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Days from shutdown, US budget talks threaten Ukraine aid
AFP, Published on 26/09/2023
» WASHINGTON - The US Congress was running out of time Tuesday to avoid a partial government shutdown forced by hard-right Republicans, throwing into doubt White House plans to provide another $24 billion in war aid for Ukraine.
Gabon officers say election result cancelled, 'regime' ended
AFP, Published on 30/08/2023
» LIBREVILLE - A group of Gabonese military officers appeared on television Wednesday announcing they were "putting an end to the current regime" and cancelling an election that, according to official results, President Ali Bongo Ondimba won.
Russia resumes critical gas supplies to Europe via Nord Stream
AFP, Published on 21/07/2022
» BERLIN: Russia on Thursday resumed critical gas supplies to Europe through Germany, reopening the Nord Stream gas pipeline after 10 days, but uncertainty lingered whether the continent could avert an energy crisis this winter.
Austria to impose partial lockdown, mandatory jabs
AFP, Published on 19/11/2021
» VIENNA - Austria on Friday became the first EU country to announce it would make coronavirus vaccinations mandatory and will next week impose a partial lockdown in the face of spiralling infections.
United States steps back from debt cliff... for now
AFP, Published on 07/10/2021
» WASHINGTON: The United States staved off a catastrophic credit default Thursday after Democrats accepted an offer from the Republicans to raise the debt limit for two months.
In Indian Kashmir, few now dare to speak out
AFP, Published on 20/08/2021
» SRINAGAR (INDIA) - Public protests in Indian-controlled Kashmir were once an almost weekly occurrence but two years after New Delhi imposed direct rule on the region, locals say arbitrary arrests and intimidation by security forces wielding batons and snatching phones have left many too scared to voice dissent.
Indonesia loosens Covid curbs despite warnings of another wave
AFP, Published on 26/07/2021
» Small shops, streetside restaurants and some shopping malls reopened in coronavirus-battered Indonesia on Monday after the government loosened a shutdown despite warnings it could unleash another Covid-19 wave.
Business baffled by gaffes
Business, Post Reporters, Published on 05/07/2021
» As both new daily infections and deaths caused by Covid-19 continue to set records, concerns regarding the administration's ability to govern the country have almost reached a critical point.
US says 'Russia-based' group DarkSide behind pipeline hack
AFP, Published on 11/05/2021
» WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden said Monday that a Russia-based group was behind the ransomware attack that forced the shutdown of the largest oil pipeline in the eastern United States.
US backs vaccine patent waiver
AFP, Published on 06/05/2021
» WASHINGTON: The United States threw its weight behind a waiver on patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines as India Thursday posted record deaths and infections from a catastrophic wave swamping the country.