Above photo: A graduating student wears a money lei, a necklace made of US dollar bills, at the Pasadena City College graduation ceremony, June 14, 2019, in Pasadena, California. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images A new Student Debt Crisis Center survey found 89% of fully-employed borrowers aren’t financially secure enough to restart payments. Nearly a third of those borrowers will spend a third of their income on paying off their debt next year. On February 1, 2022, the relief student-loan borrowers have had since the start of the pandemic will be stripped away and they will be thrown back into repayment — […]
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Above Photo: “Stop the fracking pipelines” sign on the Interior door. (Jourdan Bennett-Begaye, Indian Country Today) Speakers said President Joe Biden was not following through on his promises to act on climate change. Washington – Indigenous groups and other environmental activists marched to the Capitol Friday as they continued a weeklong protest demanding that Congress and the Biden administration stop new fossil fuel projects and act with greater urgency on climate change. Nearly 80 people were arrested on the fifth day of the “People vs. Fossil Fuels” protest. That brings the total arrested during the week to more than 600, organizers […]
Supporters gather outside Latrobe Train Station on Wednesday to greet former Vice President Joe Biden. The Biden campaign announced it will begin in-person canvassing as the election nears. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Alex Wong/Getty Images Supporters gather outside Latrobe Train Station on Wednesday to greet former Vice President Joe Biden. The Biden campaign announced it will begin in-person canvassing as the election nears. Alex Wong/Getty Images With just a month remaining in the presidential campaign, former Vice President Joe Biden’s team is launching in-person canvassing in key states. The effort will start this weekend, the Democratic campaign said, […]
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Armenians to stand in opposition to their government, which is the “biggest threat” to peace in the region, after military hostilities resumed with Azerbaijan. Erdogan urged the people of Armenia to safeguard their future from their country’s leadership, which he claimed is using them like “puppets.” In a series of tweets, the Turkish leader expressed hope that the “whole world” would stand with Azerbaijan in its “struggle against occupation and oppression.” “Armenia once again showed that it is the biggest threat to peace and tranquility in the region,” Erdogan wrote. He also lashed out at […]
Ankara earlier accused France, and the EU at large of hampering solving problems in the disputed Eastern Mediterranean, where both Turkey and Greece claim energy exploration rights. French President Emmanuel Macron has urged Turkey to restart bona fide talks over the Eastern Mediterranean region, shortly after threatening with sanctions and calling on the European Union to rise jointly against Ankara. “In Ajaccio, we sent a clear message to Turkey: let’s reopen a responsible dialogue, in good faith, without naivety. This call is now also that of the European Parliament. It seems to have been heard. Let’s move on,” Macron tweeted in […]
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) ongoing repairs to one of its shipyards signal the possible resumption of underwater ballistic missile testing, according to recent remarks issued by the top general of South Korea’s air force. Citing Won In Choul, Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Air Force and nominee for chairman of Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday that North Korea may soon begin carrying out new submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) tests upon completion of repairs to its northeastern Sinpo shipyard. Won noted that the South Korean military will keep an eye […]
NBA players have decided to resume the playoffs after boycotting games in protest at the police shooting of Jacob Blake, according to reports in the US. According to ESPN, three games on Thursday will also be postponed but players have decided against scrapping the season altogether and will resume the playoffs, possibly as soon as Friday. The news follows further meetings between players and NBA officials on Thursday. MORE TO FOLLOW Source link
A wave of anti-government protests swept Belarus following the presidential election, in which incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth consecutive term, gaining over 80 percent of the vote, according to official data. Unauthorised mass rallies against the re-election of President Alexander Lukashenko continue in Minsk, the capital of Belarus. The demonstrators are demanding the resignation of Lukashenko and the release of detained protesters and political prisoners. A wave of anti-government protests swept Belarus following the presidential election, in which incumbent President Alexander Lukashenko won a sixth consecutive term, gaining over 80 percent of the vote. The country’s opposition refused to recognise the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/03/1080050820_0:24:3072:1752_1200x675_80_0_0_0989526028cf422673284722258db6d6.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202008031080050849-venezuelan-fm-says-ready-to-resume-talks-with-guyana-to-resolve-essequibo-dispute/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Venezuela says it hopes to resume dialogue on the disputed Essequibo region with Guyana’s new government as soon as possible, Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza said in a statement. On Sunday, opposition candidate Irfaan Ali was sworn in as Guyana’s new president. Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza congratulated Guyana on the election of the new leader, saying in a Monday statement that it was necessary “to reactivate the dialogue and negotiation mechanisms as soon as possible to reach a practical and satisfactory settlement” on the Essequibo issue. #COMUNICADO | El Presidente @NicolasMaduro […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/18/1079969463_0:0:3297:1854_1200x675_80_0_0_b4bed2c850e02582959882e7c95fb9d1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202007251079980837-protesters-resume-violent-stand-off-with-federal-agents-in-portland—photo-video/ PORTLAND (Sputnik) – Another night of protests in the US city of Portland turned violent as federal agents deployed tear gas against hundreds of protesters to deter a violent minority of them from attacking a downtown courthouse. Scores of people, many of whom were engaged in peaceful activities on Friday night, hurriedly left the adjacent area, coughing, sneezing and rubbing their eyes. Officers fired gas canisters and flashbangs after several dozens of protesters started shaking a metal fence around the courthouse and hurling petards and various incendiaries over it. Portland, a predominately white city […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/14/1079939464_0:0:3116:1753_1200x675_80_0_0_365cf8398936f69502270de73cf836ac.