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Factbox-What’s in the debt ceiling deal Biden, McCarthy agreed?
By Steve Holland and Jarrett Renshaw WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and House Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Saturday reached an agreement in principle to lift the debt ceiling ...
May 27, 2023
Reaction: Biden, McCarthy debt ceiling deal
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden and top congressional Republican Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling, ending a mo...
May 27, 2023
US debt ceiling deal keeps non-defense spending roughly flat until FY 2024 – source
(Reuters) - A deal reached to raise the U.S. federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling keeps non-defense spending roughly flat for current fiscal year and 2024, a source familiar with the negot...
May 27, 2023
France’s Triet wins Cannes’ Palme d’Or for ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
BERLIN (Reuters) - French director Justine Triet won the 2023 Cannes Film Festival's top prize, the Palme d'Or, on Saturday for her courtroom drama "Anatomy of a Fall". Triet becomes the third female ...
May 27, 2023
U.S.-led Indo-Pacific talks produce deal on supply chain early warnings
By David Lawder DETROIT (Reuters) - Trade ministers of 14 countries in the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) talks "substantially completed" negotiations on an agreement to make supply c...
May 27, 2023
U.S. ‘won’t tolerate’ China’s ban on Micron chips, Raimondo says
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United States "won't tolerate" China's effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology memory chips and is working closely with allies to address such "economic coercion," U.S....
May 27, 2023
Nigeria’s Senate approves bill to raise government borrowing from central bank
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria's Senate amended a law on Saturday to allow the federal government to borrow more money from the central bank, just days before incoming President Bola Tinubu takes office. T...
May 27, 2023
Plastic-spewing artwork unveiled for Paris talks against waste
PARIS (Reuters) - Lobbyists Greenpeace unveiled an artwork in Paris on Saturday in the shape of a machine churning out bottles in front of an oil derrick to coincide with talks on eliminating plastic ...
May 27, 2023
Wes Anderson, Ken Loach among contenders for Cannes Film Festival’s top prize
CANNES (Reuters) - Veteran directors Wes Anderson, Ken Loach and Wim Wenders are among those in the running for the Cannes Film Festival's coveted Palme d'Or at Saturday's closing ceremony, with 21 fi...
May 27, 2023
Egypt unearths mummification workshops, tombs in ancient burial ground
By Hatem Maher SAQQARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt unearthed human and animal mummification workshops as well as two tombs in the ancient burial ground of Saqqara, officials said on Saturday, marking the...
May 27, 2023
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