An increasing number of students are flocking to Alaska, despite a shortage in the state’s workforce, and the state is looking to fill that gap.The state’s population is projected to reach 4.6 million by 2040, a number that includes more than 1 million people who are students, according to the Alaska Department of Labor and […]
The number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea from Libya has soared, to more than 6,000 people, a rise of nearly 30 percent compared with this time last year, according to the UN refugee agency.Greek authorities are now trying to stem the flow by deploying an army of about 6,500 people, including security forces, as […]
A lot of African nations are still fighting to contain the spread of the Ebola virus, and the number of people infected there is still rising.The latest news from the continent is that the number in Africa of people who have tested positive for the deadly virus has increased by almost 50 percent, according to […]
