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In 2016, 14-year-old Billie Eilish, a Los Angeles-based dancer and musician, uploaded her first song, “Ocean Eyes,” to SoundCloud late one night. She had only intended for one person to listen to it: her dance teacher. When she woke up…
For the first time in eight years, Russia can overtake Saudi Arabia as the fourth biggest holder of foreign currency reserves, precious metal, and other securities, according to a Bloomberg assessment. Russian gold and foreign exchange reserves are set to…
On Saturday, Reuters reported that the US Commerce Department was looking to extend its waiver for Huawei for another 90 days, allowing the Chinese tech giant to purchase technology from American enterprises. Huawei has said that the American government’s move…
Concerns regarding the prospects of a recession were sparked last week, when the yield curve in the US bond market inverted – often an indicator signalling an impending recession or significant slowdown in economic growth. US President Donald Trump has…
Part of Vox’s guide to where 2020 Democrats stand on policy Bernie Sanders is unique among Democratic presidential candidates as an early critic of mass incarceration. His criminal justice reform plan, released over the weekend, is his map for how…
In June, the Trump administration unveiled its proposed replacement for the Clean Power Plan, Obama’s program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants. Last week, a coalition of 29 states and cities filed a lawsuit to block the…
