Her exit comes as Republican lawmakers across the U.S. are targeting diversity, equity and inclusion programs on college campuses.
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Russia comes under pressure at UN to avoid global food crisis and revive Ukrainian grain shipments
Russia said it suspended the Black Sea Grain Initiative because the U.N. had failed to overcome obstacles to shipping its food and fertilizer to global markets.
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Brazilian petrochemical company settles with city where mining destroyed entire neighborhoods
Braskem is one of the biggest petrochemical companies in the Americas, owned primarily by Brazilian state-run oil company Petrobras and construction giant Novonor, formerly known as Odebrecht.
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Prosecutors say FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried is harassing a key witness at his upcoming trial
FTX entered bankruptcy in November when the global exchange ran out of money after the equivalent of a bank run.
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Biden picks female admiral to lead Navy. She’d be 1st woman to be a U.S. military service chief
Lisa Franchetti was chosen based on the broad scope of her experience at sea and ashore, including several high-level policy and administrative jobs that give her deep knowledge in budgeting and running the department.
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Vatican is moving ahead with plan to reunite Ukrainian children taken to Russia with their families
The Vatican’s initiative follows a similar one involving Russia-Ukraine prisoner swaps in which the Holy See delivered lists of prisoners to be exchanged, Francis has said.
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New report points to homicide rate declines in U.S. cities after pandemic-era spike
Though numbers remained about 24% higher than they were in 2019, and motor vehicle thefts were up sharply in the analyzed cities.
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Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and others agree to AI safeguards set by White House
A surge of commercial investment in generative AI tools has brought public fascination as well as concern.
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Judge sets trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case
If the date holds, it would follow close on the heels of a separate trial on dozens of charges of falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor.
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Judge sets trial date for next May in Trump’s classified documents case
If the date holds, it would follow close on the heels of a separate trial on dozens of charges of falsifying business records in connection with an alleged hush money payment to a porn actor.