Portugal housing crisis: 'I'll have to move back in with mum'
Anger is rising in the Portuguese capital Lisbon, where affordable homes are rarer and rarer.
2023-05-28 10:21
U.S. 'won't tolerate' China's ban on Micron chips-Raimondo
By David Lawder DETROIT The United States "won't tolerate" China's effective ban on purchases of Micron Technology memory
2023-05-28 09:54
Biden, GOP reach tentative deal to raise debt ceiling, avoid calamitous US default
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached an “agreement in principle” to resolve the looming debt crisis
2023-05-28 09:50
New video shows South Carolina newlyweds driving before an alleged drunk driver crashed into them, police say
New surveillance video shows newlyweds Aric Hutchinson and Samantha Miller driving down a road in Folly Beach, South Carolina, moments before an intoxicated driver crashed into them, killing the bride, law enforcement officials tell CNN.
2023-05-28 09:47
Debt ceiling deal reached between Biden and McCarthy
President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy have reached a tentative agreement to avert a catastrophic and unprecedented default on America’s sovereign debt, ending a monthlong standoff that threatened the US and global economies. The White House said Mr Biden and Mr McCarthy spoke by phone for roughly 90 minutes late Saturday. The president also spoke with Democratic congressional leaders as the talks between the White House and the Republicans who control the House of Representatives entered final stages after days of back-and-forth over GOP demands to add work requirements for food assistance and other programs meant to help lower-income Americans. One source familiar with the matter described the president and the House Speaker as having come to an “agreement in principle” that would limit federal spending while raising the nation’s statutory debt limit by an amount large enough to keep the issue off the table through the November 2024 general election. More follows...
2023-05-28 09:26
White House, Republicans Reach Deal to Avert US Default
White House and Republican negotiators reached a tentative deal to raise the US debt ceiling and avert a
2023-05-28 09:26
US debt ceiling: Negotiators agree a deal in principle, McCarthy says
The White House and the Republicans are now said to be ironing out details of a bill to avert a default.
2023-05-28 09:18
US debt ceiling deal keeps non-defense spending roughly flat until FY 2024 - source
A deal reached to raise the U.S. federal government's $31.4 trillion debt ceiling keeps non-defense spending roughly flat
2023-05-28 09:16
Kyiv under new massive Russian drone attack, Vitaliy Klitschko says
Vitaliy Klitschko says one man is killed in Ukraine's capital, and more than 20 drones are shot down.
2023-05-28 08:48
South Africa period poverty: 'I don't want anyone else to use rags for sanitary pads'
South African Tamara Magwashu grew up unable to afford pads or tampons - now she is changing that for others.
2023-05-28 08:19
Texas AG Ken Paxton Impeached by Republican-Led State House
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was impeached in an extraordinary vote by the state’s Republican-dominated House of Representatives,
2023-05-28 07:19
Anatomy of a Fall: French thriller wins Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or prize
Filmmaker Justine Triet becomes the third female director ever to win the prestigious prize.
2023-05-28 07:17