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Biden cancels $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers

YoopyaApr 12, 2024April 12, 20240

April 12 (Reuters) – The Biden administration will cancel $7.4 billion in student debt for 277,000 borrowers, the White House said on Friday, the latest

New York appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s third request to delay Monday’s hush money trial

YoopyaApr 11, 2024April 12, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump is now 0 for 3 in last-minute attempts to get a New York appeals court to delay his looming

What to know about Biden’s latest attempt at student loan cancellation

YoopyaApr 10, 2024April 12, 20240

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is taking another shot at student loan cancellation, hoping to deliver on a key campaign promise that he has

What causes earthquakes in the Northeast, like the magnitude 4.8 that shook New Jersey? A geoscientist explains

YoopyaApr 6, 2024April 6, 20240

It’s rare to feel earthquakes in the U.S. Northeast, so the magnitude 4.8 earthquake in New Jersey that shook buildings in New York City and

Slavery tribunal? Africa and Caribbean unite on reparations

YoopyaApr 4, 2024April 4, 20240

April 4 (Reuters) – Support is building among Africa and Caribbean nations for the creation of an international tribunal on atrocities dating to the transatlantic

Taiwan earthquake: an earthquake scientist on what we know so far and what may happen next

YoopyaApr 3, 2024April 3, 20240

Earlier today, a major earthquake of magnitude 7.4 struck the central east coast of Taiwan, roughly 20 kilometres south of the city of Hualien. Locals

Former South Africa leader Jacob Zuma is barred from running in elections, election authority says

YoopyaApr 1, 2024April 1, 20240

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former South African President Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run in upcoming elections, the Independent Electoral Commission has ruled. The commission

Louis Gossett Jr., first Black man to win best supporting actor Oscar, dead at 87

YoopyaMar 30, 2024March 30, 20240

March 29 (Reuters) – Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win an Academy Award as best supporting actor, has died aged 87, a

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger hint at a new west African currency: what it’ll take for it to succeed

YoopyaMar 30, 2024March 30, 20240

On 11 February 2024, the head of Niger’s ruling military junta, General Abdourahmane Tiani, spoke of the possible creation of a common currency with Burkina Faso and

NYC will try gun scanners in subway system in effort to deter violence underground

YoopyaMar 29, 2024March 29, 20240

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City officials announced a pilot program on Thursday to deploy portable gun scanners in the subway system, part of