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International
3/20/2025 1:16:05 PM
US President Donald Trump plans to sign an executive order Thursday calling for the shutdown of the U.S. Education Department, according to a White House official, advancing a campaign promise to eliminate an agency that's been a longtime target of conservatives.
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World
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International
3/17/2025 3:23:26 PM
The World Health Organization said Monday 80 per cent of services that it supports in Afghanistan could shut down by June due to a funding shortage.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/14/2025 12:32:30 PM
Safe-haven gold surpassed $3,000 for the first time Friday, boosted by uncertainty over US President Donald Trump's tariffs, while stock markets gained on hopes US lawmakers will avert a government shutdown.
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World
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Region
3/9/2025 8:06:24 PM
Iran said Sunday it would consider nuclear negotiations with the United States, but only as they pertained to external concerns of the "potential militarization" of the program, rather than a total shutdown.
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World
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International
3/7/2025 3:11:47 PM
Major disruptions loom at German airports on Monday, including a total shutdown of flights at Berlin, after a services union announced strike action for better pay for ground personnel.
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World
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International
2/2/2025 5:29:19 PM
The website of the US Agency for International Development went offline without explanation Saturday as thousands of furloughs, layoffs and program shutdowns continued in President Donald Trump's freeze on US-funded foreign aid and development worldwide.
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World
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International
12/20/2024 7:17:39 PM
Hours before the start of a federal government shutdown, President-elect Donald Trump doubled-down Friday on his insistence that a debt ceiling increase be included in any deal — and if not, let the closures “start now.”
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International
12/19/2024 8:07:31 PM
The United States was staring down the barrel of a holiday-period government shutdown Thursday after a late-hour intervention by Donald Trump and Elon Musk threatened efforts in Congress to keep the lights on through the New Year.
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World
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International
11/17/2024 7:29:39 PM
US House speaker Mike Johnson said Sunday he hopes lawmakers take temporary measures soon to avoid a government shutdown, allowing them to adopt a full budget only after Donald Trump takes power in January.
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World
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International
7/16/2024 9:09:16 PM
Bangladesh ordered schools and universities around the country to close indefinitely on Tuesday after six students were killed in protests that prompted the mobilisation of paramilitaries to keep order.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
6/14/2024 12:14:56 PM
An Israeli court has confirmed and extended for 35 days the government's shutdown of Qatar-based television news channel Al Jazeera, the justice ministry said on Friday.
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World
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War in Ukraine
5/8/2024 1:33:21 PM
Ukraine on Wednesday warned of possible power shutdowns across the country after a "massive" wave of Russian missiles and drones targeted the battered Ukrainian energy system.
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World
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International
3/23/2024 12:47:51 PM
The US Senate passed a $1.2 trillion package of spending bills in the early morning hours of Saturday, a long overdue action nearly six months into the budget year that will push any threats of a government shutdown to the fall. The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
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World
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International
3/19/2024 4:36:42 PM
US President Joe Biden voiced support Tuesday for a deal struck by leaders in Congress to finalize the 2024 federal budget and avoid a damaging election-year partial shutdown ahead of Friday's deadline.
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World
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International
2/27/2024 9:22:33 PM
US President Joe Biden implored the top four leaders of Congress Tuesday to act quickly to avoid a looming government shutdown early next month and to pass emergency aid for Ukraine and Israel, as a legislative logjam in the GOP-led House showed no signs of abating.
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War on Gaza
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War on Gaza
2/1/2024 6:17:30 PM
The UN aid agency for Palestinian refugees said Thursday that international funding cuts may force the shutdown of its operations across the region "by the end of February".
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Egypt
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Tourism
11/12/2023 10:01:00 PM
Egypt’s Ministry of Civil Aviation reported on Sunday that it has effectively thwarted an attempt to breach the Cairo International Airport website.
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Business
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Economy
10/2/2023 9:56:00 AM
Asian shares were mostly higher in thin trading Monday with many markets closed for holidays.
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World
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International
10/1/2023 7:56:21 PM
Rep. Matt Gaetz said Sunday he will try to remove House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, a fellow Republican, from his leadership position this week after McCarthy relied on Democratic support to pass legislation that avoided a government shutdown. “Bring it on,” McCarthy responded.
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World
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War in Ukraine
10/1/2023 6:42:45 PM
Ukraine said Sunday it was working with Washington to ensure new wartime aid after US lawmakers dropped additional funding for Kyiv in a last-minute deal to avoid a government shutdown.
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