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It will fund the government until December. 11, setting up a showdown in Congress down the road on several fronts.

The measure needed 60 votes to clear a procedural hurdle but got 54, with 42 senators voting in opposition. The leading proponent of bringing the fight over funding the group to a possible government shutdown remained unbowed.

Invoking the words of late president Hugo Chávez, Maduro affirmed that revolutionary change is the only way to fight poverty.

He said that while it was vital to coordinate efforts against Islamic State militants this was not yet happening.

The two leaders met following highly contentious and conflicting speeches at the UN General Assembly earlier in the day.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will make his first state visit to Britain next month, the British government said on Tuesday, 10 years after the last such visit by a Chinese president.

With less than three weeks to go until election day, federal party leaders are fanning out across the central part of the country today. Obama fiddles on the seashore, commanding the oceans to stop their minuscule rise, while Damascus burns. Achieving peace has traditionally been...

Mr Modi’s statement said that while both leaders shared “an uncompromising commitment on climate change”, he was careful to mention that this was “without affecting our ability to meet the development aspirations of humanity”.

When it comes to lifting the trade embargo, U.S. President Barack Obama sides with Castro and said he is confident the U.S. Congress will lift what he calls “an embargo that should not be in place anymore”.

Addressing the UN Peacekeeping Summit co-chaired along with President Barack Obama at the UN Headquarters in New York, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said Pakistan has all along supported efforts for reforms and strengthening of UN Peacekeeping forces. After a pause, Modi then waved...

Putin, without naming the United States, accused Washington of trying to enforce its will on others and mulling a possible reform of the U.N., which he suggested stands in the way of the perceived US domination.

Leading a gathering of 700 at the site of Ground Zero, the pope paid tribute to the almost 3,000 victims and those who responded to the worst attacks on U.S. soil that killed almost 3,000 people on September 11, 2001.

Nawaz Sharif walked into the conference hall and waved at Modi – who waved back and smiled. But there were questions whether the two leaders will have a meeting or at least shake hands.

They still believe climate change is natural.

The United States and Cuba officially reestablished full diplomatic relations on July 20 by reopening embassies in the countries’ capitals after 54 years of hostility.