Advocates say more members of Congress should reach out to Black and Latino high school students and make them aware of opportunities at the elite schools.
Two Malaysian cadets accepted to reputed US service academies Dhesegaan Bala Krishnan
KUALA LUMPUR: Two young Malaysian cadets have been accepted to two reputed service academies in the United States as part of their Class of 2025.
Nicholas Ong Yong Xen will be heading to the US Naval Academy (USNA) in Annapolis, Maryland while Mohamed Khairel Adha Mohd Khairee will attend the US Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Both cadets are the first in their respective families to serve in the military.
Ong, who hails from Puchong, Selangor, graduated as a Royal Military College (RMC) valedictorian and has received several accolades such as the college s Director of Studies Award , the Duke of Edinburgh s International Award and Gold award in English speech competition.
Wu ZurongResearch Fellow, China Foundation for Int l Studies
Competition between the United States and China has become a hot topic since President Joe Biden took office. Unfortunately, competition in its true sense is not what’s going on. What the U.S. has done in the past four months is a disguise put up by the Biden administration to contain China’s rise. Signs of dangerous consequences have been emerging behind the so-called competition.
First, competition is a political and diplomatic slogan of the Biden administration to hold China down in a wide range of areas. According to Biden’s address to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s 2021 graduating class on May 19, the purpose of competition with China is so the U.S. can “game the system” or tip the rules in its favor.
An Explosion in Texas Shows the Hidden Dangers of Tanks Holding Heavy Fuels
Industry experts believe that changes in the makeup of asphalt and No. 6 fuel oil products stored in heated tanks across the country could pose a risk to workers and nearby communities.
This article was produced in collaboration with Berkeley Journalism’s Investigative Reporting Program.
Justin Chambers arrived at the U.S. Polyco plant in Ennis, Texas, on the morning of April 23, 2018, with a job to do. One of the asphalt tanks at the plant had been damaged and needed to be demolished, and the 32-year-old foreman was part of a five-man crew of contractors charged with getting it done.