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U.S. debt has now climbed above the size of the entire economy — a threshold that signals higher borrowing costs, tighter financial conditions and a long stretch of elevated interest rates for households and investors. And while the last time America crossed this kind of fiscal line was during World War II, the forces driving today’s debt surge — and the consequences for markets — look very different. During World War II, when the U.S. entered the conflict in 1941, the day after the Pearl Harbor attack, the country had a lot of work to do. Not only sending soldiers…
For a brief moment in the early 2000s, Canada sat at the center of the global mobile revolution. Through the company Research In Motion, later renamed BlackBerry, Canadian engineers effectively invented the modern smartphone category. Their devices combined mobile email, secure messaging, and portable computing in a way that transformed…
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Amid raucous protests Thursday, Republicans in Tennessee enacted a new U.S. House map that carves up a majority-Black district in Memphis, reshaping it to the GOP’s advantage as part of President Donald Trump’s strategy to hold on to a slim majority in the November midterm elections.The…
Miguel, 22, is the breadwinner of his young family. An apprentice carpenter in Montreal and father to a seven-month-old, he now faces deportation in what lawyers and advocates say is becoming an increasingly common situation where asylum seeker families face separation by Canada’s push to deport more people. Miguel’s partner, 23-year-old…
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Published on 07/05/2026 – 17:14 GMT+2 Sweden said on Thursday that it planned to introduce electronic bracelets to monitor children at risk of being recruited by criminal gangs, the government’s latest measure aimed at cracking down on deadly gang violence. Authorities would be able to assign the bracelets to children…
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Reporters Without Borders says investigation found Atiana Serge Oulon held at Ouagadougou villa, contradicting authorities’ account.Published On 6 May 20266 May 2026A media rights group has accused Burkina Faso’s military authorities of arbitrarily detaining and mistreating a prominent investigative journalist who has been missing for…
As the New York Knicks and Philadelphia 76ers face off in the playoffs, the longtime rivalry is heating up off…
Three Lessons For Music Catalog Buyers From The $4 Billion Hipgnosis-to-Sony ArcSony Music is nearing a deal to pay around…
Almost nine hours after RCMP responded to a report of shots fired in Behchokǫ̀, N.W.T., they now say residents are…
Key takeaways:Health experts recommend using air purifiers to help prevent illness, especially during the cold months and flu season, as…
A Florida doctor accused of removing the wrong organ from a patient,…
Move over, Manhattan. A $1 billion mega-project in Orange County is set…
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As per the latest Fed meeting, it doesn’t look like interest rates – including those for new-vehicle financing – will be coming down any time soon. Next to depreciation, car-loan interest is one of a motorist’s largest long-term ownership costs, with affordability being a key issue among potential new-vehicle buyers.Car-loan…
Morgan Wallen’s catalog is packed with hits, and there are plenty of…
Anthropic is now running on SpaceX’s supercomputer. The company that lands rockets…
Keeping an album on the Billboard 200 – the chart company’s flagship…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Governor Ron DeSantis’ famed…
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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A North Carolina substitute…
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Kris Jenner tried Ozempic for weight loss, but it wasn’t for her.…
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Sue Bird achieved a lot during her collegiate and professional basketball career.…
