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Major coins traded in the green on Wednesday evening as investors grew less worried about regulatory risks and focused more on the increasing demand that surfaced in February. Cryptocurrency Gains (+/-) Price Bitcoin +1.85% $23,594 Ethereum +3.06% $1,656 Dogecoin +0.99% $0.081 What Happened: Apex cryptocurrency Bitcoin BTC/USD held strong above $23,500 after a volatile trading
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The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two challenges to the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, which could give tens of millions of federal borrowers up to $20,000 of relief. Several conservative justices expressed skepticism over the plan, while liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the Republican states that brought one of the lawsuits, arguing
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Major coins traded in the green on Wednesday evening as investors grew less worried about regulatory risks and focused more on the increasing demand that surfaced in February. Cryptocurrency Gains (+/-) Price Bitcoin +1.85% $23,594 Ethereum +3.06% $1,656 Dogecoin +0.99% $0.081 What Happened: Apex cryptocurrency Bitcoin BTC/USD held strong above $23,500 after a volatile trading
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The Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two challenges to the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, which could give tens of millions of federal borrowers up to $20,000 of relief. Several conservative justices expressed skepticism over the plan, while liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor blasted the Republican states that brought one of the lawsuits, arguing
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The U.S. and its European allies are lobbying the United Arab Emirates to halt exports of critical goods to Russia amid Vladimir Putin's unprecedented war in Ukraine. What Happened: Officials from the West in recent weeks visited the middle-eastern nation to press the wide-ranging scope of their trade restrictions as the Ukrainian allies seek to
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has given a televised statement criticising anti-government protesters after the previous defence minister and senior opposition figure Benny Gantz warned that the country was heading for civil war. The dramatic exchange happened after another day of demonstrations across Israel, some of which turned violent. Anti-government protesters blocked streets and rallied
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SINGAPORE To ensure that Employment Pass (EP) applicants are not granted work passes based on fake qualifications, employers will need to provide third-party verification of their diploma and higher qualifications from Sept 1, 2023. The move coincides with the Sept 1 launch of a new points-based framework for new EP applications called Complementarity Assessment (Compass).
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Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman On Tuesday said the Kremlin is open to negotiations to end the conflict in Ukraine. What Happened: Dmitry Peskov, the Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation, told the media that Moscow would "never compromise" on what he described as new "territorial realities." "There are certain realities that
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A bipartisan group of senators is treading carefully into the politically difficult discussion of making changes to Social Security to extend its solvency.   Senators from both parties who have been involved in the talks are tight-lipped when it comes to revealing details, though reports have begun to surface of discussions of potential changes to the
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Share on Pinterest Patchareeporn Sakoolchai/Getty ImagesA new study published in JAMA Network Open found that not only does physical activity decrease peoples risk of developing health problems but it prevents them from being hospitalized as well. Researchers evaluated the health data of over 81,000 patients between the ages of 42 to 78. Physical activity can
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Finland has started building a fence along parts of its 1,340km (832-mile) border with Russia amid security tensions with its neighbour over the Ukraine war. The Finnish Border Guard says the 200km of barrier fence will improve security and help stop disruption if Moscow decides to weaponise mass migration against Helsinki. Work began on the project
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