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Australian taxpayers will be soon paying more on interest rates than the National Disability Insurance Scheme, according to figures to be released in the latest economic update. The mid-year economic update, to be unveiled by Treasurer Jim…

The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, which the George W. Bush administration created in 2007 to encourage people to work for the government and nonprofits, has grown significantly during Joe Biden’s presidency. The Conversation…

President Joe Biden’s administration is committing an additional $3 billion to help developing countries fight climate change, the White House announced Saturday. The allotment will go toward the United Nations’ Green Climate Fund and will…

Britain's bulging waistline is stripping billions of pounds from the NHS each year with twice as much spent on obese patients than those of a healthy weight, a landmark study has revealed.Costs per patient rise drastically the more people…

Ambulance outside a hospital Accident and Emergency department.getty The U.K. government is billions of pounds behind on money it promised to spend upgrading England’s hospitals, two separate investigations published this week show. On…

On May 15, 1948, the McDonald brothers opened their revamped restaurant in San Bernardino. Over the past 75 years, McDonald’s has become the largest fast-food chain in the world. Dick and Mac McDonald came to California to seek…

Do we need a UN for AI? Cognitive scientist and AI expert Gary Marcus advocates for the formation of an international body to govern emerging artificial intelligence technologies.The world needs a United Nations-like agency to regulate…

The Republican-led House of Representatives passed a bill to address COVID-19 unemployment fraud on Thursday, enabling states to recover overpayments and extending criminal penalties for fraud to claim greater benefits. The bill, known as…

The Biden administration will announce nearly $5 billion in grants and loans to support landowners’ ability to retrofit low-income housing with green technology like solar panels, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The funding will be…

Russia has accumulated billions of rupees in Indian banks which it can’t use, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday, pointing to a ballooning trade surplus with the South Asian nation.  “This is a problem,” Lavrov told reporters in…