More than 60 Catholic groups and individuals — including sister-supported organizations and congregations — have signed a letter urging President Joseph Biden to support an initiative promoting debt relief for low- and middle-income countries. Biden leaves office Jan. 20. The letter — whose signatories include the Sisters of Mercy; the Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns; Pax Christi…
Legislation authored by experts from the University of Warwick to help resolve the debt crisis in developing countries has been scheduled for debate in Parliament. Dr Stephen Connelly and Professor Celine Tan from Warwick Law School, along with Dr Karina Patrício Ferreira Lima from the University of Leeds’s School of Law, have drafted the proposed…
Jay Leno has suffered a series of injuries in recent years that have left him looking worse for wear, and Bill Maher wants to know if there is something more going on than simple clumsiness. On the latest episode of Maher’s Club Random podcast, the Real Time host touched on Leno’s most recent accident in…
Jay Leno has suffered a series of injuries in recent years that have left him looking worse for wear, and Bill Maher wants to know if there is something more going on than simple clumsiness. On the latest episode of Maher’s Club Random podcast, the Real Time host touched on Leno’s most recent accident in…
Hong Kong – Macau is hosting a record amount of bond listings as the world’s top gambling hub boosts efforts to diversify its economy and establish itself as an alternative financing hub for Chinese firms. A combined US$28.1 billion (S$38.2 billion) of bonds have started trading this year on the Chongwa (Macao) Financial Asset Exchange,…
Student-loan borrowers are entering the new year with uncertainty on their payments and debt relief. Ongoing litigation with the SAVE repayment plan makes it difficult for some borrowers to plan financially. Biden also officially withdrew his broad debt relief plans, and any future relief under Trump is unlikely. Wade Burt, 67, is entering the new…
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Ten percent of young men in the U.S. show behavior that indicates a gambling problem, compared to 3% of the general population, a new study says. The Fairleigh Dickinson University survey comes as the National Council on Problem Gambling examined every U.S. state’s gambling laws, finding that customer protection against…
Jay Leno has suffered a series of injuries in recent years that have left him looking worse for wear, and Bill Maher wants to know if there is something more going on than simple clumsiness. On the latest episode of Maher’s Club Random podcast, the Real Time host touched on Leno’s most recent accident in…
Jay Leno shocked fans when he recently revealed his heavily bruised and swollen face, which he says is a result of falling down a hill. People joked that something more scandalous like gambling debts may have played a role. When Leno popped out of the Comedy for Koby event in Beverly Hills on Monday, he…
Jay Leno dismissed tabloid speculation that he has a massive gambling debt to the mob following a series of increasingly bizarre injuries that he suffered in recent years. In November, Leno was spotted in public with severe bruising to his face and an eye patch after an incident where he fell down while descending a…