(GPDN, Los Angeles)Faced with global turmoil and endless problems, how shall we find positive energy in our society? Undoubtedly, education is the key. The United Nations set October 5th as the World Teachers' Day (WTD) to recognize teachers’ roles in building a positive society.
Politics
Spain's Constitutional Court unanimously suspended a "consultation of citizens" on independence in the northeastern region of Catalonia due on Sunday, the court said on Tuesday.
Mexican police have captured a fugitive former mayor and his wife who the government has blamed for ordering the disappearance of 43 student teachers feared massacred in September, officials said on Tuesday.
Republicans are poised to make major gains and possibly recapture control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday in midterm elections that could serve as a public referendum on President Barack Obama's job performance.
The United Nations and the European Union have warned that a dispute between Somalia's president and prime minister could inflame tensions and undermine the country's recovery from more than two decades of conflict.
Rescuers pulled 24 bodies from the sea at the mouth of Istanbul's Bosphorus strait on Monday and rescued seven people after the sinking of a boat carrying migrants including children, the Turkish Coastguard Command said.
A reshuffling of President Barack Obama’s staff looks all but certain after Tuesday's congressional elections, which are likely to bring humbling losses to his Democratic party and could add to pressure on him to reboot his presidency.
India and Pakistan have suspended a daily military ritual on their main land border crossing after a suicide attack that killed dozens of people, the first time the colourful parade has been called off since the two countries went to war in 1971.
Young Americans with big college debts are often portrayed as struggling to pay their bills. The reality is somewhat different - those owing super-sized student loans tend to be higher paid.
Pro-Russian separatist Alexander Zakharchenko has easily won an election for leadership of a breakaway republic in eastern Ukraine, the vote's organisers said on Monday.