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14/09/2022

Depending on where they live, student borrowers may soon face an unexpected tax burden. In August, the Biden Administration made news by announcing that it would forgive up to $10,000 in student debt for most borrowers and up to $20,000 for Pell Grant recipients. This would eliminate student debt entirely for approximately 20 million borrowers, primarily among low-income households, and would reduce the average bachelor's degree debt by about one-third....

Depending on where they live, student borrowers may soon face an unexpected tax burden. In August, the Biden Administration made news by announcing that it would forgive up to $10,000 in student de…

14/09/2022

California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday he had signed a bill into law requiring transparency of social media companies, a move that could draw criticism from tech firms and industry groups. The law, AB-587, will require social media companies to publicly post their policies regarding hate speech, disinformation, harassment and extremism on their platforms, and report data on their enforcement of the policies....

California Governor Gavin Newsom said on Tuesday he had signed a bill into law requiring transparency of social media companies, a move that could draw criticism from tech firms and industry groups…

14/09/2022

Household staff who served King Charles while he was heir to the British throne have already been told they could lose their jobs, drawing criticism from a labor union that called the move “heartless” before Queen Elizabeth is even buried. Charles, who succeeded his mother on her death last Thursday, and his wife Camilla, the Queen Consort, will be moving from Clarence House, his London home for decades, to the monarch’s main official residence, Buckingham Palace....

Household staff who served King Charles while he was heir to the British throne have already been told they could lose their jobs, drawing criticism from a labor union that called the move “heartle…

14/09/2022

President Joe Biden plans to take a victory lap on Wednesday at the Detroit auto show, highlighting automakers’ increasing shift to electric vehicles and billions of dollars in new investments in battery plants. Detroit’s Big Three automakers are showing off a number of new EVs at the car show. The US Congress and Biden, a Democrat and self-described “car guy,” have pledged tens of billions of dollars in loans, manufacturing and consumer tax credits and grants to speed the transition away from internal combustion vehicles to cleaner EVs....

President Joe Biden plans to take a victory lap on Wednesday at the Detroit auto show, highlighting automakers’ increasing shift to electric vehicles and billions of dollars in new investments in b…

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Armenia said on Wednesday that there was a risk that deadly clashes with Azerbaijan could escalate into war, calling on big powers to pay more attention to a grave situation it said could lead to another major conflict in the former Soviet Union. Armenia and Azerbaijan, who have been fighting for decades over Nagorno-Karabakh, both accused each other of starting a series of border clashes which began along their border from late on September 12....

Armenia said on Wednesday that there was a risk that deadly clashes with Azerbaijan could escalate into war, calling on big powers to pay more attention to a grave situation it said could lead to a…

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Struggling energy giant Uniper said Wednesday it was in negotiations with the German government for a possible nationalization of the group, as Russian supply cuts put the company under severe pressure. The German state had already taken a 30 percent stake in the group in a rescue package in July. Credit lines have also been extended to keep Uniper afloat....

Struggling energy giant Uniper said Wednesday it was in negotiations with the German government for a possible nationalization of the group, as Russian supply cuts put the company under severe pres…

11/09/2022

A-list celeb Anna Kendrick has a good excuse if she shows up late for her TIFF appearance on Sunday night. Shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday, the award-wining American actress posted a light-hearted video of herself stuck in a packed elevator on Instagram. “Ah, the classic. I’m behind schedule at this film festival because I had to be rescued from an elevator,” excuse ,” she wrote....

A-list celeb Anna Kendrick has a good excuse if she shows up late for her TIFF appearance on Sunday night. Shortly before 2 p.m. on Sunday, the award-wining American actress posted a light-hearted …

11/09/2022

OTTAWA - Former Quebec premier Jean Charest says he will return to working in the private sector after losing the Conservative party leadership race to Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre won on a resounding first-ballot victory earning almost 70 per cent of members' support and capturing nearly all ridings across the country. Charest placed a distant second, scoring just 16 per cent after running a campaign where he pitched himself as having the experience needed to win the next election....

OTTAWA – Former Quebec premier Jean Charest says he will return to working in the private sector after losing the Conservative party leadership race to Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre won on a re…

11/09/2022

During an emotional news conference, a man whose sister was killed in a series of stabbing attacks in Saskatchewan wrapped his arm around the widow of one of the suspects and spoke about forgiveness. Burns' sister Gloria died while trying to help another victim in the attacks on James Smith Cree Nation and in Weldon, Sask. that resulted in 11 deaths — including one of the suspected attackers — and 18 serious injuries....

