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Seeds are seen as students at Eucalyptus Elementary School in in Hawthorne, Calif., learn to plant a vegetable garden on March 13, 2019. The U.S. supply of native seeds is currently too low to respond to climate change-related events, a new report finds.

We need native seeds in order to respond to climate change, but there aren't enough

Native seeds are crucial for land restoration efforts after disasters, which will grow more extreme as climate change worsens. "Time is of the essence" to bank sufficient seeds, a new report says.

A pilot gestures from the grounded EC-LZO Boeing 767 flight, initially meant to deport Rwandan asylum-seekers, at Boscombe Down Air Base in Boscombe Down, England, on June 14. The flight taking asylum-seekers from the U.K. to Rwanda was grounded at the last minute, after the intervention of the European Court of Human Rights.

U.K. top court upholds a controversial plan to send migrants to Rwanda

The ruling comes months after the government introduced a plan to deport hundreds of potential asylum-seekers to Rwanda. Immigration lawyers and human rights groups have warned of rights violations.

Two former employees of Twitter are charged with spying for Saudi Arabia by accessing information in private accounts.

2 Former Twitter Employees Charged With Spying For Saudi Arabia

One of the accused accessed more than 6,000 Twitter accounts, allegedly looking for information about critics of the Saudi government, according to court documents.

Rep. Pramila Jayapal, seen here at the U.S. Capitol on May 31, sparked controversy over the weekend when she referred to Israel as a "racist state."

Top House Democrats reject Rep. Jayapal's comments calling Israel a 'racist state'

The Washington Democrat walked back comments she made over the weekend in which she called Israel a "racist state."

Why companies outsource

Mike Switzer interviews Tony Horwath, founder and CEO of Sales Focus in North Charleston, S.C.

J. Michael Luttig, former U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the Fourth Circuit, testifies before the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol in the Cannon House Office Building on Thursday in Washington, D.C.

A respected conservative judge is now a critic of his party — and former clerks

Retired federal Judge J. Michael Luttig was questioned by one of his former law clerks about the role of another in the insurrection. He has spoken out against former clerks John Eastman and Ted Cruz.

"I have to observe self-isolation and follow orders of doctors," Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said. "This is necessary to protect my colleagues."

Russia's Prime Minister Says He Has Coronavirus, As Country Tops 100,000 Cases

Speaking during a videoconference with President Vladimir Putin that was broadcast on state-run TV, Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin announced that he had tested positive for the virus.

Opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim shows his inked finger to the media after voting at a polling station in Seberang Perai, Penang state, Malaysia on Nov. 19, 2022.

From prisoner to prime minister, Malaysia's Anwar had long ride to top

Becoming prime minister caps Anwar Ibrahim's roller-coaster political journey, from a former deputy PM who was imprisoned in the 1990s led to a reform movement that became a major political force.

Ambulances are parked outside the NHS Nightingale hospital at the ExCeL center in east London on Friday. Hospitals in the U.K. are preparing for an influx of patients as the coronavirus continues to spread.

U.S. COVID-19 Death Toll Tops 350,000

Health care workers are bracing for a deadly January, and President-elect Joe Biden cautioned that "the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough."

What the former White House aide's testimony could mean for the Jan. 6 investigation

Tuesday's surprise hearing of the Jan. 6 committee came with some explosive testimony from Cassidy Hutchinson. She was an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows.

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