The US Supreme Court has struck down US President Joe Biden’s proposal to wipe out billions in student debt. The 6-3 ruling effectively cancels the plan, which would have forgiven about $10,000 (£7,800) per borrower – and up to $20,000 … Read More
Schools illegally used racial preferences for students The Supreme Court ruled Thursday to block affirmative action in two closely watched lawsuits against Harvard and the University of North Carolina (UNC). The cases, initially brought by a coalition of students, prospective … Read More
A new study released Wednesday by the think tank Atlantic Councilfound that 130 countries, representing 98% of the global GDP, are considering central bank digital currencies, with 49% currently in advanced development. A central bank digital currency is a digital … Read More
June 29 (Reuters) – Ethiopia, one of Africa’s fastest-growing economies, has asked to join the BRICS bloc of emerging markets, the foreign ministry said on Thursday. The term BRIC was coined by Goldman Sachs economist Jim O’Neill in 2001 to … Read More
Pursuing other diplomatic opportunities, Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he will soon visit China. Opinions are divided in Israel’s Foreign Ministry over Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Tuesday announcement on traveling soon to China, with some diplomats warning that such … Read More
WASHINGTON (AP) — More than $200 billion may have been stolen from two large COVID-19 relief initiatives, according to new estimates from a federal watchdog investigating federally funded programs that helped small businesses survive the worst public health crisis in … Read More
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Bolivia’s “economic miracle,” a boom in the 2000s and 2010s that saw years of state spending lift millions of people into the middle class, is creaking, a warning sign to the wider region battling high inflation, … Read More
This ‘extinct’ earless dragon lizard has been spotted after 50 years missing. But researchers won’t say where. A tiny earless dragon which experts thought was extinct has been spotted for the first time in over 50 years. The Victorian grassland … Read More
The leader of Russia’s 24-hour mutiny, Yevgeny Prigozhin, has arrived in Belarus, three days after his Wagner mercenary group’s rebellion came to an end 200km (125 miles) south of Moscow. “Yes, indeed, he’s in Belarus today,” leader Alexander Lukashenko announced, … Read More
AMSTERDAM, June 27 (Reuters) – European policing agency Europol said on Tuesday that the takedown of Encrochat, an underground company that offered criminals supposedly secure encrypted communications, led to more than 6,500 arrests and 900 million euros ($980 million) in … Read More