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By Moira Warburton and Katharine Jackson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic and Republican negotiators said they were hopeful of reaching a deal to raise the federal government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling and avert a disastrous default, with talks expected to resume on Saturday. Time is tight. The Treasury Department on Friday said the government would run short of funds to pay all its bills on June 5 without congressional action, a […]

LONDON (Reuters) – London police said on Saturday that a man arrested after a car collision into the gates of Downing Street, the site of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office, had been separately charged with making indecent images of children. The 43-year-old is due to appear in court later on Saturday. “He was charged with an unrelated matter of making indecent images of children and will appear in custody […]

By Steve Holland, Moira Warburton and Rami Ayyub WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Democratic President Joe Biden and a Republican negotiator said on Friday they were working on a deal to raise the U.S. government’s $31.4 trillion debt ceiling after the Treasury Department warned that a June 5 default loomed without action. The two sides have been negotiating for weeks on an agreement to raise the federal government’s self-imposed borrowing limit, with Republicans […]

By Joyce Lee and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) -A passenger on an Asiana Airlines flight told police he opened a door on the plane minutes before it landed in Daegu, South Korea, on Friday because he was “uncomfortable”, Yonhap News Agency reported. The man, in his thirties, was detained on landing. He told police that he opened the door because he “wanted to get off the plane quickly,” Yonhap said […]

BRUSSELS (Reuters) -NATO on Saturday urged Kosovo to dial down tensions with Serbia, a day after its government forcibly accessed municipal buildings to install mayors in ethnic Serb areas in the north of the country. The resulting clashes on Friday between Kosovan police and protesters opposed to the ethnic Albanian mayors prompted Serbia to put its army on full combat alert and to move units closer to the border. “We […]

(Reuters) – Russia on Saturday accused Japan of “cynical, unscrupulous speculation” over Tokyo’s comments around the nuclear threat Moscow poses and promised to respond to Japan’s latest round of sanctions imposed over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno on Friday said Japan would place additional sanctions on Russia after the Group of Seven (G7) summit Tokyo hosted last week agreed to step up measures to punish Moscow’s […]

LONDON (Reuters) – London police said on Saturday that a man arrested after a car collision into the gates of Downing Street, the site of British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s office and residence, has since been released pending further investigation. The 43-year-old man had been taken into custody on Thursday on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving after the incident, in which no injuries were reported. London police reiterated […]

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis on Saturday resumed audiences following a bout of fever that forced him to skip them on Friday. A Vatican schedule of his appointments for the day showed that he had received one Vatican-based archbishop and four groups. (Reporting by Philip Pullella; Editing by Alison Williams) Brought to you by www.srnnews.com

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – NATO on Saturday urged Kosovo to dial down tensions with Serbia, a day after its government forcibly accessed municipal buildings to install mayors in ethnic Serb areas in the north of the country. The resulting clashes on Friday between Kosovan police and protesters opposed to the ethnic Albanian mayors prompted Serbia to put its army on full combat alert and to move units closer to the border. […]