Universities - overseas

Recent studies suggest South Korean students are rethinking Seoul universities, STEM and medicine

Only 7,125 students had applied to medical school, the lowest figure in five years and a 32.3 per cent on-year decline.

KL university air-con explosion: One victim still in coma with fractured skull, bleeding in brain

The dead person was a 24-year-old contractor who was working on an air-conditioning unit.

Foreign enrolment on US campuses drops for first time in years

Harvard University managed to buck the trends, enrolling a record number of international students this academic year.

Brown campus shooter said he plotted attack for ‘six semesters’

Images of the Brown University shooter, identified by authorities as Claudio Neves Valente, are displayed during a press conference in Providence, Rhode Island, on Dec 18, 2025.

Trump administration agrees to review stalled NIH research grants after lawsuit

A federal judge in Boston previously ruled that the NIH unlawfully cancelled hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants.

In private letters, Harvard and Trump administration escalate duel

A building of Harvard University is pictured as it opens a probe into individuals mentioned in the Jeffrey Epstein files recently released by Congress, after the documents showed a close relationship between its former president, Larry Summers, and the late convicted sex offender, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S., November 19, 2025. REUTERS/Reba Saldanha

US investigators study Brown University shooter’s failed past in academia

Investigators look at a grey Nissan car at a storage facility where the Brown University shooter, identified by authorities as Claudio Neves Valente, took his own life, in Salem, New Hampshire, U.S., December 18, 2025. REUTERS/CJ Gunther

Floods in Malaysia force thousands across six states to evacuate

Pahang is currently the most affected state by floods in Malaysia, with over 8,000 displaced to 55 shelters.

Renowned MIT physicist shot to death in Boston home

Portuguese professor Nuno Loureiro taught nuclear science and engineering as well as physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Harvard secretly investigates students over Larry Summers video on Epstein

Harvard University officials are investigating two students who released videos of Professor Larry Summers in a lecture.

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