A record number of Polk County students are now experiencing homelessness, according to social workers that track the issue in the county. Now school workers are stepping in to help families this Christmas. It is all hands on deck at the Polk County Public Schools T.A.S.S.E.L. project headquarters. Volunteers are wrapping gifts for close to 1,500 students in need.
The threat of deportation to Rwanda is causing migrants to head for Ireland instead of staying in Britain, Ireland's deputy prime minister told a British newspaper on Friday. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's flagship programme to send asylum seekers to Rwanda if they arrive in Britain illegally was approved by parliament earlier this week and the government wants the first flights to take off in 10-12 weeks.
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The yen eased to its weakest level in three decades against the U.S. dollar after the Bank of Japan kept interest rates on hold on Friday, leaving markets on edge about possible intervention, especially if hot U.S. inflation data pushes up the dollar. After a two-day meeting, the Bank of Japan left its short-term interest rate target at 0-0.1% and made small upward adjustments in its inflation forecast. BOJ Governor Kazuo Ueda said the weak yen so far has not had a big impact on the inflation trend.
In as astonishing a series of events as I’ve ever witnessed, Scotland has received not one but two pieces of sensational news – news that re-writes everything we thought we knew about the politics of independence.
Several London Underground stations are closed due to workers striking while two Tube lines are halted because of a casualty on the track. Transport for London marked 10 stations on the network at 7am due to the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association action. The union said the action was likely to cause Tube stations to close at the last minute, including into Saturday morning, but Transport for London said there will not be significant disruption.
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STORY: Blinken is due to spend several hours with Wang across closed-door meetings at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse and a working lunch as the two sides try to maintain progress in ties despite a broad and thorny agenda.As the pair settled into their opening session, Wang told Blinken that the "great ship" of the China-U.S. relationship had stabilized, "but negative factors in the relationship are still increasing and building.""And the relationship is facing all kinds of disruptions. China’s legitimate development rights have been unreasonably suppressed and our core interests are facing challenges," he said.Blinken replied that "active diplomacy" was needed to move forward with the agenda set by President Joe Biden and President Xi Jinping when they met in San Francisco in November."There's no substitute in our judgment for face-to-face diplomacy," Blinken said, adding that he wanted to ensure that "we’re as clear as possible about the areas where we have differences, at the very least to avoid misunderstandings, to avoid miscalculations."
On April 25, over 250 popular musicians signed an open letter to the Senate Commerce Committee demanding reforms to the current live-event ticketing system. The open letter was organized by Fix the Tix, a coalition spearheaded by the National Independent Venue Association and Eventbrite. Musicians who signed the letter include: , Billie Eilish, Dave Matthews and Green Day. "We are joining together to say that the current system is broken: predatory resellers and secondary platforms engage in deceptive ticketing practices to inflate ticket prices and deprive fans of the chance to see their favorite artists at a fair price.”
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