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International students come from different regions, languages, backgrounds and lifestyles. Adjusting to college life is one of the many issues they have to face when arriving at BYU.

International students that were adversely affected by the pandemic and some decisions made by the Trump administration have found new hope of completing their education in the U.S. with President Joe Biden and his immigration-friendly policies.

Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are changing their travel plans after the Church opted to broadcast the April 2020 General Conference online only.

LISTEN: Hong Kong students at BYU talk about what's it's like trying to focus on school when your hometown is shaken every day by political unrest. While they all hope for a peaceful resolution, these students deal every day with the anxiety that things could get worse at any moment. (Joseph Carson)

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The United States often takes a leading role in calling out the world's most dangerous places, warning its people about the risks of traveling to countries that are at war, under terrorist threats, experiencing civil unrest or displaying significant anti-American sentiment.

Kawehi Housman and her mother embrace after her college graduation ceremony at BYU-Hawaii. Housman's mother was one of the first Hawaiian Language Immersion teachers in the state and played a big part in Housman's decision to give back by teaching the next generation of Hawaiians. (Kawehi Housman)

Greta Thunberg, a Swedish teenager whose social media-savvy brand of eco-activism has inspired tens of thousands of students in Europe to skip classes and protest for faster action against climate change, said Monday, July 29, 2019 that she plans to take her message to America the old-fashioned way: by boat. (AP Photo/David Keyton)

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Julian Assange gestures as he arrives at Westminster Magistrates' Court in London, after the WikiLeaks founder was arrested by officers from the Metropolitan Police and taken into custody Thursday, April 11. Police in London arrested WikiLeaks founder Assange at the Ecuadorean embassy Thursday, April 11, for failing to surrender to the court in 2012, shortly after the South American nation revoked his asylum. (Victoria Jones/PA via AP)

Magic Johnson abruptly resigns as Lakers' president

Russia has made reaffirming its military presence in the Arctic the top priority amid an intensifying international rivalry over the region that is believed to hold up to one-quarter of the planet's undiscovered oil and gas. (Vladimir Isachenkov)

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Police Sr. Sgt. Paddy Hannan shows New Zealand lawmakers in Wellington Tuesday, April 2, 2019, an AR-15 style rifle similar to one of the weapons a gunman used to slaughter 50 people at two mosques. (Nick Perry)

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Her face painted in the colors of the national flag, a supporter of opposition leader Juan Guaido, waits for his arrival in Los Teques, Miranda State, Venezuela, Saturday, March 30, 2019. Guaido addressed the crowd while Maduro loyalists gathered for what was billed as an 'anti-imperialist' rally in the capital. Such dueling demonstrations have become a pattern in past weeks as Venezuela's opposing factions vie for power in a country enduring economic turmoil and a humanitarian crisis. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)