Last week, an investigation by The Intercept revealed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has repeatedly stiffed the Defense Department on a bill for support of a Saudi-led war in Yemen that killed hundreds of thousands of people and sparked a humanitarian catastrophe. For months — up to and since publication — the Pentagon has…
Yomiuri Shimbun file photoThe National Police Agency building The Yomiuri Shimbun 1:00 JST, August 20, 2024 The National Police Agency will launch its first investigation into online casinos that are run overseas. Gambling on such sites has spread rapidly among younger people in Japan, which has led some of them into debt and illicit part-time…
Letters were being mailed on Monday to about 66,000 patients in New Orleans, notifying them that the debt they collectively owe to Ochsner Health — roughly $59 million in unpaid bills for doctor visits, hospital stays, medical procedures and other services, some of it dating back years — has been erased. The massive debt forgiveness…
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Keep an eye out for these signs if you’re feeling overwhelmed by your credit card debt this fall. Getty Images While credit cards can be useful financial tools when managed responsibly, it’s surprisingly easy for this type of debt to become problematic. After all, the interest rates on credit cards tend to be higher than…
It’s always a concern when you hear about football clubs crippled with debt. We know that better than most as Manchester United fans following 18-years of the Glazers having complete power at the club. Malcolm Glazer gradually increased his shareholding at Manchester United following his acquisition of John Magnier and J.P. McManus’s 28.7% stake in…
BHIWANDI: The Bhiwandi rural police arrested a youth on Sunday for allegedly murdering an elderly woman, stealing jewellery and setting her farmhouse on fire in Nashik district.As per the police, the man slit the woman’s throat, stole the ornaments kept in the house and set it on fire to destroy evidence.According to the police, the…
Start erasing your debt by taking the right strategic debt relief approach this August. Getty Images In recent years, inflation and higher interest rates purposely designed to tame it have left millions of Americans struggling to make ends meet. And while inflation has dropped substantially from a decades-high in June 2022, it’s still around a…
Student-loan forgiveness is among President Joe Biden’s key priorities as he finishes out his term, a top White House official said. Although Vice President Kamala Harris is accepting her nomination as the Democratic presidential candidate this week, White House chief of staff Jeff Zients told Axios that Biden will not let up on his work until he’s…
Developing countries are facing the worst debt crisis in history with almost half their budgets being spent on paying back their creditors, a study has found. The report, by the campaign group Debt Relief International for Norwegian Church Aid, says more than 100 countries are struggling to service their debts, resulting in them cutting back…