Elon Musk's DOGE has announced it is terminating $881 million worth of Education Department contracts. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Kevin Dietsch / Getty Images National debt is an extremely important issue for many American voters, and plays a significant role in their choice of president. This begs the question: how much of ...

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UNODC is the United Nations entity mandated with addressing the challenges of drugs, organized crime, corruption, and terrorism. We help governments implement international treaties, monitor global ...

The World Bank Group is partnering with the African Development Bank and other partners on Mission 300, an ambitious initiative to connect 300 million people to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa by ...

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The Western Cape government has qualified its municipalities for a debt write-off, wiping out the money they owed Eskom. It represents one-third of the total debt the Western Cape government owes ...

may unveil a new medium-term road map for public debt to be on delining trajectory in the coming Budget. According to sources, the new debt-linked roadmap may require fiscal deficit to remain just ...

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Interest payments on long-term debt in sub-Saharan Africa surged nearly sevenfold between 2010 and 2023, reaching $26 billion, according to the World Bank. The sharp rise coincided with the region ...

Congressional GOP leaders are in a massive pickle as they weigh how to deal with a looming deadline to raise the debt ceiling. President Trump is pressuring Republicans to not allow Democrats to use ...

Republicans are hunting for ways to pay for Trump’s agenda, but debt could thwart his plans ... citizens of sub-Saharan Africa trying to reach the continent are being pushed back by North ...