The education ministry says it will lower the age in stages, beginning as early as 2025, if it gains consensus public support.

Thousands of soldiers armed with assault rifles have been bussed into Colombo to reinforce police guarding Rajapaksa's official residence, which anti-government protesters have vowed to storm.

Following mediation by the Catholic Church, the government agreed to drop fuel prices by 15 cents.

Climate change is a contentious issue in Australia which is one of the world's biggest carbon emitters on a per capita basis and is the world's top exporter of coal and liquefied natural gas.

Hundreds of people had stood on tracks in the southern city of Secunderabad, burning piles of debris to block passenger rail services and setting alight carriages on at least four trains.

China relies on a vast coronavirus surveillance infrastructure to carry out rigorous contact tracing as part of its zero-Covid strategy to stamp out all outbreaks.

They say credit and vouchers are of no use to them as AirAsia X does not fly to their current locations.

The perpetrator was a man disguised as an old lady who jumped out of a wheelchair before attacking the glass.

Muslim youths took to the streets of the city, lighting bonfires and demanding the release of the two detained suspects.

The rally was one of several across Indonesia on Monday, where hundreds of students had marched towards parliament to complain about rising goods costs and the prospect of the president outstaying his two-term limit.

Their biggest question is over an 11% deduction made to their overdue wages.

Demonstrators had used hundreds of trucks and vehicles to block the city since Jan 28, prompting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to invoke rarely used emergency powers.