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Over 550,000 U.S. Borrowers Could Be Newly Eligible for Student Debt Relief
The Biden administration is temporarily relaxing the rules for a student loan forgiveness program that has been criticized for its notoriously complex requirements—a change that could offer debt relief to thousands of teachers, social workers, military members and other public servants. The Education Department said Wednesday it will drop some of the toughest requirements around…
At a $2 Trillion Market Value, Saudi Aramco Races Apple for Most Valuable Company
The Saudi state oil giant has soared on the back of higher energy prices
Tesla Racism Verdict of $137 Million Could Be Halved if the Company Appeals
The trial’s outcome could embolden shareholder activists who have pushed Tesla’s board to adopt more transparency
Duo Share Nobel Chemistry Prize for Work on Solar Cell Advances
Benjamin List, from the Max-Planck-Institut in Germany, and David MacMillan, a professor at Princeton University, won the award for developing “an ingenious tool” for building molecules
NIH Director Francis S. Collins to Step Down by End of Year
Dr. Francis S. Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health for 12 years, said Tuesday he is stepping down, capping a career in which he directed crucial research into the human genome and the fight against serious diseases like cancer, Alzheimer’s, diabetes and COVID-19. Collins said he was “grateful and proud of the NIH…
American Scientists Win Nobel Prize in Medicine for Research on Human Sensory Receptors
(STOCKHOLM) — Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for their discoveries into how the human body perceives temperature and touch, revelations that could lead to new ways of treating pain or even heart disease. Americans David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian identified receptors in the skin that respond to heat and pressure.…
Jordan’s King, Tony Blair and Vladimir Putin’s Friends Benefited From Secret Accounts, Leaked Pandora Papers Reveal
Many of the accounts were designed to evade taxes and conceal assets for other shady reasons, according to the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists.
China’s Evergrande Halts Trading in Hong Kong Amid Deepening $300 Billion Crisis
With more than $300 billion in liabilities, the developer has been trying to sell assets in a bid to raise cash.
U.S. Raises Concern as China Flies Warplanes South of Taiwan
The United States expressed concern about what it called China's “provocative military action”
Bomb Targeting Mosque in Kabul Kills a ‘Number of Civilians’
The bomb targeted the sprawling Eidgah Mosque in Kabul
COVID-19 Surge Hits New England Despite High Vaccination Rates
Public officials are pleading with the unvaccinated to get the shots
Bitcoin Launch Sparks Wave of Crypto Speculation in El Salvador
The government’s new digital wallet, called Chivo, was designed to facilitate Bitcoin transactions