Exclusive: Ukraine pushes for flexibility in using loan backed by Russian frozen assets

When Deputy Head of Ukraine's Presidential Office Iryna Mudra suggested to European partners in 2022 that Russia’s frozen ...
Reuters

India's MUDRA aims to diversify funding base with first-ever bond sale, say sources

MUMBAI, Oct 9 (Reuters) - Micro Units Development and Refinance Agency (MUDRA), an Indian non-banking finance company set up by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government in 2015, plans to raise up to ...
RTE Online

Budget 2026: Basic Income for Artists Scheme to become permanent

The Government's basic income scheme for artists is set to become a permanent fixture from next year, with 2,000 new places to be made available under Budget 2026. Minister for Culture Patrick ...
Independent Online

Basic Education Ministry blamed for the late September stipends for education assistants

The Department of Employment and Labour (DEL) has refuted claims of not releasing the September payments for education and general assistants. These assistants work in schools under the Basic ...
The Irish Times

Basic income support scheme for artists to be made permanent and opened to new entrants in budget

The State’s basic income scheme for artists will be opened up to 2,000 new entrants next year and put on a permanent footing in the budget. Under the scheme – which has so far operated on a pilot ...
The Irish Times

Numerous countries express interest in Government’s basic income for artists pilot scheme

A number of countries have expressed an interest in Ireland’s basic income for the arts scheme, a pilot project Minister for Culture Patrick O’Donovan has confirmed he wants to make permanent. Mr ...
Autoblog

Tesla’s Bulletproof Cybertruck Gets Rejected By Germany Over Basic Safety

The Cybertruck can’t pass EU safety rules, but Tesla’s real problem isn’t lost sales. It’s the hit to their reputation. Bad news for Cybertruck fans in Europe, as the doors slammed shut for ...
The Daily Beast

Keystone Kash Melts Down at Fact Check on Basic FBI Rules

The FBI director has fired an official for declining to arrange a perp walk for James Comey, which he’d reportedly fantasized would be carried out by “large, beefy” agents. Reporter The director of ...
Media Matters for America

On MSNBC, Chris Hayes says the recent ICE raid in Chicago is the “most egregious abuse of our basic rights in America that I’ve seen in a long time — maybe in my lifetime”

CHRIS HAYES (HOST): We are getting new reports about a chilling and downright shocking escalation of ICE tactics against the residents of Chicago. In the middle of the night, hundreds of armed federal ...
The New York Times

Some Workers Are Turning to Pay-Advance Apps for Basic Expenses

Rising use “is not a signal of satisfaction,” an author of a new report says. Rather, heavy users of the apps are under “financial strain.” By Ann Carrns Pay-advance apps are marketed as a way to help ...
GMA Network

60-day price freeze on basic goods imposed in Cebu after massive quake

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the Department of Energy (DOE) are imposing a 60-day price freeze on basic necessities, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), and kerosene in the entire Cebu as ...