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The Biden administration has increased the amount of government-provided food assistance distributed to approximately one-in-8 Americans each month. The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) on Monday announced an increase of over 25%

The US federal agency in charge of road safety is opening an official investigation into Tesla’s “self-driving” Autopilot system. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said it was acting following 11

The central bank governor who fled Afghanistan this weekend has told the BBC he wished the country had been left with more time to plan for the withdrawal of US troops. Ajmal

Priya Lakhani was just days away from a crucial moment in the life of her start-up, Century Tech, an education firm which uses artificial intelligence to track a pupil’s progress. She had

More than 40 million T-Mobile customers have been hit by a US data breach, the company has admitted. It blamed the breach on a “highly sophisticated cyberattack”. It said it is “taking

US DIY store chain the Home Depot discriminated against a Minneapolis employee for raising issues of racial harassment with colleagues and bosses, a federal watchdog has alleged. The National Labor Relations Board

Trendy neighbours may have bought fire pits and pizza ovens during lockdown, or worked from home in a shoffice – but the risk of an expensive blaze grew. Insurer Zurich has warned

Mining giant BHP is set to leave the FTSE 100 index after unveiling plans to scrap the dual listing of its shares in London and Sydney. The company, part of the UK’s

“Africa is the most expensive continent in the world to send and receive money [from],” says the founder of Zazuu, Kay Akinwunmi. “We think that is unreasonable and we have created our

The UK inflation rate fell to 2% in the year to July as the economy continued to reopen from Covid-19 restrictions. The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) measure of inflation dipped from 2.5%

A summer surge in house price growth outside of London has been revealed in official figures, but some analysts expect the market to start to cool. UK property prices rose by 13.2%

Enable, a startup developing a cloud-based software tool for business-to-business rebate management, announced Wednesday a $45 million Series B funding round. The round is led by Norwest Venture Partners with participation from