The orders seek to encourage “patriotic education” and restrict discussions about racism and gender by threatening to withdraw federal funding. But schools are often resistant to change.
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An American Airlines jet carrying 60 passengers and four crew members has collided with an Army helicopter while landing at Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington, prompting a large search-and-rescue operation in the nearby Potomac River.
TOKYO (AP) — A truck that fell into a sinkhole that suddenly opened on a road near Tokyo has captured national attention as attempts to rescue the elderly driver drag on. Residents near the hole have taken shelter at a local school, and there were worries Thursday about flooding and leaking sewage water. There’s also been a renewed debate about Jap…
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Emir of Qatar visits Syria
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrives in Damascus on Thursday.
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Emir of Qatar visits Syria
TEHRAN, Jan. 30 (MNA) – Qatar’s Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani arrives in Damascus on Thursday.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack, killing at least four people and injuring nine others, officials said Thursday. The Shahed drone blew out a wall and surrounding windows in the apartment block in Sumy, a major city, just after 1 a.m., the Sumy regional ad…
Only a mutually acceptable peace deal can serve as a basis for stability in the region, Georgian Foreign Minister Maka Botchorishvili said at a press conference alongside Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan in Yerevan.
“Georgia remains committed to the sincere desire to see sustainable peace in the region, and we are willing to do our best to achieve the goal,” she said.
“We are ready to do our best to ensure that our region is stable, peaceful and prospering,” the Foreign Minister said.
Maka Botchorishvili voiced hope that Armenia and Azerbaijan will reach a peace deal the provisions of which will be mutually acceptable.
“Only this can serve as a basis for stability in this region, establishment of sustainable peace. And we must rely on this foundation to use the potential of our region. We are ready to cooperate with our neighbors,” she emphasized.
An anti-Islam activist who burnt the Koran repeatedly in protest, sparking outrage in Muslim countries, has been shot dead, Report informs via MailOnline.
While officials have not said how many people died or were injured, the crash has already taken an emotional toll on the local communities.
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A jet with 60 passengers and four crew members collided with an Army helicopter Wednesday while approaching the Ronald Reagan National Airport near Washington. The aircraft plummeted into the Potomac River, and multiple people were killed. The crash occurred in some of the most tightly controlled and monitored airspace in the …