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They simply refused, closed up shop, and went home. The moment was as rare as it was daring, a sudden flex from the Congress that has become a shell of its former self as a coequal branch, the Republican majority almost always more willing to accommodate the Republican president than to confront him. The result …
BEIJING, May 22 (Reuters) – China issued guidelines on Friday to expand coverage of basic public services to people who don’t have household registration in the cities where they work, a move that could help more migrant workers access urban public services. The changes could provide a stronger social safety net for households and potentially …
Bunia, Congo — People set fire to an Ebola treatment center in a town at the heart of the outbreak in eastern Congo on Thursday after being stopped from retrieving the body of a local man, a witness and a senior police officer said, as fear and anger grow over a health crisis that doctors …
MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Pep Guardiola said he is leaving Manchester City at the end of the season, bringing to a close a trophy-laden, 10-year spell in which he established the club as one of major forces in Europe while changing the face the English soccer. Guardiola, who had a further year left on his …
By Maha El Dahan and Jana Choukeir DUBAI, May 22 (Reuters) – There is a “50-50 chance” of a U.S.-Iran peace agreement, the United Arab Emirates’ presidential advisor said on Friday, but stressed that any political settlement must address the root causes of instability in the region to avoid future conflict. Pakistan has been mediating …
Two Indian climbers have died on Mount Everest during a record-breaking period of ascents via Nepal’s southern route, as experts warn of overcrowding on the world’s highest peak. “They fell ill while descending at high altitude. We are working out how to retrieve the bodies,” Nivesh Karki, director at Pioneer Adventures, told AFP. He named …
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan hasn’t been notified of any pause in a planned $14 billion U.S. arms sale to the self-governing island, a government official said Friday, after the acting U.S. Navy secretary told a Senate committee in Washington that some foreign military sales were being delayed to ensure the American military has enough …
THESSALONIKI, Greece, May 22 (Reuters) – Maria Karystianou, a doctor whose daughter died in Greece’s worst train crash in 2023, launched a political party on Thursday as she seeks to harness widespread frustration against Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ government. Karystianou emerged as a leading justice campaigner for victims of the Tempi train crash that killed …
GENEVA, May 22 (Reuters) – The United Nations refugee agency on Friday said it had lost $1 million worth of aid when a Russian missile struck one of its warehouses in Dnipro in eastern Ukraine earlier this week. The warehouse, which contained emergency shelter materials, including sleeping mats, and hygiene kits was destroyed on Wednesday, …
Serbian police on Thursday found the body of a man stuffed in a barrel following his organized crime-linked shooting in a restaurant that led to the arrest of Belgrade’s police chief, prosecutors said. Serbian police and army were searching for Aleksandar Nesovic, known as “Baja”, who disappeared last week after Belgrade police chief Veselin Milic …