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La salida de Andrii Yermak pone fin a años de concentración de poder en la presidencia de Zelenski. Investigaciones por corrupción y presión interna obligan al presidente a relevar a su mano derecha, un movimiento clave en plena guerra que refleja la tensión entre lealtad y transparencia.

En este episodio abrimos una conversación necesaria sobre algo tan íntimo como poderoso: el moco cervical. Ese fluido que la mayoría aprendió a llamar “flujo vaginal”, muchas veces desde la vergüenza o el silencio. Hoy lo nombramos tal cual es y hablamos de sus cambios durante el ciclo, de por qué varía su textura, olor y cantidad, y de qué señales nos da sobre nuestra salud. La entrada 🩸Episodio 5 — Moco cervical: ¿hasta dónde es normal?  se publicó primero en Alharaca - Alharaca.

პარტია „ლელო“ ეხმაურება ალეკო ელისაშვილის დაკავებას და მის ქმედებას „მიუღებელსა“ და „გაუმართლებელს“ უწოდებს. განცხადებაში, რომელიც კოალიიის ფეისბუქზე გავრცელდა ნათქვამია, რომ ალეკო ელისაშვილი არაერთხელ გამხდარა რეჟიმის მხრიდან უსამართლობისა და ძალადობის მსხვერპლი და „მისი აღიარება დასტურია, რომ ეს არის რეჟიმის წინააღმდეგ ერთი ადამიანის თავგანწირული ქმედება“. „ჩვენთვის ალეკო ელისაშვილის დღევანდელი ქმედება მიუღებელი და გაუმართლებელია. ალეკო ელისაშვილი არაერთხელ გამხდარა რეჟიმის მხრიდან...

مدیرکل امنیتی و انتظامی استاندرای کردستان از کشف مهمات و سلاح جنگی در ارتفاعات صعب‌العبور بانه خبر داد.

La COP20 de la Cites – la Convention sur le commerce international des espèces de faune et de flore sauvages menacées d'extinction – arrive à mi-parcours à Samarcande, en Ouzbékistan. Depuis lundi 24 novembre, les 185 parties (184 pays plus l’Union européenne) ont adopté de nouvelles protections pour plusieurs espèces tout en refusant d’encadrer davantage le commerce d’autres.

Feijóo sigue apelando a la formación de Carles Puigdemont y a otros partidos que apoyaron la investidura de Pedro Sánchez para promover elecciones generales anticipadas.

Во мострите од водата од основното училиште „Димо Хаџи Димов“ во скопската населба Влае, Општина Карпош, не се пронајдени тешки метали, објави Институтот за јавно здравје (ИЈЗ) на 29 ноември. Оваа здравствена институција соопшти и дека се завршени физичко-хемиската и микробиолошката анализа на водата и оти резултатите се во рамки на референтните вредности. Голем број ученици во ова основно училиште во Карпош, на 26 ноември се пожалија на стомачни тегоби, а заклучно со вчерашниот ден седум...

After the alleged shooter was identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal — a 29-year-old Afghan national — Trump said he would permanently shut down immigration from impoverished countries.

This story was originally reported by Amanda Becker of The 19th. Meet Amanda and read more of their reporting on gender, politics and policy. As The 19th makes plans for 2026, we want to hear from you! Complete our annual survey to let us know your thoughts. When the olive green charter bus pulled into […]

A day after President Donald Trump took office, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a new directive to its agents: Arrests at courthouses, restricted under the Biden administration, were again permissible. In Connecticut, a group of observers who keep watch on ICE activity in and around Stamford Superior Court have since witnessed a series of […]

A newly reorganized North Dakota Interagency Council on Homelessness could have an early crisis on its hands because of significant changes to federal homelessness funding.  A Nov. 13 directive issued by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development signaled a funding shift away from long-term permanent housing solutions toward shelters and transitional housing.  For […]

While areas rich in rare minerals may be a blessing for the country’s economy, they can also be a curse for the local populations in the DRC.

