Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle
The global High Seas Treaty, decades in the making, will become international law. It aims to create vast maritime conservation areas.
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Trump adds $100,000 fee for skilled worker visa applicants
“Train Americans,” the US commerce secretary told big companies, some of which have relied on foreign high-skilled workers for years.
Education: ‘A systemic performance problem’
Re: “WA Superintendent Chris Reykdal seeks money to improve math scores” (Sept. 11, Education Lab): Washington’s math decline is not simply a pandemic aftershock or a funding shortfall. Despite K-12 spending more than doubling since 2013 and teacher pa…
US Plans $6 Billion In Arms Sales To Israel As Gaza Conflict Intensifies
The Trump administration has told Congress it plans to sell nearly $6 billion in weapons to Israel, a fresh surge of support for the U.S. ally as it faces increasing isolation over its war in Gaza.
Putin unleashes HIV-infected soldiers in desperate bid to capture key Ukraine city
The sick troops are forced to wear special armbands and have been deployed around Pokrovsk, where fierce fighting continues to rage.
San Francisco’s City Hall becomes backdrop for striking quinceañera photoshoots
San Francisco’s ornate City Hall has become a top destination for girls’ photoshoots for their quinceañera party _ a traditional coming-of-age celebration among Latino families in the United States.
Tens of thousands more people will die from wildfires in US over next 25 years, researchers say
Western states will be most impacted overall, with the largest number of projected deaths in California
Notre Dame Cathedral’s iconic towers reopen 6 years after devastating fire – CBS News
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Notre Dame Cathedral’s iconic towers reopen 6 years after devastating fire
The reopening of Notre Dame’s iconic towers in Paris is one of the final steps in the cathedral’s immense reconstruction following a devastating fire in 2019.
Education: Opt in to school choice tax credit program
Re: “New tax credit a boon to private schools. Will Washington opt in?” (Aug. 19, Education Lab): Gov. Bob Ferguson faces a historic opportunity with the federal school choice tax credit program benefiting all Washington families at zero cost to state …