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Ryder Cup not over despite Europe fightback warns Bjorn
AFP, Published on 29/09/2018
» SAINT-QUENTIN-EN-YVELINES (FRANCE) - Europe battled back to lead the Ryder Cup entering Saturday's second day of competition thanks to an unprecedented foursomes sweep of defending champions the United States, yet European captain Thomas Bjorn warns the trophy fight is far from over.
US Senate edges towards vote on Trump's divisive spending bill
AFP, Published on 30/06/2025
» WASHINGTON - US senators were inching Sunday towards a vote on Donald Trump's "big beautiful" spending bill, a hugely divisive proposal that would deliver key parts of the US president's domestic agenda while making massive cuts to social welfare programs.
New York Mayor de Blasio joins 2020 race to 'take on' Trump
AFP, Published on 16/05/2019
» NEW YORK - New York Mayor Bill de Blasio jumped into the increasingly crowded White House race Thursday, defying hostile media and dismal polls to cast himself as the Democrats' best chance of unseating the "con artist" Donald Trump in 2020.
Mexican troops repel border-storming migrant caravan
AFP, Published on 21/01/2020
» CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico: Hundreds of Central Americans from a new migrant caravan tried to storm into Mexico Monday by fording the river that divides the country from Guatemala, but National Guardsmen fired tear gas to force them back.
Russia, Ukraine prepare for more talks with US
AFP, Published on 03/12/2025
» MOSCOW - Russia and Ukraine said on Wednesday they were ready for more talks with the United States to end almost four years of war, after US envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner left the Kremlin with no breakthrough on a peace deal.
Biden signs huge stimulus bill ahead of coronavirus speech
AFP, Published on 12/03/2021
» WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden signed a massive $1.9 trillion economic stimulus bill Thursday ahead of giving a national address where he was set to urge "hope" on the first anniversary of the start of the coronavirus pandemic.
WHO slams wealthy nations' rush towards Covid vaccine boosters
AFP, Published on 19/08/2021
» GENEVA: The World Health Organization condemned Wednesday the rush by wealthy countries to provide Covid vaccine booster shots, while millions around the world have yet to receive a single dose.
After Afghanistan, Biden stakes presidency on domestic battles
AFP, Published on 31/08/2021
» WASHINGTON - This has been a miserable summer for Joe Biden but with the last troops out of Afghanistan the Democrat will now hope to relaunch his struggling presidency back home.
New US Capitol riot hearings promise fresh drama
AFP, Published on 20/06/2022
» WASHINGTON - A new round of hearings this week by the congressional committee probing the January 6, 2021 US Capitol riot promises further drama, with one member saying former vice president Mike Pence might be subpoenaed.
Trump wins major victory as flagship bill passes Congress
AFP, Published on 04/07/2025
» WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Thursday secured a major political victory when Congress narrowly passed his flagship tax and spending bill, cementing his radical second-term agenda and boosting funds for his anti-immigration drive.