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Speaker Kevin McCarthy's job on the line as shutdown looms
With less than five days to go before a government shutdown, Speaker McCarthy has a choice to make.
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Robert Menendez: Senator faces growing pressure from fellow Democrats to resign
New Jersey senator Robert Menendez faces charges of bribery and conspiracy to commit extortion.
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Canada's Speaker Anthony Rota resigns after Nazi in parliament row
Anthony Rota resigns after unwittingly praising a 98-year-old Ukrainian who fought for a Nazi unit.
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JP Morgan settles Epstein lawsuits with US Virgin Islands and Jes Staley
It will pay the US Virgin Islands to resolve a lawsuit over its alleged ties with the convicted sex offender.
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Watch elderly man air rescued after cliff fall
Authorities responded to a hiker who had fallen from a cliff next to the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
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Disinformation most active on X, formerly known as Twitter, EU says
A European Commission report says the network has the most disinformation of six large social networks.
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Biden addresses autoworkers on picket line
The US president said the autoworkers deserve a 'significant raise' and increased benefits.
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Two French supermarkets to sell fuel at cost price
Carrefour and E.Leclerc are holding down the price of petrol and diesel to help people cope with inflation.
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US actors' union members vote to authorise video game strike
The latest potential Hollywood strike relates to voice, motion capture and stunt work in video games.
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Landmark Saudi and Israeli trips as normalisation talks progress
Hours after a Saudi envoy visits the West Bank, an Israeli minister attends a UN event in Riyadh.
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Shakira accused of tax crimes for the second time
Spanish prosecutors claim the singer has defrauded the state of more than €6m.
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Uefa allows Russian U17 teams to compete in Europe despite Ukraine war
Russia will be readmitted to European U17 competitions for the first time since the country's invasion of Ukraine 19 months ago, Uefa confirms.