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As the island nation attempts to crawl its way out of a crippling economic crisis, Sri Lanka’s leading presidential candidates are promising a fairer shake for ordinary families — but will voters demand an upheaval of the entrenched aristocracy?
Hard Numbers: Space tourism blasts off, European floods prove deadly, Russia and Ukraine swap prisoners, US leaves Niger, Germany holds fake horse contest
September 15, 2024
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Six foreign nationals, including three American, two Spanish, and one Czech citizen, were arrested in Venezuela on Saturday, accused of plotting to assassinate strongman President Nicolás Maduro.
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Five people were killed Saturday in Russian aerial attacks on the Ukrainian city of Odessa and a farm in the Zaporizhzhia region.
Netanyahu vows retaliation against Houthis, Hezbollah threatens war
September 15, 2024
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday vowed that the Houthis would pay a “heavy price” after a missile fired from Yemen struck central Israel.
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Donald Trump is safe after a gunman was apprehended near the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday. The FBI confirms that it had “responded to and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.”
How an entrepreneur in Mastercard’s Start Path program is helping others manage debt
September 14, 2024
Mastercard’s Start Path Open Banking and Embedded Finance startup engagement program is designed to support and collaborate with fintechs to democratize financial services while keeping consumers in control of their data. One participant, Payitoff, is a white-label solution that provides banks and fintechs with the technology to help people manage student loans and other debt. Built on online banking technology, Payitoff can be embedded into fintech and banking platforms to provide clients with a 360-degree picture of their financial profile. The benefits can be life-changing: Reducing monthly debt repayments can improve credit scores, which gives people a better chance of getting mortgages to buy homes or loans to launch businesses. Learn more here.
The new space race: Sen. Mark Kelly on China's bold ambitions, America's policy & Russian threat
September 14, 2024
Listen: On this episode of the GZERO World podcast, Ian Bremmer explores the intensifying US-China space race and its impact on global security and international cooperation with Arizona Senator and former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly.
Are we in a 21st-century space race with China? And if so, who’s winning? On Ian Explains, Ian Bremmer breaks down China’s ambitious space program, which in the last few years has sent a rover to Mars, built a space station, and returned samples from the far side of the moon–something no country has done before.
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