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SINGAPORE: Chinese firms are still building new coal-fired power plants in Indonesia despite a 2021 pledge to stop financing coal projects overseas, according to an analysis of energy investments in BRICS countries released on Tuesday (Apr 29). China is involved in constructing 7.7 gigawatts of new coal-fired power, mostly plants used to run nickel smelters in Indonesia, US think tank Global Energy Monitor said. The BRICS bloc was founded by Brazil, Russia, India and China in 2009 and has since expanded its membership and partners to cover around a quarter of the global economy and half the world’s climate-warming carbon…
Washington — The Education Department will soon begin collecting payments for student loans that are in default, including through wage garnishment for potentially millions of borrowers, the department announced Monday.Beginning May 5, the Education Department will begin involuntary collections through the Treasury Department’s offset program, which claws back delinquent debts by withholding payments such as tax refunds, federal salaries and Social Security benefits. More than 5 million borrowers are in default and 4 million more could be in the same position in a few months, which would put nearly a quarter of the federal student loan portfolio in default, according to…
LONDON — Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system, though they caution more work is needed to confirm their findings.The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge, detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet’s atmosphere that on Earth are only produced by living organisms and contended it’s the strongest potential signal yet of life. Independent scientists described the findings as interesting, but not nearly enough to show the existence of life on another planet.“It is the strongest sign to date of any possibility of biological activity outside the solar…
The remaining American Idol contestants had no time to rest between learning they made the top 12 and having to hit the stage again one day later. During the Monday, April 28, episode, the artists performed songs that represented iconic moments in American Idol history.Judges Carrie Underwood, Luke Bryan, and Lionel Richie were there to offer feedback, but at this point in the competition, the decisions are solely in America’s hands. Viewers got to vote for their favorites throughout the episode, and the two hopefuls that received the least amount of votes were eliminated at the end of the night.Scroll down for…
America’s two largest retailers want to deliver prescriptions to your doorstep in as little as a few hours.Amazon and Walmart are undergoing national expansions in same-day prescription deliveries. They’re joining a trend that has gained momentum since the COVID-19 pandemic, with drugstore chains and companies like Instacart and DoorDash rushing to deliver prescriptions as soon as possible.Fast prescription delivery options are growing as traditional drugstores close and more people use telemedicine or subscription-based care that encourages regular deliveries.But this trend may run into limits in the complicated U.S. health care system, where drug costs and coverage can outweigh convenience for…
James Jones reacts to Shedeur Sanders dropping to the 5th round, then dives into whether this slide is a blessing in disguise or not. Source link
Harvey Weinstein’s New York rape retrial opens, revisiting a landmark #MeToo case Source link
ST. PAUL, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz pledged Wednesday night to do everything in his power to protect Minnesotans from the chaos that he said President Donald Trump has unleashed on the country and the world.Delivering his annual State of the State speech to a joint session of the Legislature, the Democratic governor said Minnesota is as strong as it has ever been, but it is a “moment of great uncertainty for our nation.” And he said that is no accident, but the result of the Republican president’s choices.“The president of the United States has chosen – chosen! – to…
Jose Altuve crushed a two-run homer to help the Houston Astros gain the lead over the Tigers. Source link
The Trump administration recently eliminated a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) program that collected data on pregnant and postpartum women and young children and laid off its team and other workers in the Division of Reproductive Health. Experts quoted in an April 24 News from the States story say that the loss of this resource will harm the health of mothers and young children. The Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), started in 1987, is the only national survey dataset dedicated to pregnancy and the postpartum period. Public health researchers and practitioners have used it, for example,…