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House debt ceiling vote nears to avert default with Biden and McCarthy both confident of passage

By LISA MASCARO, KEVIN FREKING, STEPHEN GROVES and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press
May 31, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - The default-averting debt ceiling and budget cuts package headed toward a crucial House vote Wednesday as President Joe Biden and Speaker Kevin McCarthy ass...
EU aspirant Moldova prepares to host major international summit

By JUSTIN SPIKE, RAF CASERT and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press
May 31, 2023 1:00 am - CHISINAU, Moldova - European leaders started gathering in Moldova Wednesday on the eve of a sprawling summit aiming to show a united front in the face of Russia's war in...
Nevada Republican governor approves abortion protections in cross-party move

By GABE STERN Associated Press/Report for America
May 31, 2023 1:00 am - CARSON CITY, Nev. - Nevada's Joe Lombardo on Tuesday became one of the first Republican governors to enshrine protections for out-of-state abortion patients and in-state...
China's commerce minister meets Tesla's Musk, promises support to foreign companies

May 31, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - China's commerce minister met Tesla Ltd. CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday and promised to support the development of foreign companies, the ministry said. Musk earli...
China responds to U.S. complaint over plane intercept with demand for end to surveillance flights

May 31, 2023 1:00 am - BEIJING - Beijing responded Wednesday to complaints from the United States about a Chinese fighter jet's dangerous interception of an American Air Force reconnaissance a...
UN appeals court increases sentences for 2 Serbs convicted of crimes in Balkan wars

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press
May 31, 2023 1:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands - U.N. appeals judges on Wednesday significantly expanded the convictions of two allies of late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic, holding them...
Some residents of collapsed Iowa building remain missing, while pets were rescued from safer area

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE, HANNAH FINGERHUT and ERIN HOOLEY Associated Press
May 31, 2023 1:00 am - DAVENPORT, Iowa (AP) - As some residents of an Iowa apartment building that partially collapsed remained unaccounted for on Wednesday, officials in the city of Davenport...
North Korea spy satellite launch fails as rocket falls into the sea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press
May 31, 2023 1:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea's attempt to put its first spy satellite into space failed Wednesday in a setback to leader Kim Jong Un's push to boost his military cap...
Changes to food aid in debt bill would cost money, far from savings GOP envisioned

By MARY CLARE JALONICK Associated Press
May 31, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A Republican attempt to expand work requirements for federal food aid in debt legislation moving through Congress would increase federal spending by $2.1 bi...
Typhoon Mawar losing strength as it heads toward Japan's Okinawa Islands

By JOHNSON LAI and DAVID RISING Associated Press
May 31, 2023 1:00 am - NAHA, Japan - Typhoon Mawar appeared to be losing force as it headed Wednesday toward Japan's Okinawa Islands, where the United States maintains a significant military p...

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