December 2023

AI is driving Google’s health care business. Washington doesn’t know what to do about it. Health Care

The firm is deploying its artificial intelligence across the health care spectrum. Its lobbyists are smoothing the way.The firm is deploying its artificial intelligence across the health care spectrum. Its lobbyists are smoothing the way.Read More Health Care

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Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Before Their Meeting Climate, Environment, and Conservation – United States Department of State

HomeThe Secretary of State Remarks & Releases…Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Before Their Meeting hide Secretary Antony J. Blinken and Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu Before Their Meeting Remarks December 4, 2023 SECRETARY BLINKEN:  Well, good afternoon, everyone.  It’s a great pleasure to have Prime Minister Ciolacu here with us

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Biden-Harris Administration Prepares for Third Student Debt Relief Negotiation Session Press Releases

The Biden-Harris Administration today took another step in its continued efforts to provide financial relief to significant numbers of student loan borrowers with the release of an updated copy of proposed regulatory text. The proposals build on the Biden-Harris Administration’s actions to date to provide student loan borrowers with much-needed breathing room. Already the Administration

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United States and Partners Announce Energy Transition Accelerator Framework Climate, Environment, and Conservation – United States Department of State

Office of the Spokesperson Today at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP28), the U.S. Department of State, the Bezos Earth Fund, and The Rockefeller Foundation presented the core framework of the Energy Transition Accelerator (ETA), an innovative carbon finance platform aimed at catalyzing private capital to support ambitious just energy transition strategies in developing and

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Wyoming weighs selling acreage inside Grand Teton National Park Energy & Environment

Opponents are worried about developers pouncing on land within an iconic national park in one of the nation’s priciest real estate markets. ​Opponents are worried about developers pouncing on land within an iconic national park in one of the nation’s priciest real estate markets. Opponents are worried about developers pouncing on land within an iconic national

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South African women’s group trains police to respond to gender-based violence UN Women – News

Through a partnership with UN Women Ilitha Labantu launched a programme in 2021 to work with the South African Police Service on a survivor-centred approach to instruct officers on working with survivors of gender-based violence.Through a partnership with UN Women Ilitha Labantu launched a programme in 2021 to work with the South African Police Service

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Statement by U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on Recent PISA Data Press Releases

Today, the results of 2022 Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) were released, which showed the U.S. world ranking improving in science, math, and reading. Below is a statement from U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona on the results: “Here’s the bottom line: At an extremely tough time in education, the United States moved up

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Call to action: UNiTE! Invest to prevent violence against women and girls! UN Women – News

Statement and call to action for increased investment on prevention by nine UN entities on the occasion of the official commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 22 November 2023, UN headquarters.Statement and call to action for increased investment on prevention by nine UN entities on the occasion of the

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SED-UMETRICS Linkage Technical Report

This report documents the methodology and technical approach and summarizes results of linking Survey of Earned Doctorates (SED) data collected by the National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) within the National Science Foundation to a new source of research data (UMETRICS [Measuring the Impacts of Research on Innovation, Competitiveness, and Science]) processed by

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New report shows how feminism can be a powerful tool to fight climate change UN Women – News

By 2050, climate change may push up to 158 million more women and girls into poverty and see 236 million more face food insecurity. The climate crisis fuels increases in conflict and migration, as well as exclusionary, anti-rights political rhetoric targeting women, refugees, and other vulnerable groups. Those dire trends—and ways to reverse them—are charted

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