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Jordan’s King Abdullah is about to satisfy with President Trump at present on the White Home. The assembly comes after Trump floated a proposal for the U.S. to take management of Gaza and transfer Palestinians to Jordan and Egypt — a plan that is been rejected by each international locations and Palestinians.
Jordan’s King Abdullah II (L) speaks to U.S. President Donald Trump earlier than a gathering within the Oval Workplace of the White Home June 25, 2018 in Washington, DC.
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- 🎧 To say that the tone of this assembly will likely be tense is an understatement, NPR’s Jane Arraf tells Up First. Marwan Muasher, former international minister of Jordan, tells Arraf that this will likely be one of many hardest conferences the king has confronted. Creating another Palestinian homeland in Jordan would imply it might basically stop to exist as a rustic. It isn’t one thing Jordan may or would comply with, regardless of the associated fee. Jordan’s present international minister, Ayman Safadi, advised State TV that the expulsion of Palestinians to the nation can be a breach of Jordan’s historic peace treaty with Israel and seen as a declaration of conflict.
- ➡️ Palestinian refugees in Syria have a message for Gazans: Do not depart your land.
Trump final night time signed orders for a 25% tariff on all international metal and aluminum. Not like the tariffs he imposed throughout his first time period as president, Trump says there will likely be “no exceptions or exemptions” for any nation.
- 🎧 The U.S. by far will get most of its aluminum from Canada, NPR White Home correspondent Danielle Kurtzleben says. It additionally will get a whole lot of metal from Canada and different allies like Mexico and South Korea. Although Trump paused threats of tariffs on Canada and Mexico, this newest announcement means he is placing tariffs on them anyway — simply not on all items. Kurtzleben says the choice needs to be good for American metal and aluminum corporations. Gary Hufbauer, a senior fellow on the Peterson Institute for Worldwide Economics, tells her industries that use these metals, corresponding to plane and auto manufacturing and bridge building, could possibly be weakened and lose jobs.
- ➡️ This is how Trump’s tariffs may impression you and your pockets.
The Justice Division has ordered prosecutors to drop the corruption case towards New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams. The transfer provides him a possible lifeline as he seeks reelection. Adams was indicted final yr, and a trial was scheduled for April. Prosecutors allege he accepted about $100,000 in luxurious journey perks and unlawful marketing campaign contributions from individuals related to the Turkish authorities in change for official acts from Metropolis Corridor. He has denied any wrongdoing and claimed with out proof that he was focused for criticizing the Biden administration’s immigration insurance policies. (through Gothamist)
- 🎧 A memo from the DOJ outlined two causes for the choice, Brigid Bergin at NPR community station WNYC says. First, it says the costs have been filed too near the mayor’s reelection marketing campaign. Second, it says the pending prosecution “unduly restricted” Adams’ capability to dedicate his full consideration to and his capability to help the administration’s immigration enforcement efforts. Now, the performing U.S. legal professional for the Southern District will resolve whether or not to drop the case. The memo states that the case could possibly be reviewed after the final election in November.
Deep dive
The newest launch of the Training Restoration Scorecard, provides a deep-dive into pupil studying. Permitting researchers a glance into pupil studying in some 8,700 faculty districts.
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The newest Training Restoration Scorecard, a data-rich deep-dive into pupil studying, reveals that U.S. college students have been nonetheless almost half a grade degree behind in each math and studying within the spring of 2024, in contrast with achievement ranges earlier than the pandemic. The report comes after the Nation’s Report Card discovered related outcomes. Check out what’s taking place to the nation’s studying and math scores — and what colleges can do about it.
- ✏️ College students aren’t simply failing to compensate for their studying expertise post-pandemic. They’re persevering with to fall behind.
- ✏️ The nation’s highest-income districts have been “nearly four times more likely to recover” in math and studying than the lowest-income districts.
- ✏️ How colleges spent federal help cash mattered: Pupil achievement grew extra in districts that spent federal reduction cash on educational interventions like tutoring or summer time faculty slightly than facility upgrades or psychological well being helps. However that does not imply these have been poor spending choices.
- ✏️ Extra college students are lacking faculty now than they have been in 2019, although the speed of power absenteeism is falling. Being absent can have an effect on the coed and their friends, as academics are pressured to repeat instruction.
Life recommendation
Instruments for seen mending.
Arounna Khounnoraj, Seen Mending, © BOOKHOU 2023
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Arounna Khounnoraj, Seen Mending, © BOOKHOU 2023
Instruments for seen mending.
Arounna Khounnoraj, Seen Mending, © BOOKHOU 2023
A inventive stitching method known as “visible mending ” can prolong the lifetime of your clothes. It entails noticeable threads, materials and ornamental strategies. To get began, you solely want a couple of fundamental stitching expertise, thread and scrap supplies. Arounna Khounnoraj, creator of Seen Mending: A Trendy Information to Darning, Stitching and Patching the Garments You Love, and different textile artists clarify how anybody can do that inventive mending type.
- 🧵 Put collectively your stitching package. It ought to embrace a mixture of threads, yarn of various thickness, needles, scrap materials for patches and stitching pins.
- 🧵 Earlier than beginning, visualize your mending design. Take a look at the garment as a complete. Place your provides on prime of or close to the broken space to experiment with totally different mixtures of form, texture and colours.
- 🧵 Contemplate the burden of your supplies. In case your mend space is in places just like the elbows, knees, inside thighs, or again pockets, select a cloth that is a better match to the unique piece for optimum sturdiness.
3 issues to know earlier than you go
A hoop of sunshine surrounding the middle of NGC 6505,a close-by galaxy is captured by the European Area Company’s Euclid telescope, an instance of an Einstein Ring.
ESA/Euclid/Euclid Consortium/NASA, picture processing by J.-C. Cuillandre, G. Anselmi, T. Li/European Area Company
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- The Euclid area telescope has found a uncommon ring of sunshine generally known as an Einstein ring surrounding a galaxy almost 590 million light-years away from Earth.
- Trump on Sunday ordered the U.S. Treasury to cease producing new pennies. Does his determination make cents? The worth of the coin has been a decades-long debate.
- Creator Salman Rushdie will face in court docket the person accused of violently stabbing him at a literary occasion in 2022. The trial started this week.
This article was edited by Yvonne Dennis. Brittney Melton contributed.
