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Conservation in the West Poll also found strong support to maintain national monument designations and that climate change is ...

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Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

US President Donald Trump questioned the $21 million US allocation for voter turnout in India, during the FII PRIORITY Summit. He highlighted India's strong economy and high tariffs on US goods.

Kallas said that some countries were focusing too much on mediation when they should be putting political and economic pressure on Russia to end the war. She added that it was premature to talk ...

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