During an emotional news conference, a man whose sister was killed in a series of stabbing attacks in Saskatchewan wrapped his arm around the widow of one of the suspects and spoke about forgivenes…

11/09/2022

NEW YORK - Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes and pleas to "never forget," 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. The loss still feels immediate to Bonita Mentis, who wore a necklace with a photo of her slain sister, Shevonne Mentis. "It's been 21 years, but it's not 21 years for us. It seems like just yesterday," she said before reading victims' names at the World Trade Center to a crowd that included U.S....

NEW YORK – Americans remembered 9/11 on Sunday with tear-choked tributes and pleas to “never forget,” 21 years after the deadliest terror attack on U.S. soil. The loss still feels…

11/09/2022

NEW YORK - Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say it will help better track suspicious surges of gun sales that could be a prelude to a mass shooting. But the decision by Visa, the world's largest payment processor, will likely provoke the ire of gun rights advocates and gun lobbyists, who have argued that categorizing gun sales would unfairly flag an industry when most sales do not lead to mass shootings....

NEW YORK – Payment processor Visa Inc. said Saturday that it plans to start separately categorizing sales at gun shops, a major win for gun control advocates who say it will help better track…

11/09/2022

Indigenous leaders are calling on the newly-confirmed King of the Commonwealth and Canada to renounce a controversial colonial policy as British Columbians of mixed heritage face conflicting emotions about the Queen’s death. The First Nations Leadership Council issued a statement offering the Royal Family condolences on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, but also called on King Charles III to renounce the “doctrine of discovery,” which justified the colonial acquisition of land and is now widely denounced....

Indigenous leaders are calling on the newly-confirmed King of the Commonwealth and Canada to renounce a controversial colonial policy as British Columbians of mixed heritage face conflicting emotio…

11/09/2022

OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, securing victory on the first ballot after a record-setting and divisive leadership campaign. After a seven-month campaign, the long-time MP and former cabinet minister from Ontario won the election decisively, securing 22,993 of the just under 33,800 electoral points up for grabs. Poilievre secured support across the country, coming in as members' first choice in almost every riding....

OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre is the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, securing victory on the first ballot after a record-setting and divisive leadership campaign. After a seven-mo…

11/09/2022

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - Many regarded Australians' respect and affection for the late Queen Elizabeth II as the biggest obstacle to the country becoming a republic with its own head of state. Now after her death and with a pro-republic Labor Party government in power, Australia's constitutional ties to the British monarchy will again be open to first-order debate for the first time since change was rejected at a 1999 referendum....

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA – Many regarded Australians’ respect and affection for the late Queen Elizabeth II as the biggest obstacle to the country becoming a republic with its own head of st…

11/09/2022

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - The United States on Saturday announced US$40 million in aid to buy fertilizer and other key agricultural inputs in time for the next cultivation season in crisis-hit Sri Lanka. USAID Administrator Samantha Power, who is visiting Sri Lanka, made the announcement after she met farmer representatives in Ja-Ela outside the capital, Colombo. She said the money will be in addition to the US$6 million announced earlier to assist low-income farmers....

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA – The United States on Saturday announced US$40 million in aid to buy fertilizer and other key agricultural inputs in time for the next cultivation season in crisis-hit Sri…

11/09/2022

Ukraine has retaken more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory since the beginning of September, its army chief said on Sunday. President Zelenskyy said in an evening address on Saturday that ‘around 2,000 kilometers’ had been taken from Russian forces. “For the moment, since the beginning of September, around 2,000 kilometers has been liberated,” said Zelenskyy in his evening address....

Ukraine has retaken more than 3,000 square kilometers of territory since the beginning of September, its army chief said on Sunday. President Zelenskyy said in an evening address on Saturday that ‘…

11/09/2022

An appeal trial is set to begin Monday as two men ruled to have helped extremist gunmen prepare a deadly 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo seek to overturn their convictions. Twelve people were killed at the magazine’s Paris office by brothers Said and Cherif Kouachi, who said they were acting on behalf of al-Qaeda to avenge Charlie Hebdo’s decision to publish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed....

An appeal trial is set to begin Monday as two men ruled to have helped extremist gunmen prepare a deadly 2015 attack on satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo seek to overturn their convictions. Twelve peo…

11/09/2022

Turkey said the Greek Coast Guard fired on a ship in international waters in the northern Aegean Sea, marking another potential escalation of tension between the NATO countries on Saturday, as Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis accused its neighbor of “bullying.” Two Greek boats opened fire on a Comoros-flagged vessel named Anatolian, state-run Anadolu Agency reported, citing the Turkish Coast Guard....

Turkey said the Greek Coast Guard fired on a ship in international waters in the northern Aegean Sea, marking another potential escalation of tension between the NATO countries on Saturday, as Gree…

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