[ad_1] Thursday’s furlough of Iranian-American dual nationals unjustly detained in Iran appears to herald another multistep U.S.-Iranian prisoner-swap deal. According to reports, the United States will unfreeze nearly $6 billion that had been held under U.S. sanctions in a South Korean bank and allow it to be deposited into a Qatari bank. The Qatari government ...

[ad_1] Employers these days are moving to skills-based hiring — looking for signs that candidates have specific abilities rather than just checking for a college degree as a default qualification. The embrace of competencies over credentials is driven by ongoing shortages of talent in many sectors, which was underlined just last week, when the U.S. ...

[ad_1] The digital divide has long been a simmering problem facing millions of students that took a global pandemic to bring to a boil. At the time, nearly 16 million students in the United States lacked home internet access, according to a widely cited report from Common Sense Media. Despite incremental progress made to narrow ...

[ad_1] Photography by Getty Images“I’ve developed a desire to carry on and move forward.” By Souzan Michael Galway Date August 8, 2023 “I’ve been working since I was eight years old. I’ve just pushed through life,” says Sarah Jessica Parker over the phone. “I’ve had wonderful experiences and I’ve had hard experiences. And I didn’t ...

[ad_1] Colombia faces Jamaica in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Round of 16 on Tuesday, August 8, 2023 (8/8/23) at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia. The game starts at 4 a.m. ET on FS1 and NBC Universo. HOW TO WATCH: Fans can watch the match for free via a trial to fuboTV or via a ...

[ad_1] Under federal law, homeless students are owed a K-12 education. But it’s always been difficult to deliver on that promise. There are a lot of reasons why these students struggle. Poverty in the local community trickles down to affect families, says Lisa Mentesana, executive director of the Beaverton Resource Center, an Oregon-based nonprofit that ...

[ad_1] England faces Nigeria in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Round of 16 on Monday, August 7, 2023 (8/7/23) at Suncorp Stadium in Milton, Australia. The game starts at 3:30 a.m. ET on FS1 and NBC Universo. HOW TO WATCH: Fans can watch the match for free via a trial to fuboTV or via a ...

[ad_1] United States faces Sweden in the FIFA Women’s World Cup Round of 16 on Sunday, August 6, 2023 (8/6/23) at AAMI Park in Melbourne, Australia. The game starts at 5 a.m. on FOX and Telemundo. HOW TO WATCH: Fans can watch the match for free via a trial to fuboTV or via a subscription ...