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President Donald Trump signs an executive order regarding institutions of higher education with Secretary of Education Linda McMahon (right) in the Oval Office of the White House on April 23, 2025, in Washington.Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty ImagesStudent loan borrowers no longer have to worry about losing eligibility for public service loan forgiveness based on their employer, after two federal judges blocked the Trump administration’s rule.On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Amir Ali rejected the regulation, which would have added new restrictions to PSLF, which was scheduled to begin July 1. On the same day, U.S. District Judge Myung Joon…
“Hong Kong, China – March 19, 2012: Close-up of Samsung Galaxy S II Android screen with social media applications Google Plus, Facebook, Play Store and Google Search.”Thumbsmeg | Istock Unreleased | Getty ImagesThursday’s European Supreme Court ruling upheld googlewas fined approximately 4.1 billion euros ($4.67 billion) for alleged anti-competitive conduct.In 2018, the European Commission handed Google a record fine for exploiting Android’s mobile dominance to give its apps an unfair advantage through pre-installation deals with smartphone manufacturers.Google is appealing the ruling through the EU court system. However, Europe’s highest court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), rejected Google’s appeal. Google…
AP — An 11-year-old boy crashed his pickup truck into a group of monks on a pilgrimage in northeastern Thailand on Thursday, killing eight people, authorities said. A total of 35 monks from Mukdahan province, about 600 kilometers northeast of the capital Bangkok, participated in the pilgrimage. Five monks were killed at the scene and three others died in hospital, Mukdahan Governor Worayan Bunnarat said. Fourteen other people were hospitalized, four in critical condition. The group started walking 260km to Ubon Ratchathani province about 30 minutes before the accident. CCTV footage shared by local rescue group Ruam Jai Mukdahan Rescue…
Thursday’s World Cup round of 32 will see Spain, Portugal and Switzerland play finals across North America, marking another busy schedule.Alongside the games, the tournament continues to deliver big storylines, including surprise results and late returns, fan celebrations, controversies and off-field headlines.Recommended stories list of 4 itemsend of listHere’s what we know:What is the schedule for Thursday’s game? Spain vs. Austria (noon/7pm GMT) at Los Angeles Stadium. Portugal vs. Croatia (7pm/11pm GMT) at Toronto Stadium, Ontario, Canada. Switzerland vs. Algeria (Friday 8pm/3pm ET) at BC Place Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. What are your predictions for Spain vs. Austria?Spain and Austria…
Red meat on display at a grocery store in Brooklyn, New York, May 12, 2026. Spencer Pratt | Getty ImagesPrediction market traders believe inflation has peaked as oil and gas prices fall amid easing tensions between the United States and Iran. Speculators at prediction market platform Kalsi believe there is only a 28% chance that this year’s headline inflation rate will exceed May’s annual rise in the consumer price index of 4.2%. The next CPI report, which measures June’s inflation rate, is scheduled to be released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on July 14. Kalsi’s contract asks whether…
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev predicts that AI agents will soon have capabilities that rival those of human traders.The power of agent technology (AI that can perform tasks on behalf of users) has been touted as potentially transformative by many in the technology field, with industry giants such as OpenAI and Anthropic racing working to develop such products.In May, Robinhood announced a tool that allows AI agents to trade and buy stocks on your behalf. “The idea behind agent trading… is that all the functions that humans can perform will be available to AI agents,” Tenev told CNBC’s Karen Tso on…
Much like Taylor Swift in her snake-filled days, Mercury retrograde’s reputation is worse than ever. “Actually,” astrologer Aliza Kelly told E! magazine in an exclusive interview. News, “I can’t help but wonder who’s on the PR team.” While experts admit that the 24-day optical illusion in which Mercury appears to reverse course is quite delicate (“emails are delayed, flights are canceled, and miscommunications appear out of nowhere”), the planet’s motion is a pretty important part of its orbit. While we can’t make any promises right now, “this is an invitation to slow down,” the AstroloTea with Aliza Kelly podcaster explained…
Check out the companies making the biggest moves at noon: Meta Platforms — The social media giant’s stock soared 11% on news that Meta is building a new cloud business. CNBC confirmed that the company plans to sell excess artificial intelligence computing power to external customers. Bloomberg first reported the news. General Mills — the maker of Bisquick and Cheerios soared more than 6%. General Mills’ fourth-quarter adjusted earnings were 95 cents per share on revenue of $4.61 billion, beating the FactSet consensus call of 80 cents per share on revenue of $4.59 billion. The company also announced plans to…
Monaco’s reputation as “one of the safest countries on earth” was shattered on Monday night, just before 9pm local time, when a bomb exploded at the entrance to one of the city’s most luxurious apartment buildings. The bomb exploded when the building’s resident, Ukrainian-born oligarch Vadim Ermolayev, 58, stepped onto the street. he was seriously injured. A woman and a 13-year-old child were also seriously injured in the first recorded bomb assassination attempt on Monaco’s heavily guarded streets. Prince Albert II, Monaco’s head of state since 2005 and son of Prince Rainier III and Princess Grace (Kelly), has mobilized Monaco’s…
DHAKA, Bangladesh — The giant screen went dark, but thousands of fans were still chanting “Argentina! Argentina! Messi! Messi!” Vuvuzelas blare through the crowd. It was a sea of blue and white.Moments earlier, Argentina’s talisman Lionel Messi had scored a hat-trick in Argentina’s first World Cup match against Algeria. Young people watching the game on screens wore Argentine flags, climbed on each other’s shoulders, sang and celebrated long after the final whistle.This could be the scenery of Buenos Aires. This was the reality in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, 17,000 kilometers from the capital of Argentina.Bangladesh has never qualified for…