Board of Governors for Florida's public universities expected to approve new college entrance exam

In Florida's latest attempt to change its education system, the governing body for the state's public universities is expected to vote Friday on whether college applicants can submit results from an alternative test to the SAT and ACT.
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Bangladesh's worst ever dengue outbreak a 'canary in the coal mine' for climate crisis, WHO expert warns

Bangladesh is battling its worst dengue outbreak on record, with more than 600 people killed and 135,000 cases reported since April, the World Health Organization said Wednesday, as one of its experts blamed the climate crisis and El Nino weather pattern for driving the surge.
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Naomi Osaka announces return to professional tennis in 2024

Former world No. 1 Naomi Osaka intends to return to professional tennis in 2024, the 25-year-old said in an interview with ESPN on Wednesday.
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Tiafoe and Shelton make history in the first US Open quarterfinal between 2 Black men

History was made as Ben Shelton faced Frances Tiafoe in Tuesday's US Open quarterfinal.
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What happened to the G20's new world order?

At the G20 summit in London in 2009, Britain's then-Prime Minister Gordon Brown heralded a "new world order" in which rich and developing nations would come together to tame the inequities and excesses of globalization. At the height of a global financial crisis, Brown declared a "new progressive era of international co-operation."
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Country Garden gets 'near-term reprieve' after bondholders agree to extend debt payment

Investors in embattled Chinese property giant Country Garden are breathing a collective sigh of relief Monday, after it reportedly won approval from creditors to extend a major bond payment to avoid default, in a development that analysts say will give the firm some badly needed respite.
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Roads out of Burning Man may reopen Monday for the tens of thousands of people still trapped there after rain deluged the area with mud

Roads out of the Burning Man festival may reopen Monday for the tens of thousands of people trapped for a third day in the Nevada desert after heavy rains covered the grounds with ankle-deep mud too thick to drive on and forced organizers to impose shelter-in-place orders.
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