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"We've held over 100 listening sessions with families and will continue engaging parents as we deliver reform through the Schools White Paper."

In late October, the RSF captured El-Fasher, the last army stronghold in the vast western Darfur region, consolidating its hold over the area.

That pattern holds over the past 10 years, as well.

The East Antarctic Ice Sheet, which holds over half of Earth's freshwater, is already losing ice in some coastal zones today.

That will bring relief to investors and the many Argentine citizens who despise the hold the party has long held over the nation’s political and economic life.