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US State Department revokes 6,000 student visas.

The State Department has revoked more than 6,000 international student visas because of violations of US law and overstays, the department told the BBC.

Of the 6,000 student visas that were revoked, the State Department said about 4,000 of those were revoked because visitors broke the law. »

Plastic bag use in the state dropped 91%, and three-quarters of those surveyed approved of the approach.

Now, researchers at the University of Vermont have dug deeper into the 745-person survey conducted by the University of Vermont Center for Rural Studies.

The researchers found the law's strongest effect, by far, was a near-complete elimination of plastic bag use following the ban's implementation—a 91% drop. »

The visit is being seen as the latest sign of a thaw in ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours.

India and China had agreed on patrolling arrangements to de-escalate tensions along the disputed Himalayan border in October last year.

India has also restarted visa services to Chinese tourists and agreed to resume talks to open border trade through designated passes. »

Game hunters have found startlingly 'neon blue' flesh inside of wild pigs in California, triggering advisory statements on potential contamination.

Concerningly, this isn't the first time wild pigs in the region have had their innards tainted blue.

Wild pigs, hybrids between domestic pigs and wild boars, are omnivores that would eat both the poisoned rodents and the bait. »