Amid a broad slackening of the U.S. labor market, and in spite of campaign promises to save “Black jobs,” the unemployment rate for Black workers is surging under President Donald Trump. According to seasonally adjusted data published Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the unemployment rate for Black Americans rose from 7.2 percent…
STORY: :: National Assembly Television South Korea passed a bill on Wednesday to ban the use of mobile phones and other digital devices in school classrooms. :: File The nationwide ban will take effect starting in March 2026 and comes as concern grows about the impact of heavy social media use among young people. The…
South Korea passed a bill on Wednesday to ban the use of mobile phones and other digital devices in school classrooms nationwide, as concern grows about the effect of heavy social media use among the youth. The ban, which will take effect from March next year, makes South Korea the latest country to restrict the…
[Source] Favorable views of China and confidence in President Xi Jinping have increased in many regions while approval of the U.S. and President Donald Trump has declined or remained low, a new global Pew Research Center survey has found. The survey, conducted among more than 28,000 adults across 25 countries between January and April 2025,…