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Expensive and up against climate change, experts say restoration is a drop in the ocean when it comes to protecting coral reefs.

An official source confirmed Prince Faisal’s arrival in Washington but did not give further details.Prince Faisal will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce said on Tuesday, declining to give additional details on the meeting.Trump plans to visit Saudi Arabia as early as May to sign an investment agreement in what will be the first foreign trip of his second term, with stops also planned in Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has spoken out about the dire humanitarian situation unfolding in the besieged Gaza Strip, saying “civilians are in an endless death loop” amid renewed Israeli bombardments and a ban on the entry of much-needed aid. Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Guterres rejected a new Israeli proposal to control aid deliveries in Gaza, saying it risks “further controlling and callously limiting aid down to the last calorie and grain of flour”. “Let me be clear: We will not participate in any arrangement that does not fully respect the humanitarian principles: humanity, impartiality, independence and neutrality,” Guterres…

Washington — The Senate’s budget resolution, which has been backed by President Trump and is key to extending his tax cuts, is opposed by a number of House Republicans who say it doesn’t cut enough spending.The House must adopt the Senate-passed resolution to move forward on the president’s agenda, and GOP leaders hoped to take that vote this week. But nearly a dozen House Republicans say they oppose the resolution or have serious concerns about the $1.5 trillion gap between the House and Senate versions. Speaker Mike Johnson’s slim GOP majority means he can afford to lose the support of just three Republicans. The president…

A satire of expatriate life in trendy Berlin, a tale of an antiquarian book dealer stuck in a time loop, and a fictionalized retelling of a migrant boat tragedy in the English Channel, are among the six titles that will compete for this year’s International Booker Prize, the award’s organizers announced on Tuesday.Perhaps the highest profile title on the shortlist for the prize for fiction translated into English is Solvej Balle’s “On the Calculation of Volume: 1” about a bookseller who relives the same day over and over again.Balle’s novel, translated from Danish by Barbara J. Haveland, was a nominee…

▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube5. Big Black: “L Dopa”Steve Albini’s punk-electronic band Big Black revved up a relentless drum machine behind ferociously noisy guitars — a favorite Sleigh Bells tactic. The narrator of “L Dopa” is a patient with sleeping sickness, unwillingly awakened by the drug L Dopa — and furious about it.▶ Listen on Spotify, Apple Music or YouTube6. Sleigh Bells: “Locust Laced”“I feel like dynamite / I feel like dying tonight,” Krauss sings over buoyant handclaps in “Locust Laced,” from the 2021 album “Texis.” The song bristles with dichotomies. Miller’s guitars are all speed and…

The Trump administration is disbanding a unit in the Justice Department that was responsible for investigating cryptocurrency crimes, criticizing the Biden administration as too aggressive against the fast-growing industry.In a memo issued late Monday, Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general, denounced his predecessors for investigating cryptocurrency operators in a manner he called “ill conceived and poorly executed.” He instead instructed the department to narrow the focus of cryptocurrency investigations to crimes like fraud, drug trafficking and terrorism.The directive is in keeping with President Trump’s broad embrace of the crypto industry during his campaign and in office as he moves to…

Immigration lawyers are reacting to the Supreme Court’s ruling that declared that any legal challenges to the Trump administration’s plan to use a wartime statute to deport a group of Venezuelan migrants have to be filed where the men are being held.And as they scrambled to adjust on Tuesday, their efforts could be guided by a similar case that is underway in Federal District Court in Brownsville, Texas. It was filed last month by Daniel Zacarias Matos, a Venezuelan migrant who claimed that the administration tried to deport him — without a hearing or an order of removal — under…

Just weeks after Toronto police issued a warning about a high-risk offender they said posed a risk to the community and children, the OPP said that they are on the lookout for Simon Gares. The OPP’s ROPE Squad said that the 43-year-old man is being sought on a Canada-wide warrant as he has reportedly breached his statutory release.OPP described him as being around 5’10” tall, while weighing around 170 lbs., with brown hair and hazel eyes. He has a lengthy list of tattoos including a dragon on his right shoulder, a tribal joker on hos left shoulder, an Irish Cross…

When shopping in Paris, you could follow the tourists to Avenue Montaigne and Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, where off-the-catwalk designs are displayed like venerated artwork. Or, have an adventure and save euros hunting down “gently used” designer clothing at the city’s neighborhood dépôt-ventes, where Frenchwomen of exacting taste consign their castoffs.Unlike your average thrift store (those are called friperies), the dépôt-vente, which translates to “deposit and sale” is an upscale version where high-end clothing sells at a fraction of retail prices.In the past few years, these boutiques have gained a new audience: travelers, especially an international cadre of Gen Z-ers…