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/europe/202007201079939493-eu-leaders-resume-plenary-discussions-on-economic-recovery-fund/ BRUSSELS (Sputnik) – The EU leaders resumed plenary discussions at 9:30 pm local time (19:30 GMT) on Monday as the summit continued into an unplanned fourth day due to strong differences over a COVID-19 recovery fund and a long-term budget. “Good evening and welcome back to EUCO on MFF and Recovery Fund. @eucopresident has just started the plenary discussions with EU27”, spokesman of the European Council President Barend Leyts wrote on Twitter. Initially, the EU27 planned to hold a plenary meeting at 4 pm, but it was repeatedly pushed back, as European Council President […]
President Trump and GOP Congressional leaders are calling for a $1 trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill targeted at “kids and jobs.” Evan Vucci/AP hide caption toggle caption Evan Vucci/AP President Trump and GOP Congressional leaders are calling for a $1 trillion dollar coronavirus relief bill targeted at “kids and jobs.” Evan Vucci/AP President Trump met with Republican congressional leaders Sen. Mitch McConnell and Rep. Kevin McCarthy on Monday to discuss the next round of coronavirus relief funding, saying he hoped the next package would help small businesses. Trump also said he would revive his daily 5 p.m. coronavirus briefings, likely starting […]
White House counselor Kellyanne Conway urged President Donald Trump on Friday to resume giving regular coronavirus briefings, claiming his sinking approval ratings on the pandemic will surge if the public hears from him daily on the crisis. Amid a bevy of recent polls showing the vast majority of the American public strongly disapproves of the president’s handling of the virus that’s killed nearly 140,000 Americans, Conway appeared on the president’s favorite morning show Fox & Friends to react to the current surge in coronavirus cases. After Conway brushed off the spike in cases as “hotspot surges” while assuring the Fox audience […]
The government in Hanoi has agreed to resume commercial flights to and from China after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Transport Ministry, however, said on Monday that the frequency and timing of flights was still being discussed. With 372 infections and no deaths, Vietnam has seen no community infections of the virus for nearly three months, Reuters reported. This allowed it the Southeast Asian nation to start resuming economic activity sooner than many other countries. Vietnam suspended all commercial flights to and from China and stopped issuing visas for Chinese tourists in February after the first cases […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo-itemprop.png Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/science/202007121079859410-soyuz-launches-from-kourou-to-resume-in-october-german-aerospace-centre-says/ MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The launch of the Russian Soyuz carrier rocket with the Falcon Eye-2 satellite from the Kourou Space Centre is planned for October, the German Aerospace Centre has confirmed. The launch was initially scheduled for 6 March but was postponed due to a malfunction on the Fregat-M upper stage. Later, the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana was temporarily closed amid the coronavirus pandemic, and the launch was put off again. A space source said in June that the launch of the Soyuz ST-A rocket with the Fregat-M booster and the Arabic […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0a/1079853308_0:249:3142:2017_1200x675_80_0_0_210650c387c0967ff23ca4566dbcc439.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/sport/202007111079853222-nhl-will-resume-season-on-1-august-following-142-day-pause/ The National Hockey Leauge (NHL) decided to suspend the season on 12 March amid the vast increase in the number of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) cases in the United States. The NHL will resume the season starting with Stanley Cup Qualifiers on 1 August, according to a press release on Friday. The announcement comes after the NHL and the National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) agreed to a four-year extension of the Collective Bargaining Agreement and a Return to Play Plan. Teams will play in Edmonton and Toronto, but no visitors are allowed to ensure safety amid the […]
Britain’s talks on separation with the European Union resume on Monday with few signs of compromise on a new trade agreement and time running out to avoid a messy split. London will host EU negotiator Michel Barnier after a round of face-to-face talks ended a day early last week in Brussels because of deep divides in the sides’ approach, AFP said. “Serious divergences remain,” Barnier said after ending the negotiations last Thursday. His UK counterpart David Frost cited “significant differences” that meant the sides were still searching for basic “principles underlying an agreement.” Chancellor Angela Merkel said upon taking over help […]
