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Beijing has invested $25.4B in Pakistan over the last decade, Chinese vice premier says 07/31/2023 02:47pm • ISLAMABAD (AP) — China has invested $25.4 billion in Pakistan over the past decade for projects ranging from roads to power plants, China's vice premier said Monday, as the two countries celebrated the 10th anniversary of the so-called Belt and Road Initiative. The initiative, also called the Chin A Biden plan cuts student loan payments for millions to $0. Will it be the next legal battle? 07/31/2023 10:10am • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration calls it a “student loan safety net.” Opponents call it a backdoor attempt to make college free. And it could be the next battleground in the legal fight over student loan relief. Starting this summer, millions of Americans with student loans will be China factory activity shrinks in July, adding to pressure to reverse economic slump 07/31/2023 12:14am • BEIJING (AP) — Chinese factory activity contracted in July as export orders shrank, a survey showed Monday, adding to pressure on the ruling Communist Party to reverse an economic slowdown. A purchasing managers’ index issued by the national statistics agency and an industry group improved to 49 Skepticism prevails as Chinese leaders promise to back private businesses to spur slowing economy 07/30/2023 11:29pm • BEIJING (AP) — The Fangbiaogan Real Estate Agency in the southern city of Nanning is still waiting for China’s post-COVID rebound. Home sales are 30-40% below last year's depressed level after the economy barely grew in the latest quarter, according to the owner, who would give only his surname, How to Eat Healthy on a Budget 07/30/2023 08:00pm • Many people want to eat healthy foods. But when it comes down to it, the cost can be a deterrent. In fact, 18% of Americans who participated in the International Food Information Council's 2022 Food and Health Survey said they choose less-healthy options because of the price. But don't get discourag All About Public Service Loan Forgiveness 07/30/2023 08:00pm • Many student loan borrowers received some relief when the U.S. Department of Education paused payments, collections and interest on most federal student loans in March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. That relief is coming to an end. After multiple extensions of that administrative forbearance, Members of Congress break for August with no clear path to avoiding a shutdown this fall 07/29/2023 01:11pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers broke for their August recess this week with work on funding the government largely incomplete, fueling worries about whether Congress will be able to avoid a partial government shutdown this fall. Congress has until Oct. 1, the start of the new fiscal year, to act on With one eye on China, Japan backs Sri Lanka as a partner in the Indo-Pacific 07/29/2023 08:05am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said Saturday that Sri Lanka is a key partner in a Tokyo-led initiative aimed at building security and economic cooperation around the Indo-Pacific but also at countering an increasingly assertive China. Sri Lanka, strategically French President Macron visits his counterpart in Sri Lanka 07/29/2023 12:23am • COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron held discussions with his Sri Lankan counterpart Saturday on an open and inclusive Indo-Pacific region in the first-ever visit by a French leader to the Indian Ocean island nation. As the fourth-largest creditor to Sri Lanka, France had p UN says it's forced to cut food aid to millions globally because of a funding crisis 07/28/2023 11:46pm • UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations has been forced to cut food, cash payments and assistance to millions of people in many countries because of “a crippling funding crisis” that has seen its donations plummet by about half as acute hunger is hitting record levels, a top official said Fri Trucking company Yellow Corp. is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy. Here's what you need to know 07/28/2023 06:43pm • NEW YORK (AP) — The fate of U.S. trucking company Yellow Corp. isn't looking good. After years of financial struggles, Yellow is reportedly preparing for bankruptcy and seeing customers leave in large numbers — heightening risk for future liquidation. While no official decision has been announce Putin woos African leaders at a summit in Russia with promises of expanding trade and other ties 07/28/2023 05:22pm • ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin courted leaders from Africa at a summit on Friday, hailing the continent's growing role in global affairs and offering to expand political and business ties. Addressing the Russia-Africa summit for a second day, Putin said Moscow would Biden jokes that Republicans may impeach him because inflation is starting to cool down 07/28/2023 04:58pm • AUBURN, Maine (AP) — President Joe Biden — buoyed by new signs the economy is continuing on the upswing — took a swipe on Friday at House Republicans' flirtations with an impeachment inquiry, quipping that GOP lawmakers may decide to impeach him because inflation is cooling down. Standing in Supreme Court's student loan decision will lower US deficit according to new White House projection 07/28/2023 03:42pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruling that upended President Joe Biden's plan to forgive student loan debt changed his budget math, modestly lowering the projected deficit for this year, his budget office reported Friday. The White House expects to pare back $259 billion in spending that oth Europe's banks could survive a drastic economic downturn, stress test shows 07/28/2023 01:21pm • FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe's banking sector could withstand a severe economic downturn without depleting their financial buffers against losses, the European Central Bank said Friday. A survey of 98 large and medium-sized banks done by the ECB's supervisory arm in conjunction with the Europe