Education Department to delay collections on defaulted student loans

U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon attends a press briefing with White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt (not pictured) at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., November 20, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters The Education Department announced on Friday that it will delay the implementation of wage garnishment and other involuntary collection efforts affecting defaulted…

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Iranians on border describe violence and more protestsand violence during blackout

Lucy WilliamsonBashmaq border crossing, Iraqi Kurdistan Fred Scott/BBC People and traffic still regularly cross the Iran-Iraq border At the border crossing from Iran into Iraqi Kurdistan, the stern face of Iran’s former supreme leader, Ayatollah Khomeini, peers down at the trickle of Iranians leaving the territory. Thick snowflakes confetti the lorries and pedestrians arriving at…

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Ukraine’s air defence supplies ‘insufficient’, Zelensky says

Reuters Zelensky called on Ukraine’s allies to provide rapid shipments of missiles President Zelensky has called Ukraine’s air defence supplies “insufficient”, having revealed several systems were “without missiles” until Friday morning. “I can say this openly because today I have those missiles,” the president said, adding that the country had received a “substantial package” earlier…

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