Cost of Biden’s student debt relief plan exceeds $400 billion, CBO says

  Backlink: AMERICAN MILITARY Biden in August announced student debt relief of $10,000 per borrower, subject to income caps of $125,000 per individual and $250,000 per household. An additional $10,000 can be forgiven for Pell Grant recipients. The CBO says that the move will reduce the present value of outstanding loans by $400 billion based […]

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World’s first wolf clone born to surrogate dog, Chinese company reveals

  Backlink: LIVE SCIENCE The “first-of-its-kind” achievement paves the way for cloning endangered species. A Chinese pet-cloning company has announced the birth of the world’s first cloned Arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos), which was carried to term by an unlikely surrogate mother — a beagle.       […]

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Across Russia, Putin’s Mobilization Seeps Deeper Into An Anxious Society

  Backlink: RADIO FREE EUROPE In some regions, men are driven off in buses, with wives, mothers, and sisters sobbing openly and waving goodbye. In other places, men say they’re steeling themselves for battle. On the borders with Kazakhstan, Georgia, and Mongolia, long lines of cars are reported as people try to urgently leave the […]

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VIDEO: Adorable Elephant Seals Seen Giving Big Hug to Photographer on Expedition in South America

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Here is an amazing moment, captured on video by a wildlife photographer, showing his wife getting a great big “hug” from an elephant seal. That adorable embrace soon turned into a group hug when a few of the seal’s friends joined in. Chris Bray, 38, was on expedition in Gold Harbor […]

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Social Media Ban For Lankan Government Officials After Child Hunger Posts

  Backlink: NDTV Sri Lanka ordered civil servants on Wednesday not to express opinions on social media after some officials claimed schoolchildren were fainting from a lack of food due to the country’s dire economic crisis. In a fresh order to 1.5 million state employees, the Ministry of Public Administration and Management said a long-established […]

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NBA Star Kyrie Irving Reveals Huge Price He Paid for Not Getting COVID-19 Vaccine

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving revealed Monday that he gave up a four-year contract extension worth about $100 million because he refused to get the COVID-19 vaccine. “I gave up four years, 100-and-something million deciding to be unvaccinated, and that was the decision,” Irving told reporters on Monday. “[Get this] contract, get vaccinated, or be unvaccinated […]

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GOP Lawmakers Sound Alarm Over Chinese Purchase of US Farmland Near Air Force Base

  Backlink: REUTERS Fifty-one House Republicans have written three of the Biden administration’s top cabinet officials in alarm over efforts by a Chinese entity to acquire farmland near a North Dakota air force base. The transaction in question concerns Fufeng Group, the large producer of food additives in China with links to the Chinese Communist […]

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CDC Has 4 Days to Release Data on COVID Vaccine Injuries Collected via V-safe App, Court Rules

  Backlink: CHILDREN’S HEALTH DEFENSE A federal court in Texas is giving the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) until Friday to release the first batch of data on adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination collected by the agency via its V-safe app. The order by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas-Austin Division follows a series of lawsuits filed by the Informed Consent […]

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Couple With 9 Newfoundland Dogs Plan Calendar Photo Shoot Every Year—The Results Are Adorable

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES Each year, a Pennsylvania couple arrange a calendar photo shoot for their Newfoundland dogs: no less than nine big, shaggy, gentle characters. So far, “The Newf Crew” have done pool party, Easter bunny, St. Patrick’s Day, and Valentine’s themes, among others.       […]

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Doctor Turns Against Messenger RNA COVID-19 Vaccines, Calls for Global Pause

  Backlink: THE EPOCH TIMES A doctor who promoted COVID-19 vaccines is now calling for health authorities around the world to pause administration of two of the most-widely utilized COVID-19 vaccines, asserting that the benefits from the vaccines may not outweigh the risks. “There is more than enough evidence—I would say the evidence is overwhelming—to […]

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Denmark Banks Hand Out Blankets to Staff After Cutting Heating to 19 Degrees C

  Backlink: VISIONTIMES Danish banks are handing out blankets to chilly staff members after the government imposed regulations limiting the temperature in commercial buildings to 19 C (66.2 F). Peter Froulund, a spokesperson for Denmark’s sixth-largest bank, Arbejdernes Landsbank, was paraphrased by Bloomberg in a Sept. 22 article as stating that “blankets have been provided to the […]

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