US government shutdown averted hours before deadline
The US Congress has passed a stopgap bill to fund federal agencies until 18 February, avoiding a costly government shutdown over the festive season.
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Li Smith
Deadly storm cuts transport links around Vancouver
A deadly storm described by officials as a once-in-a-century weather event has severed road and rail links around Vancouver, Canada.
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Tremblay Morton
Colin Powell: Funeral for ‘great lion with big heart’
US presidents, past and present, have joined other senior Republicans and Democrats in remembering former secretary of state Colin Powell at his funeral service.
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Li Smith
Ahmaud Arbery: Nearly all-white jury chosen in black jogger murder trial
A nearly all-white jury, with one black member, has been seated in the Georgia murder trial of three white men over the shooting of a black jogger in 2020.
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Li Smith
Kirk Douglas assaulted Natalie Wood, her sister alleges
The late Hollywood actress Natalie Wood was sexually assaulted as a teenager by the actor Kirk Douglas, a new book has claimed.
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