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[ad_1] President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday (October 19th) that seeks to begin the work needed to address and eliminate racial disparities in U.S. education and, as a result, provide economic opportunities. The administration has led a working group of senior government agency officials to study and implement best practices that improve education and, ultimately, the financial performance of black Americans. The Order is entitled White House initiative to advance educational equity,…

[ad_1] The new German Chancellor-designate Olaf Scholz presented the ministers of his SPD for the new federal government on Monday, thus creating the conditions to succeed the long-time Chancellor Angela Merkel this week. It came after the Greens said their members had approved the deal reached last month, and 86% voted for it in a vote. The other two parties – Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats and the business-friendly Free Democrats – overwhelmingly supported the agreement…

Dozens of new cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus were reported in the UK and Denmark yesterday, causing a surge across Europe and fears that the variant was already widespread. Although some European countries have imposed travel restrictions, it is unclear how much they can curb transmission. The heavily mutated variant of the virus has reached nearly 50 countries and has been detected in 17 American states. Scientists in South Africa said Omicron…

[ad_1] New York announced three more cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the number of cases associated with the new variant in the states to eight. “The Omicron variant is here, and as expected, we are seeing the start of the spread in the community,” State Health Commissioner Mary Bassett said in a press release. The number of states finding the variant is also growing, with Massachusetts, Connecticut and Washington…

Ukraine has warned that over 94,000 Russian troops are gathered near its borders, raising fears that Russia could launch a large-scale military offensive within a few weeks. Ukraine and the US are accused by Russia of unnecessarily escalating tensions, suggesting Kiev could prepare its own offensive in eastern Ukraine – a charge strongly denied by Kiev. There will be a video call between Mr Biden and Mr Putin in the coming days to ease rising…

[ad_1] Giving to charity is nice, not only for the recipients however for the givers, too. However, it may decide the perfect charity when there are literally thousands of worthy causes to select from, and particularly when the world is recovering from an enormous pandemic and financial calamity that’s nonetheless inflicting big aches and struggling at the house and overseas. This vacation season, I assumed it may be useful to replace our annual information with giving.…