Why Republicans are worried about Trump’s plans to split the Education Department  Politico Trump Administration Announces Steps to Dismantle Education Department  The New York Times Education Dept soft-launches employee reassignments to other agencies, in latest step of closure plans  Federal News Network The Education Department is dismantling. Here’s what that means  AP News Trump administration accelerates push to dismantle

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan voted in favor of a US plan authorizing an International Stabilization Force (ISF) in Gaza to maintain peace in the region on Monday, with its UN ambassador calling for the complete withdrawal of Israeli troops from the area and reiterating support for Palestinians’ right to self-determination. 

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Displaced Palestinians face life-threatening conditions, as aid agencies appeal for more shelters to be allowed in.

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MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges  The New York Times MacKenzie Scott says her college roommate loaned her $1,000 so she wouldn’t have to drop out—and is now inspiring her to give away billions  Fortune Billionaire MacKenzie Scott makes more historic donations to HBCUs  abcnews.go.com Bowie State University gets $50M donation from MacKenzie Scott  WTOP Best

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AW DHEEGLE, Somalia: The helicopter pilot is worried. Any more than 20 minutes in this shattered frontline village and Somalia’s Al-Shabab militants could start lobbing mortars at their position.Roughly 1,000 Somali National Army (SNA) forces are holding Awdheegle, a strategic town roughly 60 kilometers outside the capital Mogadishu, with the help of an African Union

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KARACHI: Pakistan has lost around $4 billion in portfolio investments over the past decade, data gathered by a market research firm shows, with analysts attributing it to persistent political and macroeconomic uncertainties that deterred foreign investors from an otherwise promising equity market. The South Asian nation’s net foreign portfolio outflows exceeded the inflows by as

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MANILA: Tens of thousands of protesters returned to the streets of Manila for a second straight day on Monday, pressing their demands for accountability over alleged corruption in flood-mitigation projects. The protest, which started on Sunday and drew over 600,000 people, will run until Tuesday. It is organized by Iglesia Ni Cristo, a 2-million-strong church

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Trump calls on House Republicans to vote to release Epstein files  BBC Trump does Epstein U-turn as House Republicans prepare to spurn him  Politico Co-sponsors of petition to release Epstein files foresee growing GOP support for upcoming vote  CNN In shift, Trump says House should vote to release Epstein files  The Washington Post Trump Live Updates: Latest on the

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SYDNEY: Australia rejected on Monday Turkiye’s offer to co-host next year’s UN climate summit, as their rival bids for COP31 distract from this year’s ongoing negotiations in Brazil. Canberra and Ankara are under pressure to break the impasse and avoid a scene in Belem, where Brazil is desperate to show that climate diplomacy still works.

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WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said Sunday he backed lawmakers’ efforts to release more files related to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, despite his previous opposition to the measure. “House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein files, because we have nothing to hide,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. The 79-year-old Republican has accused

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