Biden signs funding bill to avert government shutdown

Agence France Presse 12/22/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — US President Joe Biden signed a funding bill Saturday, averting a Christmastime government shutdown after negotiations in Congress went down to the wire overnight. Last minute legislative wrangling was brought about by incoming…

Christmas market attack: Sorrow and fury in German town

Agence France Presse 12/22/2024

MAGDEBURG, Germany — The German city of Magdeburg was in mourning Saturday over a car-ramming attack that brought death and carnage to its Christmas market, but the sorrow gave way to anger when the politicians showed up.…

What happens in a US government shutdown?

Agence France Presse 12/20/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — The US government is hurtling towards a shutdown ahead of the Christmas holiday, after President-elect Donald Trump and Elon Musk scuppered a cross-party deal to keep federal agencies running.…

US government shutdown looms as Trump, Musk kill funding deal

Agence France Presse 12/20/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — The United States was staring down the barrel of a holiday-period government shutdown Thursday after a late-hour intervention by Donald Trump and Elon Musk threatened efforts in Congress to keep the lights on…

Trump opposes deal to avert government shutdown

Agence France Presse 12/19/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — US President-elect Donald Trump urged Republican lawmakers Wednesday to scupper a cross-party deal to avert a fast-looming US government shutdown, as the White House accused him of “playing politics.” Staring down a Friday…

Veloso, Filipina on Indonesia death row, arrives home

Agence France Presse 12/18/2024

MANILA, Philippines — A Filipina who spent nearly 15 years on Indonesia’s death row tearfully reunited with family members Wednesday after arriving in Manila, where she now awaits a hoped-for pardon in a women’s prison. Mother of…

Veloso, Filipina on Indonesia death row, flies home to ‘new life’

Agence France Presse 12/18/2024

JAKARTA, Indonesia — A Filipina inmate on death row in Indonesia for nearly 15 years was transferred home Wednesday to what she called a “new life”, following an agreement for her repatriation after years of negotiations. Mother…

Vanuatu earthquake: Rescuers hunt for survivors as 14 feared dead

Agence France Presse 12/18/2024

PORT VILA, Vanuatu — Rescue teams dug for survivors trapped beneath crumpled buildings in Vanuatu on Wednesday after a powerful earthquake struck the capital Port Vila, leaving at least 14 people reported dead. People called out from…

Pig kidney transplant gives US woman second chance in life

Agence France Presse 12/18/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — Towana Looney donated a kidney to her mother in 1999 only for the remaining one to fail years later due to pregnancy complications. Now, the 53-year-old from Alabama has become the latest recipient…

NBA: Pistons top Heat in overtime, Nuggets edge Kings

Agence France Presse 12/17/2024

LOS ANGELES, United States  – Cade Cunningham delivered a triple-double and Tim Hardaway Jr. came up big in overtime as the Detroit Pistons held off Miami 125-124 in an NBA thriller on Monday that snapped the Heat’s…

Vanuatu: Bodies seen in street after major quake hits Pacific Is.

Agence France Presse 12/17/2024

SYDNEY, Australia – A powerful earthquake hit the Pacific island of Vanuatu on Tuesday, severely damaging buildings in the capital Port Vila including one housing foreign embassies, with a witness telling AFP of bodies lying in the…

Vanuatu rocked by magnitude 7.3 earthquake, tsunami warning up

Agence France Presse 12/17/2024

SYDNEY, Australia — A magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck Tuesday off the coast of the Pacific island state of Vanuatu, the US Geological Survey said, triggering tsunami waves. The tremor was registered at a depth of 43 kilometres…

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