Colleges Set COVID Rules To Salvage Fall Campus Life
Colleges require student pledges to curb coronavirus spread as campuses plan partial reopenings. Promises ban parties and outside guests, mandate masks and distancing, with suspensions or expulsions for violations. Universities from Tulane to Texas A&M stress remote options if risk remains high.
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Tulane University
Sanjali de Silva
Tulane
New Orleans
Erica Woodley
Woodley
University of Texas At Austin
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Amherst College
University of Southern California
University of Washington
University of Mississippi
University of California At Berkeley
Carol Christ
Chronicle of Higher Education
Yale
Connecticut
Ohio State University
Buckeyes
Ohio State
Nagasaki marks 75th anniversary urging global nuclear ban
Nagasaki observed the 75th anniversary of the Fat Man bombing with survivors and officials urging leaders to strengthen disarmament efforts. Mayor Taue appealed for progress at the NPT review, calling for rapid entry into the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons while Prime Minister Abe defended Japan's cautious stance amid regional security concerns.
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Japan
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Tomihisa Taue
Taue
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Shinzo Abe
Abe
Afghan jirga frees 400 Taliban prisoners to spur talks
A traditional Afghan council or jirga, with hundreds of delegates, agreed to release 400 Taliban members to accelerate intra Afghan negotiations and a cease fire. Talks may begin next week, likely in Qatar, as U.S. pressure and a February peace deal frame the move. An explosion later in Kabul injured five police.
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Firdus Faramarz
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