Nûçeyên Cîhanê ji Dengê Amerîka

هەواڵە جیهانیـیەکان لە دەنگی ئەمەریکا

(The Center Square) – Secretaries are well known for earning modest wages, but not the ones who work at Pocantico Hills Central School District. At the school district of 500 students outside New York City secretaries make $130,000 and $190,000 a year, an investigation by The Center Square found. The highest paid is Gina L. Downes, a confidential secretary. Her salary is $110,538 this school year, and she will receive $79,281 in benefits and other payments. Downes, who will complete her 20th year on the job in the spring, has benefited from a civil service-based pay system, a common feature in the public sector. Another secretary, Annabel Maya, will earn $73,659 plus $56,034 in benefits and overtime. Her tenure began four years ago. Downes and Maya were among the district’s well-compensated employees. Daniel Linehan, a physical education teacher who started in the district in 1995, will earn a salary of $146,199 and almost $60,000 in other benefits this school year. Michael Vanyo, assistant superintendent for business and operations, will make $240,507 and $53,511 in benefits. In a phone interview, Vanyo defended the pay packages.“I have very few staff members, so those secretaries are doing multiple jobs, he said. "Plus, they tend to stay, because Pocantico Hills is a good place to work and live. I could pay them less, but we would have constant turnover." Pocantico Hills Central School District, in Westchester County, is not alone in the Empire State in compensating its employees generously. Another district is Shelter Island Union Free School District, a school district of roughly 190 students in Suffolk County. Office assistant Donna Clark will earn $98,792 in salary, benefits, and other payments this school year, while her counterpart Meghan Lang will rack up $91,328, according to school district records. While Clark’s and Lang’s secretarial peers in Pocantico Hills earn more, Shelter Island pays its top administrators more. The district’s superintendent, Dr. Brian Doelger, will take home an eye-popping $319,170 in salary, benefits, and other payments this school year. Director of Athletics Todd Gulluscio will receive a total pay package of $189,513. The school district did not respond to a request for comment. A third school district that rewards employees with generous pay packages is Bridgehampton Union Free School District in Suffolk County, a region known popularly as the Hamptons.Superintendent Mary T. Kelly will earn a total pay package of $246,291, while two district staff will make six figures. District clerk Tammy Cavanaugh made $44,318 in salary, benefits, and overtime from July 1 to Nov. 14, a figure that prorated comes out to $118,938 this school year. Brianna Covais, director for pupil personnel services, earned $59,423 in salary, a figure that prorated comes out to $159,480 this school year. The three school districts’ per-pupil spending was among the highest in New York State’s K-12 public school system of 2.4 million students, according to state data. Pocantico Hills spent $71,439 per student, while Shelter Island spent $65,959 in the 2023-2024 school year. Both are on the high end of what private four-year colleges charge for tuition. Bridgehampton spent $92,586 for each of its roughly 200 pupils in 2023-2024. The sum was more than the $90,012 that Pepperdine University, a private Christian school in Malibu, Calif., charged for on-campus tuition.In a previous story, district staff attributed the high per-pupil costs to infrastructure spending spread over very few students, but additional data obtained by The Center square shows that salaries in those districts are also big budget items. Zilvinas Silenas, president and CEO of The Empire Center for Public Policy, a non-profit, free-market oriented think tank, said high salaries help account for the districts’ high spending.“The median pay for a teacher in Pocantico is $121,703, which is in the top 20 percent of school districts with the highest median pay,” he noted. Vanyo, Pocantico Hills’ assistant superintendent, said the district spends more on other budgetary needs.“It is a unique situation,” he said in an interview. “We are a K-8 school district and pay tuition for our high school students.”Vanyo added that the district pays the costs of its high school students to attend one of three public schools in the area as well as the textbooks and healthcare of students who attend private high schools. The typical school district in New York spent $35,095 per pupil in the 2023-2024 school year, according to the state’s Department of Education. The figure was the highest nationwide. By contrast, Utah spent roughly $10,000. Despite New York’s high median figure, six school districts spent almost or more than $70,000 per student, double the average. The top spending district was Fire Island Unified School District, a small island off the coast of Long Island. It reported spending $132,196 for each of its roughly 50 students, according to state data. The second highest spending district was Bridgehampton Union Free School District in Suffolk County. It spent $92,586 for each of its roughly 200 pupils in 2023-2024. Two more high-spending districts were in Suffolk County on eastern Long Island. Quogue Union Free School District spent $86,163 for each of its roughly 130 students, while Amagansett Union Free School District spent $78,916 for each of its roughly 120 pupils. To get a better handle on the districts’ spending, last month The Center Square submitted requests under New York’s Freedom of Information Law for staff salaries at five school districts. What the districts’ responses show is generous staff pay is only one reason for high spending. “It’s complex and multi-factorial,” Silvenas said in an interview, “To be fair to Pocantico Hills School District, there are roughly 100 school districts where median teacher pay is even higher.” Consider Scarsdale Unified School District in Westchester County, a district of 4,700 students outside New York City. It pays its teachers $156,000 annually, the highest in the state. Yet Scarsdale spent $37,800 per pupil in 2023-204, a figure far below that of Pocantico Hills’ $71,439. Silvenas acknowledged that transportation, building upkeep, and classroom materials are key reasons for high spending. Each of the six highest spending school districts in New York has fewer than 500 students, a barrier to economies of scale. Dr. Mary T. Kelly, superintendent of Bridgehampton’s school district, said small districts like hers get no breaks from the state. “Bridgehampton offers a full continuum of services — including Advanced Placement courses, a new Career and Technical Education program, athletics, performing arts, special education, and transportation across a large geographic area — all of which must be provided regardless of enrollment size,” she said in an interview. While capital and transportation costs are important, teacher and staff salaries are, too. Roxbury Central School District in upstate New York had roughly 230 students in the 2023-24 school year, a figure less than half that in Pocantico Hills and only 40 fewer than Shelter Island. Yet Roxbury spent less on annual teacher salaries—$60,517 per teacher, according to The Empire Center. That was similar to the $59,449 and $57,673 annual salaries of Shelter Island’s two office assistants and tens of thousands less than Pocantico Hills’ two secretaries. Vanyo rejected the comparison between upstate and downstate school districts.“We’re twenty-five miles outside New York City,” he said in an interview. “It’s an expensive place to live.”

Причастность российских властей к блокировке мессенджера признал Роскомнадзор.

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法新社消息称，俄方当局宣布，海上无人机周六（11月29日）袭击了黑海一处港口的重要石油设施并造成严重破坏。与此同时，基辅方面则表示已对两艘“影子船队”油轮发动打击，这些油轮被克里姆林宫用来规避西方制裁。