The U.S. has been expanding its activities around the Indo-Pacific to counter sweeping territorial claims from China, including regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and in the South China Sea.
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Debt deal imposes new work requirements for food aid and that frustrates many Democrats
In the end, Democrats warily accepted new requirements for some able-bodied recipients in exchange for food aid. Republicans agreed to drop some work requirements for veterans, homeless people, and others.
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Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls U.S. back from brink of unprecedented default
The bipartisan measure, passed by the House Wednesday and the Senate Thursday, averts the potential of an unprecedented government default that would have rocked the U.S. and global economies.
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Delegates working to end global plastics pollution agree to craft draft treaty
A coalition of governments and environmental groups want to end plastic pollution altogether by 2040 by slashing production and limiting some chemicals used in making plastics.
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India train crash kills more than 280, injures 900 in one of nation’s worst rail disasters
The cause of the derailment was under investigation Saturday as the death toll rose steadily throughout the night.
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Panama launches operation in Darien jungle targeting organized crime, migrant smugglers
The campaign is part of a deal reached with the governments of Colombia and the U.S. in April.
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Wall Street leaps, nearly escapes bear market
Traders are largely expecting the Fed to hold interest rates steady at its next meeting in 2 weeks.
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YouTube will allow false claims about presidential elections
The immediate change is a reversal for the Google-owned video service.
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Bug in Chase Bank online banking causing double transactions, fees now resolved
Numerous Chase customers had posted on social media that their rent or bill payments were taken out of their accounts twice.
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Ford urges owners of 140,000 SUVs to park outside because they can catch fire with engines off
The company is recalling certain Lincolns from the 2015 to 2019 model years.