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More than 60 percent of the ocean is a near lawless realm where holes in the international regulatory “system” are large enough to sail through. But in early March, delegates at the United Nations headquarters in New York City emerged from a 36-hour marathon negotiation session to announce a new high seas treaty. First conceived nearly […]
WASHINGTON – Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health Doug Parker hosted workers, advocates and worker organization leaders today for a discussion on the agency’s new authority to issue certifications in support of applications for U nonimmigrant status and T nonimmigrant status visas. The agency also launched a new U and T Visa Certifications […]
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said that depositors at small banks could be eligible for the same kind of protection extended to customers at two regional banks that failed this month. Yellen made the remarks at a speech she delivered to the American Bankers Association on March 21, 2023. Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images hide caption […]
WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen expressed confidence in the nation’s banks on Tuesday but said that she is prepared to take additional actions to safeguard smaller financial institutions as the Biden administration and federal regulators work to contain fallout from fears over the stability of the banking system. Ms. Yellen, seeking to calm […]
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), the vice chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, says Russia’s downing of U.S. Reaper drone over the Black Sea is a “test” and the Biden administration should begin flying more drones with fighter escorts in the region. “This is a direct test of the Biden administration to try to see […]
Johnny Thomas, mayor of tiny Glendora, Miss., runs a small civil rights museum dedicated to the Emmett Till story. Kirk Siegler/NPR hide caption toggle caption Kirk Siegler/NPR Johnny Thomas, mayor of tiny Glendora, Miss., runs a small civil rights museum dedicated to the Emmett Till story. Kirk Siegler/NPR GLENDORA, Miss — On a remote country […]
S. Koreans ask if U.S. can protect them from N. Korea nuclear threat The Washington Post Source link
Russia-Ukraine War: China Must Know US Would Protect Taiwan Bloomberg Source link
Even outside of potential threats of violence, other barriers to equal participation contribute to the blunting of Black political participation on both sides of the ballot box. “You’re going to find more accessibility issues in Black neighborhoods,” explains Huddleston, who I worked alongside as a poll monitor in Huntsville, Alabama on Election Day 2022. And, […]
Their work, carried out in sync with the government’s forestry department and international conservationists including Fauna and Flora International (FFI), has been credited with an 80% increase in population. A recent survey indicated numbers of the gecko soared from 10,000 in 2018 to around 18,000 now – outnumbering the island’s human population six-fold. Source link