How a "cool block" in one Massachusetts city could provide a template for combatting extreme heat

How a “cool block” in one Massachusetts city could provide a template for combatting extreme heat

Boston — For Arwa Ait-Chaib and her mother, Wafa El Hidar, summertime in Chelsea, Massachusetts, means trying to beat the heat.  “There are always some days that I feel like we live in the middle of the Sahara desert,”  Ait-Chaib told CBS News.   Their Chelsea neighborhood, located just across the river from Boston, offers little…

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Hong Kong leader welcomes students hit by ‘discriminatory’ US ban on foreigners

Hong Kong leader welcomes students hit by ‘discriminatory’ US ban on foreigners

Students who faced “discriminatory and unfair treatment” under the United States’ attempted ban on Harvard University’s international student enrolment are welcome to Hong Kong, the city leader has said, adding he would consider further raising the quota for non-local applicants if the need arose. Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu on Tuesday said Hong Kong would…

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