Explainer-What is the U.S. debt ceiling?
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON The U.S. is rapidly approaching the deadline for Congress to pass a deal, reached
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What California's Ravidassia community believes and why they want caste bias outlawed
In California, members of an under-the-radar, minority religious community are stepping into the public eye to advocate for making the state the first in the nation to outlaw caste bias
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Eastern Canada's Halifax declares emergency over wildfire, shutting schools
The eastern Canadian city of Halifax declared a state of local emergency late on Sunday after a wildfire
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Tinubu sworn in as Nigeria's president, under pressure over economy
By Felix Onuah and MacDonald Dzirutwe ABUJA Bola Tinubu was sworn in as Nigeria's president on Monday, facing
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Kosovo Serbs trying to take over municipality building in the north clash with police
Ethnic Serbs in northern Kosovo have clashed with police at a municipal building as they tried to take over one of the local communes where ethnic Albanian mayors entered last week with the help of authorities
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Factbox-Biggest issues in Canadian province of Alberta's May 29 election
Voters in Alberta, Canada's main oil-producing province, will go to the polls on May 29 to elect a
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Read: Bill text to raise the debt limit
President Joe Biden and House Republicans have reached an agreement in principle to address the debt limit and cap spending. The bill text was released on Sunday evening, but the work is far from done. Now leaders in both parties have to convince enough of their members to vote for the deal, which contains provisions that lawmakers on each side of the aisle don't support.
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Biden and McCarthy lean on holdouts in both parties to pass debt ceiling deal
Party leaders in Washington are waging an urgent campaign Monday to convince Democrats and Republicans to get behind compromise legislation that would avert a first-ever national default, with each side proclaiming victory following marathon talks.
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Iran supreme leader says he'd 'welcome' full diplomatic ties with Egypt; presidency websites hacked
Iran’s supreme leader says he’d “welcome” the restoration of full diplomatic ties between Egypt and the Islamic Republic
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai loses bid to terminate national security trial
By Jessie Pang HONG KONG A Hong Kong Court on Monday rejected an application to terminate a landmark
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In the Market: Amid the calm, the Fed brews the next storm
By Paritosh Bansal Having navigated the financial crisis of 2008, Neel Kashkari worries about systemic risks. But now,
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Russia issues arrest warrant for Lindsey Graham over Ukraine comments
Russia’s Interior Ministry has issued an arrest warrant for U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham following his comments related to the fighting in Ukraine
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