By Lisa Mascaro, Farnoush Amiri, Matt Brown Donald Trump urged the US government shutdown to “start now”, but Speaker Mike Johnson got a deal through sending it to the Senate. Source: The Sydney Morning Herald Category: World / North America
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By TOI World Desk The House narrowly averted a government shutdown by passing a trimmed-down funding bill. The legislation, supported by both parties, includes disaster relief and agricultural subsidies, but removed contentious provisions like a congressional pay raise. The Senate now faces a tight deadline to approve the bill before the March 14th deadline. Source: […]
Syria wants to contribute to “regional peace”, the country’s new authorities said late Friday, after a meeting between leader Ahmed al-Sharaa and a US diplomatic delegation. “The Syrian side indicated that the Syrian people stand at an equal distance from all countries and parties in the region and that Syria rejects any polarisation,” the statement […]