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International
9/30/2023 10:38:08 PM
Last gasp moves to prevent a US government shutdown took a dramatic step forward Saturday, as Democrats overwhelmingly backed an eleventh-hour Republican measure to keep federal funding going for 45 days, albeit with a freeze on Washington's massive aid to Ukraine.
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World
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International
9/30/2023 8:16:58 PM
With the US government just hours from shutting down on Saturday, Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy pitched a last-gasp stopgap measure to avoid a closure that would throw into doubt everything from access to national parks to Washington's massive support for Ukraine.
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World
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International
9/30/2023 9:50:45 AM
The United States is heading toward a government shutdown this weekend with no foreseeable way out of a deadlock in Congress over hardline Republican calls for deep spending cuts.
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World
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International
9/29/2023 6:35:33 PM
US national parks, from the iconic Yosemite and Yellowstone in the west to Florida's Everglades swamp, will close to the public from Sunday in the increasingly likely event of a federal government shutdown.
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World
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International
9/28/2023 9:35:06 PM
The US government has begun to inform workers of an impending shutdown that could see millions of federal employees and military personnel sent home or working without pay, unless Congress reaches a last-ditch deal.
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Business
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Economy
9/27/2023 10:50:53 PM
The United States is heading toward a government shutdown this weekend with no foreseeable way out of a deadlock in Congress over hardline Republican calls for deep spending cuts.
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Business
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Economy
9/25/2023 10:20:22 AM
Four months after barely avoiding a catastrophic default, the world's largest economy is once again on the verge of a major fiscal crisis.
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World
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International
9/24/2023 10:52:20 AM
President Joe Biden on Saturday blamed "a small group of extreme Republicans" for a budget impasse that has placed the US government a week away from a shutdown, urging the lawmakers to resolve the issue.
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World
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Region
8/20/2023 2:58:21 PM
Iraqi authorities on Sunday ordered the shutdown of LED advertisement screens installed across Baghdad after a hacker managed to show a pornographic film on one, security forces said, announcing the arrest of a suspect.
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World
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Region
7/16/2023 5:08:33 PM
Oil production has resumed at two major Libyan oil fields, the oil ministry said Sunday, after a brief shutdown by demonstrators protesting the arrest of a former minister.
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Arts & Culture
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Screens
7/13/2023 3:46:20 PM
Hollywood actors were poised to go on strike Thursday, joining writers in the first industry-wide shutdown in 63 years after last-ditch talks failed, with nearly all film and television production likely to grind to a halt.
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World
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War in Ukraine
6/10/2023 4:09:05 PM
Ukraine’s military reported intense fighting with Russian forces on Saturday, while the country's nuclear energy agency said it put the last operating reactor at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant into a “cold shutdown” for safety as Russia's war on Ukraine drags on through its 16th month.
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Business
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Markets & Companies
3/3/2023 3:05:14 PM
German airline giant Lufthansa said Friday it returned to annual profit in 2022 after two years of losses, its fortunes lifted by rebounding demand as economies reopened after Covid shutdowns.
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World
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International
1/24/2023 3:09:27 PM
One of the busiest train stations in Paris suffered a total traffic shutdown on Tuesday after vandals triggered a major signal malfunction by setting cables on fire.
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World
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International
10/24/2022 1:40:32 PM
China's economic growth picked up in the latest quarter but still was among the weakest in decades as the ruling Communist Party tries to reverse a slump while enforcing anti-virus controls and a crackdown on debt in its vast real estate industry.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
9/12/2022 10:35:26 AM
The forced shutdown of Ukraine's endangered and crippled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant _ Europe's largest _ significantly reduces the risk of a radiation disaster that has haunted the world for weeks.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
9/9/2022 4:56:59 PM
Europe is facing an energy crisis that is squeezing ordinary people's finances and in just a few weeks could mushroom into rolling blackouts and factory shutdowns. Already, many economists say a recession is on the way.
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War in Ukraine
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Military
8/29/2022 9:39:53 PM
The US government urged Monday a complete shutdown of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant as fighting intensifies in the area and international experts plan an inspection visit.
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World
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International
8/17/2022 12:54:41 PM
A nuclear reactor in southern China has been reconnected to the electricity grid more than a year after it was shut down to repair damage, its operator said.
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War in Ukraine
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Economy
7/21/2022 9:57:18 AM
Natural gas started flowing through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe after a 10-day shutdown for maintenance, the operator said. But the gas flow was expected to fall well short of full capacity on Thursday and the outlook was uncertain.
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