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US-Philippines 'ironclad' partners amid China tension, says Biden

China has angered the Philippines by repeatedly harassing its navy and coast guard patrols and chasing away fishermen in waters that are close to Philippine shores but that Beijing claims as its own

Prez Biden, top lawmakers to discuss debt limit at White House May 9

Biden has called for a clean increase to the $31.4 trillion cap, while McCarthy and GOP lawmakers are demanding spending cuts in return

Janet Yellen projects that US could hit debt ceiling as soon as June 1

"We have learned from past debt limit impasses that waiting until the last minute to suspend or increase the debt limit can cause serious harm to business and consumer confidence," she said

Trump to appear in New Hampshire town hall forum next week: Report

CNN has said that former president Donald Trump will participate in a town hall forum next week in New Hampshire.

US to lift Covid-19 vaccine mandates for international travelers next week

While I believe that these vaccine mandates had a tremendous beneficial impact, we are now at a point where we think that it makes a lot of sense to pull these requirements down: WH COVID coordinator

100,000 Russians killed in Ukraine war, 20,000 casualties since Dec: US

The head of Ukrainian ground forces, said that Russia continued to exert maximum effort to take the city but that it so far had failed

May Day Protest: World's workers rally, France sees pension anger

French police charged at radical protesters smashing bank windows as unions pushed the president to scrap a higher retirement age

Sudan's warring generals agree to negotiate in Saudi Arabia: UN envoy

Around 530 people, including civilians and combatants, have been killed since, with another 4,500 wounded, the Sudanese Health Ministry said

First Republic in limbo as US Federal Reserve juggle bank's fate

The bank's stock closed at $3.51 on Friday, a fraction of the roughly $170 a share it traded for a year ago

Pope speaks of secret peace 'mission,' help for Ukraine kids amid war

Francis said the Holy See had already helped mediate some prisoner exchanges and would do all that is humanly possible to reunite families

Talks underway to return colonial-era artefacts, indigenous loot: Pope

Pope Francis said that talks were underway to return colonial-era artefacts in the Vatican that were acquired from Indigenous peoples in Canada and voiced a willingness to return problematic objects

2 killed, 4 wounded in Mississippi shooting; 19-year-old man arrested

Police have charged a 19-year-old man with killing two teenagers and wounding four others in an early Sunday shooting at a house party on the Mississippi Gulf Coast

Joe Biden, Ferdinand Marcos set to meet as tensions grow with China

President Joe Biden is set to host President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines for White House talks on Monday as concerns grow about the Chinese navy's harassment of Philippine vessels

Emergency medical aid supplies reach Sudan, as fighting sputters on

An aircraft carrying eight tons of emergency medical aid landed on Sunday in Sudan to resupply hospitals devastated by more than two weeks of fighting between forces loyal to rival generals

Chinese who reported on Covid-19 outbreak to be released after 3 years

Chinese authorities were preparing to release a man who disappeared three years ago after publicising videos of overcrowded hospitals and bodies during the Covid-19 outbreak

Six students shot, wounded at Mississippi house party, says report

Six high school students were injured after gunfire erupted at a house party in southern Mississippi, according to a news report.

Shooting kills 2 men, injures 3rd victim in Seattle park, says police

Two men were killed and a third person was wounded during a shooting in a Seattle park Saturday night, police said.

Climate change sparks disaster fears in Anchorage Hillside, Alaska

The prospect of a major wildfire there keeps Anchorage Fire Chief Doug Schrage awake at night when conditions are hot and dry

Texas man kills 5 neighbours, including 8-yr-old boy on complain of gunfire

The suspect, identified as 38-year-old Francisco Oropeza, remained at large more than 18 hours after the shooting and authorities warned that he might still be armed

New Orleans restaurant shooting kills waiter, wounds Chicago tourist

Woodfork said police believe two assailants targeted the waiter, whom family members identified to The Times-Picayune of New Orleans as 23-year-old Hilbert Walker III