内容摘要：M23 says its goal is to protect ethnic minorities against the government in Kinshasa.

M23 says its goal is to protect ethnic minorities against the government in Kinshasa.

On May 22, the Republican-controlled House of Representatives passed, with a 215-214 vote, what Trump and the legislation’s authors have called theOne Big Beautiful Bill

. Within this bill is a proposal to raise taxes on elite universities.The proposal is tiered, and aims to levy a tax of:These percentages apply to universities that had at least 500 tuition-paying students in the previous taxable year and where 50 percent of their full-time tuition paying students are in the US. Universities identified as “qualified religious institutions” are exempt from this tax.

The proposal was drafted by Republican legislators in the Ways and Means Committee, the oldest tax-writing body in the House.“For too long, universities have received beneficial treatment from our tax code while disregarding the interest of taxpayers,” Jason Smith, Missouri Republican and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, said shortly after the bill passed.

A fact sheet released by Smith says the tax “holds woke, elite universities that operate more like major corporations and other tax-exempt entities accountable”.

The bill is now headed to the Senate, where Republicans hold 53 seats and Democrats hold 47. It is unclear when the vote will take place, but Trump is urging Republican senators to promptly pass it.The southwest monsoon, a colossal sea breeze, delivers between 70 and 80 percent of South Asia’s annual rainfall between June and September each year. It is triggered when seasonal heat warms the subcontinent’s landmass, causing air to rise and drawing in cooler winds from the Indian Ocean, releasing huge volumes of rain.

The monsoon is crucial for agriculture and, by extension, the livelihoods of millions of farmers and overall food security. But it also brings annual destruction in the form of landslides and floods.Panama’s new canal dam plan puts thousands of villagers at risk, prompting protests over mass displacement.

Magdalena Martinez has spent her entire life along the banks of the Indio River, but a proposed dam intended to shield the Panama Canal from drought now threatens to engulf her home.The 49-year-old is among hundreds of residents opposing an artificial lake that would feed the crucial interoceanic waterway.