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Washington, District Of Columbia (AFP) Sept 11, 2013 - A key US lawmaker introduced a stop-gap funding bill Wednesday to prevent an October 1 government shut-down, acknowledging there is not enough time to pass a yearly US budget.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2017 - The US House of Representatives Wednesday approved in a nearly unanimous vote $7.85-billion in emergency aid for victims of Hurricane Harvey, a rare show of unity by the bitterly divided chamber.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 30, 2020 - The US House of Representatives voted Wednesday to force companies to disclose products that come from China's Xinjiang region, in a new bid to stop what lawmakers say is widespread forced labor in the restive area.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2009 - US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Wednesday told Wu Bangguo, the second most powerful man in China's ruling Communist Party, that the world could learn from Beijing's approach to climate change.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 25, 2013 - The US Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it is looking into allegations that traders received information about its policy decision last week ahead of the official release time.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2011 - The White House said Tuesday it was confident Europe had the ability and will to tackle its debt crisis and said there was no question events across the Atlantic could impact the US economy.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2009 - The United States, France and Britain are among nine countries that pledged Thursday to make 10 percent of their swine flu vaccine supply available to other nations that may need it.
Jun 26, 2026
Beijing (AFP) Sept 24, 2014 - Outraged Western powers have rounded on China over a life sentence handed to a prominent Uighur academic, accusing Beijing of silencing a moderate voice in a move that analysts say risks inflaming tensions in the restive Xinjiang region.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2019 - The US Congress convenes Monday for the first time since recent mass shootings left Americans distraught over surging violence, but the Senate's Republican leader stressed he would not consider gun legislation without President Donald Trump's backing.
Jun 26, 2026
Hangzhou, China (AFP) Sept 3, 2016 - The United States and China on Saturday formally joined the Paris climate change agreement, with President Barack Obama hailing the accord as the moment we finally decided to save our planet.
Jun 26, 2026
Sydney (AFP) Sept 6, 2007 - In an unusual diplomatic two-step, the US and Chinese presidents Thursday set aside their differences on Taiwan and put pressure on the island to drop plans for a referendum on UN membership.
Jun 26, 2026
Paris (AFP) Sept 3, 2016 - Climate activists and small nations at risk of global warming's direst consequences, welcomed Saturday's ratification by China and the United States of a global pact to curb planet-harming carbon emissions.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2011 - The United States and China have diametrically opposing views on the International Monetary Fund's financial resources.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 13, 2019 - The United States and Brazil, the two major critics of the Paris climate accord, said Friday they would promote private-sector development in the Amazon, where fires have alarmed environmentalists.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 3, 2015 - The US military on Thursday ordered a production freeze and safety review at all defense department labs that handle biological agents and toxins including anthrax.
Jun 26, 2026
Danang, Vietnam (AFP) Sept 23, 2009 - Mai Khai contentedly grows his potatoes and melons smack up against an old brick wall surrounding a former US airbase in Vietnam which experts say remains highly contaminated.
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