is likely to settle around 45 degree Celsius, it stated. The threshold for a heat wave is met when the maximum temperature of a weather station reaches at least 40 degrees Celsius in the plains... Читать дальше...

The NSW budget in five minutes

Sydney Morning Herald 

The government is spending billions in some areas, but is relatively restrained in others.