Despite pay hikes and easier swim tests, NYC faces a severe lifeguard shortage. Officials attribute part of the issue to union disputes.

US construction lacks 500k workers due to immigration limits and trade school decline. The industry is struggling to fill jobs despite high wages.

Amidst the Gaza conflict, Muslim Vote demands action from Labour, including sanctions on Israel. Mobilising thousands for political change.

Kali and Joshua Fontanilla's Exodus Institute counters teachings found in American public school, focusing on 'countering lefft wing indoctrination'

Media entrepreneur Serlina Boyd hopes the school will encourage the next generation of reporters from all backgrounds.

S. Africa to build playgrounds with bulletproof glass to protect kids from gang shootings. Desperate solution for a tragic problem.

While in India, Bhattacharyya learned about NASA and educated herself on space technology - this is what pushed her to apply for an internship in America.

AI tutors address teacher shortages and short attention spans! AI avatars deliver engaging math lessons.

Taiwan was shaken by dozens of earthquakes overnight and into Tuesday that left buildings swaying, with the government saying they were aftershocks from a huge deadly quake that hit the island more than two weeks ago.

A mompreneur's bold move of investing her kids' college fund into her business pays off, with Bogg Bag looking at a $100 million growth this year

Erin Ward, the disgraced female teacher in Nebraska caught having sex with a minor student, has been revealed as the wife of a Dept of Defence Deputy Director.

From a corporate job to a successful vending business from scratch, Adam Hill started out with the right feedback, resources, and timing.

A man and his wife have been dubbed "serial squatters" after they have refused to pay rent for more than four years.

While Personal Statement Laws tell women to obey their husbands "in a reasonable manner", 40 per cent of digital entrepreneurs in Saudi Arabia are women

Aspiring astronaut, Adhara Perez Sanchez, first became fascinated by space exploration after seeing artwork of Stephen Hawking in a doctor's office.

More than 130 schoolchildren kidnapped by gunmen in northwestern Nigeria earlier this month were released unharmed on Sunday, officials and the army said.

More than a decade after London hosted the Olympic Games, cranes are still everywhere in and around the Olympic Park in Stratford, where an array of buildings are under construction.

Rampant gang violence in Port-au-Prince has triggered the exodus of tens of thousands of people from the Haitian capital where Friday charred bodies lay in the streets and residents battled a growing food security crisis.

A teacher has launched a case against her local primary school after she was sacked for refusing to treat an 8-year-old female student as a boy.

Sequestered at home in a remote Afghan town, 18-year-old Shekiba often roams the house hunting for the patchy internet signal that is her last link to an education.

Western tourists are increasingly being criticised for documenting poverty and low income communities during their travels.

Teachers at the largest school in Massachusetts are overwhelmed by the escalation of violence, drug dealing and staff members being injured.

With it costing Londoners over £700,000 to purchase a house in the city, some have chosen to relocate down south to the elderly-populated area of Bexhill.

The European Parliament on Wednesday gave the final nod to far-reaching rules on artificial intelligence that the EU hopes will both harness innovation and defend against harms.

After addressing his own childhood traumas, Jeremy Indika launched Something to Say, a leading platform that advocates for the end of child sexual abuse.

Students were just about to settle into their classes after singing Nigeria's national anthem when the gunshots rang out.

The UK are hoping to host the FIFA Women's World Cup as early as 2031, but that date could get pushed if the 2027 tournament is staged in Europe.

The UK's National Health System (NHS) has been seen in the past as one of the best healthcare systems in the world

World Bank's Indonesia rep faces backlash for opposing President-elect's plan for free school lunch and milk ('makan siang gratis').

River Hodge tells International Business Times UK that he was forced to resign after he found out that he had signed a contract with a corrupt Japanese company – known as a "black company".