It took him three tries to win a scholarship to study in the U.S. Having that cut short because of visa problems would undermine the sacrifice he made to be here. He sometimes feels guilty that he isn’t at home fighting for his country, but he knows there’s value in gaining an education in America.
, making it the most common language behind English and Spanish. The Sunshine State has the nation’s largest Haitian population.In Minnesota and Wisconsin, Hmong was the second-most spoken non-English language at home. Many
in the Upper Midwest states after fleeing Southeast Asia in the mid-1970s following the Vietnam War.Korean was the most spoken language in Alabama and Virginia behind English and Spanish.In South Dakota, the Lakota dialect of the Sioux people was the most common language spoken behind English and Spanish.
The language of the Marshall Islands was the second-most spoken non-English language in Arkansas, where the community is concentrated in the northwest part of the state.Arizona and New Mexico had the most Navajo speakers in the United States. The Navajo Nation extends into Arizona and New Mexico, where the indigenous language was the second-most popular non-English speech in those two states.
Despite a nationwide decline in speakers, Polish was Illinois’ second-most common non-English language behind Spanish, primarily due to the Chicago area having one of the nation’s largest Polish communities.
Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Rhode Island have some of the largest concentrations of Portuguese speakers in the U.S., making it the most spoken language in these states behind English and Spanish. It also is the second-most common non-English language in Utah, which is home to missionaries who served in Brazil and explains its popularity, according to the University of Utah.Leo urged Putin to make a gesture that would promote peace and stressed the importance of dialogue, the Vatican said.
Russia and Ukraine had exchanged memos setting out their conditions for a ceasefire for discussion Monday in Istanbul, the second direct meeting in just over two weeks.Russia and Ukraine have established red lines that make a quick deal unlikely. The Kremlin’s proposal contained a list of demands that Kyiv and its Western allies see as nonstarters.
The second round of talks lasted just over an hour and made no progress on ending the war, with the sides agreeing only to swap thousands of their dead and seriously wounded troops.Also, a new prisoner exchange with Russia could take place over the weekend, Zelenskyy said.