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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

Panama Pulls Away from China’s Global Network

Panama is taking a big step back from China's global investment plan. The country decided not to renew a 2017 deal with China's "Belt and Road Initiative. " This decision came after Panama President José Raúl Mulino met with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. In 2013, China began this initiative to

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Feb 04 2025POLITICS

New Push Against Campus Antisemitism

Five well-known universities are under the spotlight following new inquiries into allegations of antisemism. This move comes from a wider call to harshly penalize schools that haven't taken enough steps to tackle anti-Jewish hatred on their premises. Notably those universities subj

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Feb 04 2025CRIME

Mystery in the Skies: Deadliest Crash since 2001

Over the Potomac River, near Washington’s Reagan National Airport, a huge piece of a jet was pulled out of the water on a Monday morning. This happened five days after a collision between a commercial jet and a military helicopter. Sixty-seven people lost their lives in this tragic event. A

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Feb 03 2025POLITICS

Trump's Big Threat to South Africa

President Trump recently made a bold statement. He plans to stop all future US assistance to South Africa. This is due to the country’s recent land expropriation policies. Trump fears these laws will allow the government to take land without fair compensation. He thinks South African authorities are

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Feb 03 2025EDUCATION

Classroom Crackdown

In Houston, some school classrooms have a unique twist: a countdown timer. It ticks away in the background. A teacher in a fourth-grade English class uses this timer to keep her students on track. She gives them 10 seconds to log in. And then, she sets the timer for one minute while students read a

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Feb 03 2025SPORTS

Race Night Thrills and Lessons Learned, From Top to Bottom at Bowman Gray

N. C. This race night saw some unexpected results and a lot of excitement at Bowman Gray Stadium. For some, it was a time of celebration and happy faces, while for others, it was a lesson in how risky the sport can be and a chance to get better. As the first race of the season kickstarted in Winsto

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Feb 03 2025ENTERTAINMENT

The 2023 Grammy Awards: Kendrick Lamar's Triumph with Not Like Us

Two singers have been in a long-running feud. Kendrick Lamar and Drake. Now Kendrick Lambert's "Not Like Us" has won big at the 67th Grammy Awards. The song was nominated in five categories: record of the year, song of the year, rap song, rap performance and music video. The song was a diss trac

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Feb 03 2025ENTERTAINMENT

Crime Drama Stars Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are Back Together on Netflix

The year 2025 is shaping up to be a thrilling one for movie viewers, and here are a few reasons why giving additional evidence that Netfllix may have another blockbuster crime drama in the works. “The film is titled ‘RIP’ and ambitious all – star cast may be to blame for it. It’s no accident that

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Feb 03 2025TECHNOLOGY

Snowden Speaks Out on Nvidia's Latest GPUs

Imagine this: a former NSA contractor, known for exposing government secrets, suddenly turns his attention to the world of tech. Edward Snowden, the whistleblower, has publicly criticized Nvidia's new RTX 5000 series. What's got him so riled up? It's not just the high price tags. Snowden po

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Feb 03 2025POLITICS

Bird Flu, Ebola, TB Outbreaks and Health Communication Block

The Bird flu, Ebola, and tuberculosis cases started spreading. With so many outbreaks happening, it just shows that disease used to be a distant problem and now it's something we have to worry about locally. It's not a problem for someone else, but for everyone. If you thought the disease o

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