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A man counts Indian currency notes inside a shop in Mumbai, India, August 13, 2018. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights MUMBAI, Nov 2 (Reuters) – The . . .
“Field trip or an extra 5 points.” The offer to students at the University of California-Berkeley sounded like a typical offer for students to go to a special exhibit at a museum or lecture at an institute. The “field trip” referenced by graduate assistant Victoria Huynh was joining a protest “against settler-colonial occupation of Gaza.” This extra credit […]
News Americas, WASHINGTON, D.C., Tues. Sept. 12, 2023: While there has been a noteworthy reduction in the overall poverty rate for Black individuals across the US according to Census data released today, significant racial disparities continue to be a pressing issue.Black individuals made up 20.1% of the population in poverty in 2022 but only 13.5% […]
Large numbers of Americans in many different religious groups express concern about fewer people getting married. By comparison, there is much less concern about people having fewer children. In fact, Catholics and members of the historically Black Protestant tradition are as likely to say that people having fewer children is positive for society as to […]
Job openings fall 338,000 to 8.827 million in July Quits drop 253,000 to 3.549 million; layoffs unchanged Consumers’ perceptions of labor market cool in August WASHINGTON, Aug 29 (Reuters) – U.S . . .
Alabama Republicans pushed through a new congressional map on Friday that will test the bounds of a judicial mandate to create a second majority-Black district in the state or something “close to it,” incensing plaintiffs in the court case and Democrats who predicted the plan would never pass muster with a judicial panel charged with […]
Puma Energy has not received sufficient FX over the last seven weeks, restricting purchases on fuel product from international markets. Continued fuel rationing to impact aviation and maritime sectors Puma Energy continues to work closely with BPNG to resolve outstanding matters related to access to FX and core financial services. Puma Energy announced yesterday that […]
Treating Alzheimer’s patients as early as possible — when symptoms and brain pathology are mildest — provides a better chance of slowing cognitive decline, a large study of an experimental Alzheimer’s drug presented Monday suggests. The study of 1,736 patients reported that the drug, donanemab, made by Eli Lilly, can modestly slow the progression of […]
Results of an annual survey on the permanent diaconate of the U.S. Catholic Church show the estimated number of deacons in active ministry was 13,695 in 2022, the lowest since 2011. “While the share of active permanent deacons in the Latin Church is forecasted to remain relatively stable (72%±3% in 2027), this trend is in […]
The latest accounting of HIV incidence in the United States is a mixed bag. Overall estimated new infections dropped 12% in 2021 compared to 2017, according to data released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the American South — which has had a longtime HIV problem compared with other areas across […]