A satellite image of the brochure shows a close-up view of the Ethiopian Renaissance Great Dam (GERD) and the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia, June 26, 2020. Satellite Image © 2020 Maxar Technologies via REUTERS ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) – Ethiopia began filling the Great Renaissance dam, a giant hydroelectric project …
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Trump announces reversals of environmental reviews for infrastructure projects
President Trump announced Wednesday a new federal rule to eliminate bureaucratic red tape and speed up environmental review processes for highways, gas pipelines and other proposed major infrastructure. The rule, which Trump unveiled at a UPS facility in Atlanta, is expected to make it easier to meet some of the …
Read More »Arizona brings 600 nurses from other states to help hospitals with surges
(Photo by Justin Sullivan / Getty Images) PHOENIX – Aid is on the way for Arizona hospitals that are working under the burden of increasing coronavirus patients. The Arizona Department of Health Services announced a partnership with Vizient, Inc. on Wednesday to bring nearly 600 nurses from other states to …
Read More »NCAA decision allows D-III St. Thomas to make an unprecedented leap to DI
A landmark decision has officially cleared the way for Minnesota’s largest private university, the University of St. Thomas, to become the first modern NCAA era program to directly reclassify from Division III to Division I of university athletics. At its meetings today, the NCAA Division I Council passed a motion …
Read More »Johnny Depp allegedly wrote Amber Heard’s name in urine at vacation home
Johnny Depp allegedly tried to write Amber Heard’s name in urine inside his rented house while he was in a curve, a UK court heard on Wednesday. Heard accused the “Pirates of the Caribbean” star of taking out his soldiers while being escorted off Queensland, Australia property in March 2015, …
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