Washington, Oct 4 (EFE).- President Joe Biden’s administration announced Wednesday that it will condone student debt for 125,000 people across the United States for $9 billion. The new measure, which comes a month after the restart of student debt payments, temporarily suspended due to the pandemic, was announced by the White House as a step … Read more
Los Angeles, USA, Sept 25 (EFE).- Hollywood screenwriters are awaiting the terms of the agreement reached Sunday night between their union and the studios, although they remain cautious, they are hopeful that they will finally get their long-awaited “happy ending.” The picket lines that have stretched outside Netflix’s Los Angeles offices for nearly five months … Read more
Nairobi, Sep 25 (EFE).- US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin stressed Monday the need to “maintain momentum” in the fight against the jihadist group Al Shabab in Somalia despite setbacks suffered by the country’s military, occasionally assisted by Washington troops. “Our concern is that we have built some momentum and we want to maintain momentum,” Austin … Read more
Washington, Sept 22 (EFE).- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that his government wants “accountability” for the murder of a Sikh leader in Canada, in which Ottawa has implicated Indian authorities, and urged India to cooperate in the investigation of the crime. “We want to see accountability. And it’s important that the investigation … Read more
Washington, Sept 20 (EFE).- The United States Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday a pause in interest rate hikes, but did not indicate whether more increases will take place before the end of the year. “The Committee would be prepared to adjust the stance of monetary policy as appropriate if risks emerge that could impede the … Read more
Los Angeles, United States, Jul 28 (EFE).- Will Smith used his social media to highlight the importance of acting in the hard times that Hollywood is going through due to strikes carried out by the actors union and the writers guild. “I wanna talk for a second about acting. As some of y’all might’a heard, … Read more
Washington, Jan 12 (EFE).- United States president Joe Biden is coming under increased scrutiny after a second batch of classified documents was discovered in a separate location to an initial trove found in the office he used after serving as vice president under Barack Obama. The discoveries reported by US press this week come after … Read more
Washington, Dec 26 (EFE).- At least 38 people have died in recent days from causes related to the freezing storm Elliot, which has affected a large part of the country with heavy snowfall, low temperatures and hurricane-force winds, according to the United States network CBS. Millions had to take shelter from severe frost overnight and … Read more
By Esther Alaejos Ponce, Puerto Rico, Sep 22 (EFE).- Puerto Rico’s National Guard is providing urgent food assistance to poor districts of this southern city that were cut off due to severe flooding triggered by Hurricane Fiona, which dropped up to 76 centimeters (30 inches) of rain early this week on the southern portion of … Read more