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WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is quickening its pace toward adjourning late this week, marching toward a final vote on legislation boosting medical research and speeding drug approvals and readying a separate stopgap spending bill to prevent the government from shutting…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is quickening its pace toward adjourning late this week, marching toward a final vote on legislation boosting medical research and speeding drug approvals and readying a separate stopgap spending bill to prevent the government from shutting…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress is quickening its pace toward adjourning late this week, marching toward a final vote on legislation boosting medical research and speeding drug approvals and readying a separate stopgap spending bill to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend. Current spending expires at midnight on Friday. Since the measure is the only absolute must-do bill before Congress adjourns, it's likely to carry several add-ons, including flood relief, money for overseas military operations... Читать дальше...

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Paris (AFP) - French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve was appointed as the new prime minister on Tuesday after Manuel Valls resigned to seek the Socialist nomination in the presidential election, the presidency said.

Cazeneuve, who has overseen the security forces' reaction to a string of jihadist attacks that have killed more than 230 people in France over the past two years, will take control of the Socialist government until legislative elections in June.

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WASHINGTON — Congress is quickening its pace toward adjourning late this week, marching toward a final vote on legislation boosting medical research and speeding drug approvals and readying a separate stopgap spending bill to prevent the government from shutting down this weekend.

The UN WFP requires $13.7 million to quickly provide Kenyan refugees with food and cash.

The West Bengal announced on Twitter that she won't be able to attend J Jayalalithaa's funeral.

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ST. LOUIS, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- Three teenage males were arrested on suspicion they robbed the wife of Missouri Governor-elect Eric Greitens at gunpoint on Monday night in a parking lot.

The media loves a debate; it thrives on the vigorous interplay of competing views. But we have to say, there's one debate that has dragged on quite long enough. We are long overdue for reform on media ownership laws.

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Tim Cook, soon after a negative report about Apple Watch sales, emailed Reuters on Monday to say that Apple stocked the shelves better than ever.

Belgian outlet Le Soir published a series of reports from website Football Leaks revealing the financial aspects behind the 25-year-old's contract

KENT, Ohio (AP) — Kent State University has announced plans to close its 18-hole golf course in Franklin Township after 50 years of ownership, citing a decline in revenue and escalating operating costs. The golf course was reviewed as part of an audit for the Ohio Task Force on Affordability and Efficiency, which asked the state's universities to evaluate all non-core assets to figure out their market value.

BEIJING — The first 120 troops of a 700-member Chinese U.N. peacekeeping force have departed for South Sudan, deepening China’s commitment to the troubled East African nation, where two of its peacekeepers were killed in fighting over the summer.

Chinese property heavyweight Dahua Group has outmuscled local developers to snap up a billion-dollar land pipeline.

Whether by accident or design, President-elect Donald Trump is signaling a tougher American policy toward China, sparking warnings from both the outgoing Obama administration and Beijing. On Monday, White House … Click to Continue »

At that Cincinnati stop, Trump disparaged the media as "dishonest," inspired loud "Build the wall" chants, took swipes at fellow Republicans and stunned his own aides with his surprise announcement from the stage that that he was appointing retired Gen. James Mattis as secretary of defense. The Tuesday appearance in Fayetteville will be followed by rallies in Iowa and Michigan later this week as Trump barnstorms the country to salute his supporters who delivered the victories in the battleground states he needed to capture the White House. Читать дальше...

ATLANTA — Georgia is preparing to execute a man convicted of killing his father-in-law in March 1990.

A tearful vigil paying tribute to 36 people killed in the warehouse inferno in Oakland erupted in jeers Monday night.

“Scandal” Season 6 just cast Jeff Perry’s daughter Zoe in a mystery role. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Zoe will be part of more than one episode starting next year. Zoe is the child of Perry with his ex-wife, Laurie Metcalf. The actress currently plays the role of Sheldon’s mom, Mary, in “The Big Bang Theory.”

AMSTERDAM (ANP) - De AEX-index in Amsterdam stond dinsdag kort na de openingsbel iets onder de slotstand van maandag. Ook elders in Europa bleven de belangrijkste graadmeters dicht bij huis. Beleggers reageerden onder meer op veel beter dan verwachte cijfers over de Duitse fabrieksorders. Het cijfer wijst op een sterkere groei van de Duitse economie in het vierde kwartaal, na de zwakte in het derde kwartaal.

PARIS — French Prime Minister Manuel Valls stepped down Tuesday to focus on running for president in next year’s election and was replaced by Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve, a man who embodies the fight against Islamic extremism.

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SHANGHAI (Reuters) - A senior British cabinet minister sought on Tuesday to assuage concerns in China about market access in the wake of the Brexit vote, pointing to Hong Kong's success as a trading hub as proof of Britain's commitment to keeping its doors open to global business.

Britain has been a popular choice for Chinese investment, with many firms seeing it as a springboard for the far larger European Union market. But those plans could now be at risk with... Читать дальше...

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia is preparing to execute a man convicted of killing his father-in-law in March 1990.