UK’s Starmer, Saudi Crown Prince Discussed Ongoing Middle East Conflict, Downing Street Says

March 24 (Reuters) – British ⁠Prime ⁠Minister Keir ⁠Starmer discussed the ongoing ​conflict in the Middle East ‌with Saudi Arabia’s ‌Crown Prince Mohammed ⁠bin ⁠Salman on Tuesday evening, a Downing Street ​spokesperson said. Starmer reiterated support for Saudi Arabia during ​the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran, and ⁠updated ⁠the Saudi crown ⁠prince ​on the deployment of …

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Report: Out-of-State Travel for Abortions Fell in 2025 | Health News

While the number of abortions provided by clinicians in the U.S. remained largely unchanged from 2024 to 2025, fewer people traveled across state lines for abortion care and more reported accessing abortion care via telehealth, according to a new report. Guttmacher Institute reported an estimated 1,126,000 clinician-provided abortions occurred in the U.S. last year, which …

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Asia Looks to COVID-Era Playbook to Tackle Fuel Crisis

March 25 (Reuters) – Countries across Asia are weighing up work-from-home policies and stimulus measures enforced during the COVID ⁠pandemic, as ⁠they scramble to respond to global fuel shortages triggered by ⁠the Iran war. Asia is at the frontline of the fuel crisis, buying more than 80% of the crude that transits the Strait of …

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Why Colleges Are Turning to Oral Exams to Combat AI

The assignment involves no laptop, no chatbot and no technology of any kind. In fact, there’s no pen or paper, either. Instead, students in Chris Schaffer’s biomedical engineering class at Cornell University are required to speak directly to an instructor in what he calls an “oral defense.” It’s a testing method as old as Socrates …

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