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Texas school to go to trial for punishment of black student who wears his hair in locs
CLICK HERE TO GET ON THE ABN WHATSAPP A judge has reportedly ordered that a trial be held next month to determine whether a black high school student in Texas can continue being punished by his district for refusing to change a hairstyle he and his family say is protected by a new state law.…
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China’s President Xi Jinping meets with Prime Minister Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda
Chinese President Xi Jinping has met with Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne. The Caribbean island’s leader continues his week-long visit to China after arriving in Beijing on Monday. Earlier today, he laid a wreath at the Monument to the People’s Heroes in Tiananmen Square, central Beijing. Our reporter Zheng Chunying has more.…
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Scientists say breadfruit could be answer to world hunger
Researchers at Northwestern University say they have been studying breadfruit, believing it could help address global hunger. According to an article from Yahoo News, scientists suggest that as “more vulnerable crops are endangered due to rising global temperatures,” breadfruit, described in the article as a “weird-looking, odd-smelling fruit,” is drought-resistant and requires minimal fertilizer. CLICK…
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Vice President Harris says she’s ‘scared as heck’ that Donald Trump could win
Vice President Kamala Harris said she’s “scared as heck” that Donald Trump could win another term as president as she pledged an aggressive campaign to make sure that doesn’t happen. She made the comments Wednesday on ABC’s “The View” in response to a question from Joy Behar, one of the show’s hosts. Behar cited reports…
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Trump triumphs in Republican Iowa caucuses, DeSantis places distant 2nd ahead of Haley
Former U.S. president Donald Trump scored a record-setting win in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night with his rivals languishing far behind, a victory that sent a resounding message that the Republicans’ 2024 presidential nomination is his to lose. Trump received 51.1 per cent of the votes in the caucuses and was on track to set a…
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Pope acknowledges resistance to same-sex blessings but doubles down: ‘The Lord blesses everyone’
Pope Francis has defended his controversial decision to let priests bless same-sex couples but admitted that “solitude is a price you have to pay” when you make difficult decisions. Francis doubled down and insisted that the “Lord blesses everyone,” during a Sunday interview with an Italian talk show. But he acknowledged the remarkable opposition his…
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Earth shattered global heat record in ’23 and it’s flirting with warming limit, European agency says
Earth last year shattered global annual heat records, flirted with the world’s agreed-upon warming threshold and showed more signs of a feverish planet, the European climate agency said Tuesday. CLICK HERE TO GET ON THE ABN WHATSAPP In one of the first of several teams of science agencies to calculate how off-the-charts warm 2023 was,…
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Flights cancelled as regulator grounds Boeing 737 Max 9s over blowout
(BBC) — Thousands of passengers face flight cancellations after major US airlines grounded dozens of Boeing jets after a mid-flight blowout over Oregon. The US aviation regulator said 171 Boeing 737 Max 9s must be grounded for checks after part of an Alaska Airlines plane’s fuselage fell off on Friday. Alaska said flight disruptions are…
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$842 million Powerball ticket sold in Michigan, 1st time the game has been won on New Year’s Day
(AP) — Someone in Michigan has won an $842.4 million Powerball jackpot on the first day of 2024, the first time it has been won on New Year’s Day since the game’s start in 1992. The winning numbers drawn were: 12, 21, 42, 44, 49 and red Powerball: 1. Final ticket sales pushed the jackpot…
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Embattled Harvard president Claudine Gay resigns after bumpy 6 months on the job
Harvard University president Claudine Gay announced Tuesday she is stepping down from leading the prestigious school and will return to the faculty following weeks of controversy over campus politics and her own academic record. “It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I write to share that I will be…
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Japan issues tsunami alerts after powerful earthquake, triggering evacuation warnings
(AP) — Japan issued tsunami alerts and told people to evacuate seaside areas after a series of strong quakes on its western coastline Monday. The Japan Meterological Agency reported quakes — one of them with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 — off the coast of Ishikawa and nearby prefectures shortly after 4 p.m. local time. It…