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Going to college is supposed to be the path to a more prosperous life. But the cost of getting a degree has become a financial albatross, weighing down borrowers from the day they graduate to the day they retire — if retirement is even possible. Student loan debt is a burden that nearly 3 out of 4 American borrowers say has forced them to delay a major life event — whether that’s buying a house, having kids or getting married, according to the latest Gallup Lumina Foundation Cost of College report. “I’ve had to just put all of my dreams…

The union representing pilots at American Airlines says it is seeing a “significant spike” in safety issues on flights. The Allied Pilots Association is warning members of “problematic trends,” including tools being left in aircraft wheel wells, collisions involving planes being towed on the ground, and “pressure to return aircraft to line service to maintain on-time performance.” The new message comes as the spotlight is on commercial flights in the US and abroad following the January 5 door plug blowout on an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 Max 9. There were roughly a dozen incidents on United Airlines flights last month alone, according to a…

In just a few days, India will commence the world’s largest democratic election. An estimated 960 million people in a country of 1.4 billion are eligible to vote in the polls, which start on Friday and will take more than a month to complete. Narendra Modi is widely expected to clinch a rare third consecutive five-year term as prime minister. Under his leadership, India is poised to become a 21st-century economic powerhouse, offering a real alternative to China for investors and consumer brands hunting for growth and manufacturers looking to reduce risks in their supply chains. While ties between Beijing and the West are…

In a class of 30 children, no two learn the same way and a teacher does not have time to instruct them all differently. But artificial intelligence does – and across the East of England it is being used to modernise and personalise education. The aim is to ensure no child gets left behind and that learning is engaging, but how can teachers ensure the technology is not abused? In a hangar at West Suffolk College in Bury St Edmunds lies an XR Virtual Reality Lab. This £2m futuristic-looking pod, built using government funding, uses AI to create virtual 3D worlds…

A first glimpse of the new business venture from the Duchess of Sussex has been teased on social media, with pictures of a jar of strawberry jam. In a bid to preserve a sense of mystery, the jam from the new American Riviera Orchard brand seemed to be spread among friends and influencers. Fashion designer Tracy Robbins posted a picture of the jam on Instagram. It was numbered “17 of 50”, suggesting the number of recipients of this first fruit of the new business. The arrival of Meghan’s new California-based lifestyle brand had been signalled on social media last month…

An influential global body has forecast Russia’s economy will grow faster than all of the world’s advanced economies, including the US, this year. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) expects Russia to grow 3.2% this year, significantly more than the UK, France and Germany. Oil exports have “held steady” and government spending has “remained high” contributing to growth, the IMF said. Overall, it said the world economy had been “remarkably resilient” “Despite many gloomy predictions, the world avoided a recession, the banking system proved largely resilient, and major emerging market economies did not suffer sudden stops,” the IMF said. The IMF…

Adidas has emerged from its bruising tie-in with rapper Kanye West and says it expects to make profits of €700m (£598m) in 2024. In February the German sportswear giant said it planned to sell its remaining Yeezy trainers from its partnership with West for at least cost price. Tuesday’s upbeat comments from Adidas come a month after the company posted its first losses in 30 years. It makes Samba, Gazelle and Campus shoes. The company said the revised figures were €200m more than initially predicted and down to a better than expected first quarter of the year. The company said…

Yolanda Peoples has tried for more than a decade to convince her co-workers at Volkswagen’s factory in the southern state of Tennessee that joining the United Autoworkers Union (UAW) would pay off in increased job security, higher wages and a more comfortable retirement. Colleagues in Chattanooga have twice rejected the idea. Now, as her factory faces another vote on the question, this daughter and granddaughter of UAW members thinks she might finally have made her case. “The whole atmosphere feels different,” she said. “They understand more about what we’re fighting for.” The election, which involves roughly 4,300 workers and starts…

Shortly after giving birth to her first child, the singer-songwriter Lucy Rose went to lift her son out of his cot when she collapsed. For what seemed like an eternity, she lay on the floor in agony with her back spasming. Over the coming weeks, the pain only got worse. “I couldn’t pick up my baby, I couldn’t push a pram, I couldn’t even wash my hair,” she tells the BBC. If she needed to breastfeed, her husband Will had to lift the baby to her. When her parents persuaded her to go for a walk, she made it 100…

At least six people have died after a boat taking children to school capsized on a river in Indian-administered Kashmir. A woman and her two children are among the dead. Three people, also reported to be children, are still missing, according to local media outlets. Local residents aided emergency crews in their rescue efforts after the accident on the Jhelum River, near the city of Srinagar. The boat was being used to ferry people across the river, propelled by its crew pulling on a rope that was tethered to either bank. Recent heavy rainfall in the region had caused water…