The readiness for negotiations on “minor” territorial concessions comes on condition that the plans announced by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the sovereignty over the West Bank territories are not implemented. According to a letter sent by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to the international peacemaking quartet of Russia, the United Nations, the United States and the European Union, cited by AFP, containing a counter-proposal to the US ‘peace plan’, Palestinians are ready to revive long-stalled peace negotiations with Israel. The letter also notes that the PA is “ready to have our state with a limited number of weapons and a powerful […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107970/02/1079700277_0:276:2241:1536_1200x675_80_0_0_73e814a383f603886713c53c5f4c5e38.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/us/202006231079700178-seattle-protesters-will-resume-meetings-with-city-officials-in-coming-days-organiser-says/ SEATTLE (Sputnik) – Anti-racism protesters in Seattle will resume meetings in the coming days after cancelling one due to difficulty getting black representation, movement organiser David Lewis said on Tuesday. On Monday, Mayor of Seattle Jenny Durkan announced that the city intends to reclaim the neighbourhood taken over by thousands of anti-racism protesters after two shooting incidents in the area over the weekend and multiple complaints from local residents and businesses. “We had to cancel one of them [meetings] simply because getting proper representation from the specifically black community in Seattle has proven to […]
Pyongyang has vowed to send troops back into previously disarmed areas and renew military drills near the border, amid an ongoing spat with Seoul over defectors, inflamed further by the recent demolition of a negotiations outpost. North Korea will reestablish a troop presence in the Mount Kumgang and Kaesong regions – which both fall just beyond the Demilitarized Zone along the border – and resume “all kinds of regular military exercises,” the Korean People’s Army said on Wednesday, according to Yonhap News. Mount Kumgang, a resort on North Korea’s east coast, as well as the Kaesong industrial zone were the two […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107958/98/1079589849_0:0:3071:1728_1200x675_80_0_0_4ef208a4b08746e0dbb4d55f0b18ad90.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202006121079589703-afghan-president-agrees-to-resume-talks-with-taliban-in-doha-qatars-special-envoy-says/ DOHA (Sputnik) – Afghan President Ashraf Ghani has agreed to hold a new round of negotiations with the Taliban* in the Qatari capital of Doha, Qatari Foreign Ministry Special Envoy Mutlaq Al-Qahtani said. “President Ghani agreed to hold the negotiations with the Taliban* in Qatar”, Al-Qahtani told Al-Jazeera broadcaster after a meeting with Chairman of the Afghan High Council for National Reconciliation Abdullah Abdullah in Kabul. According to the broadcaster, Abdullah said after the talks with Al-Qahtani that Kabul was appreciating Doha’s efforts aimed at ensuring peace and security in Afghanistan. On Sunday, the […]
Department of Veterans Affairs VA national cemeteries resume committal and memorial services halted by the COVID-19 pandemic WASHINGTON — U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) national cemeteries will resume committal services starting June 9 in all but two VA national cemeteries. VA national cemeteries will contact families who were unable to hold a committal service due to the COVID-19 pandemic to arrange memorial services for their loved ones beginning in July. “During the last 10 weeks VA national cemeteries have continued performing our essential mission — to inter Veterans and eligible family members,” said VA Secretary Robert Wilkie. “We believe we have […]
Berlin hopes to resume inter-European tourist travel by the middle of next month, local media have reported. Chancellor Angela Merkel has been urged by the country’s state politicians to relax the Covid-19-triggered lockdown. Germany plans to lift travel restrictions with 26 EU member states, as well as with the UK, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland, starting from June 15, DPA reported, citing a draft document set to be discussed by the government on Wednesday. The proposed measure is intended to allow inter-European tourist trips to resume for the summer. The news comes as Merkel is under growing pressure from regional governments […]
The NBA is holding discussions with The Walt Disney Company about resuming its season as the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Florida as the league looks to rebound from its self-imposed coronavirus hiatus. NBA officials announced that the league was to be suspended in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic shortly after one of its players, Rudy Gobert of the Utah Jazz, tested positive for coronavirus after making light of the illness during a press conference in which he jokingly touched reporters’ microphones. Since then, several NBA stars including Kevin Durant – and most recently former pro Patrick Ewing – […]
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Attorney General William Barr have supported passage of now-lapsed surveillance authorities. Debate is expected soon in the Senate. Patrick Semansky/AP hide caption toggle caption Patrick Semansky/AP Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Attorney General William Barr have supported passage of now-lapsed surveillance authorities. Debate is expected soon in the Senate. Patrick Semansky/AP The Senate is expected to take up three domestic surveillance tools used in national security investigations this week, reviving debate over the provisions two months after letting them expire. The tussle over renewing the authorities is part of a larger political […]
A federal judge on Friday granted a temporary restraining order against Democrat Governor Andy Beshear and said Kentucky churches can hold -in-person services. Judge Greg Van Tatenhove ruled in favor of Tabernacle Baptist Church in Nicholasville, Kentucky and argued the Democrat Governor’s ban of church services was unconstitutional, reported WHAS. WHAS ABC reported: A federal judge has made a late-night ruling, saying churches in Kentucky can hold in-person services on Sunday. This comes two weeks before Governor Andy Beshear said those services could resume on May 20. Attorney General Cameron released the following statement regarding the rulings by two federal courts: […]
US electric-car maker Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has told employees that its plant in Fremont, California will be reopened on Friday. It comes as California allows state manufacturers to start reopening following the lockdown. Musk wrote on Thursday: “In light of Governor Newsom’s statement earlier today approving manufacturing in California, we will aim to restart production in Fremont tomorrow afternoon. I will be on the line personally helping wherever I can.” He added: “However, if you feel uncomfortable coming back to work at this time, please do not feel obligated to do so. These are difficult times, so thanks very much […]