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2023 is now half over. There wasn’t a lot Congress absolutely had to accomplish legislatively this year. And overall, the floor traffic will likely be light until fall. There are really only about five things which Congress must do this year. With the pages halfway off the calendar, lawmakers have taken care of two of […]
An activist group filed a complaint challenging Harvard’s legacy admissions Monday, arguing the practice discriminates against Black applicants. The group, Lawyers for Civil Rights, claims that the practice of legacy admissions unfairly favors White applicants. The move comes days after the Supreme Court ruled that Harvard’s race-based affirmative action practices were unconstitutional. “Why are we […]
The head of Slovakia’s central bank, who is a member of the European Central Bank committee that decides monetary policy for 20 countries, said Monday he won’t step down despite bribery charges against him. Peter Kazimir is accused of paying a bribe of 48,000 euros ($52,000) to the head of the country’s tax office in […]
The U.K. sweltered through its hottest June since records began in 1884, the country’s weather agency said Monday, adding that human-induced climate change means such unusual heat will become more frequent in the next few decades. The average temperature for June in the U.K. hit 60.4 Fahrenheit — 33.6 F hotter than the joint previous […]
Thailand’s new Parliament convened Monday nearly two months after a progressive opposition party won a stunning election victory, but there was still no clear sign that its leader will be able to become prime minister and end nine years of military-dominated rule. To form a government, a party must have the backing of a combined […]
Peter Hellyer, a U.K.-born writer who spent nearly five decades chronicling the history, natural beauty and modern transformation of the United Arab Emirates, has died peacefully at the age of 75, local media reported Monday. Hellyer, who was granted UAE citizenship and awarded the country’s highest civilian honor, helped found the state-run WAM news agency […]
Australia is now the first country to allow psychiatrists to prescribe certain psychedelic substances to patients with depression or post-traumatic stress disorder. Beginning Saturday, Australian physicians can prescribe doses of MDMA, also known as ecstasy, for PTSD. Psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms, can be given to people who have hard-to-treat depression. The country […]
Peru will declare emergency status in the area around the Ubinas volcano in the southern region of Moquegua, the prime minister said on Monday, as the country’s most active volcano has been spewing ash for several days.
Peru’s Private Investment Promotion Agency (ProInversion) has allocated more than US$1 billion to six Public-Private Partnership (PPP) and Asset Projects in the first half of 2023, according to a report by the agency. The investment surpasses the US$656 million dedicated between 2019 and 2022, indicating a renewed confidence from local and international private investors in […]
GOP must decide which amendments will get a vote on the House floor By Peter Kasperowicz | Fox News https://video.foxnews.com/v/embed.js?id=6326840205112&w=466&h=263 Pentagon facing mounting scrutiny over Navy’s drag queen recruitment video Fox News contributor Marc Thiessen and former Pennsylvania Rep. Patrick Murphy, D., joined ‘The Faulkner Focus’ to discuss the backlash and their reaction to the DNC not […]
