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House passes spending bill to avert government shutdown
Mark Wilson/Getty Images The House of Representatives passed legislation to avoid government agency shutdowns at the end of this week. It would extend funding for most federal programs until March 23. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday passed legislation to avoid government agency shutdowns at the end of this week by […]
NAFTA talks: Automakers hopeful Canadian compromise will avert disaster
MONTREAL — Auto industry officials fretting about hardline U.S. NAFTA demands with the potential to turn a globally integrated industry upside down now are hopeful that a Canadian compromise plan could avert disaster. The officials, speaking to Reuters on the sidelines of NAFTA talks here, said strenuous lobbying efforts on behalf of the industry were […]
Senate Democrats huddle after 3 break from party to avert govt shutdown
Democrats are planning a meeting hours before the Senate plans to vote on a short-term spending bill that would keep the federal government open for another four weeks. Three Democrats said they will back the bill. The US Senate has until midnight to pass a spending bill that would avert the first shutdown of the […]
The Dirty Secret of the IPCC’s Plan to Avert Climate Disaster: BECCS (Carbon Capture Technology) Doesn’t Yet Exist.
The Paris agreement on climate change charts a narrow path to avoiding a global apocalypse. Just one problem: Its centerpiece is a technology that basically doesn’t yet exist. https://media.wired.com/photos/5a2b3cbf15e73c599bf9542b/master/pass/Wired.jpg Feed: All Latest
‘It is up to US to avert catastrophe of 'declared war' on North Korea’
It is unprecedented at the UN that the president of the US threatened to murder 25 million people in the small country of North Korea; now it is up to the US to prevent a catastrophe, says Korea Peace Network member Dr. Simone Chun. North Korea’s Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho claimed Donald Trump “declared war […]
Pyongyang seeks Southeast Asian states’ help to avert ‘nuclear holocaust’
North Korea is seeking support from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations to prevent a potential “nuclear holocaust,” as US President Donald Trump warns of the possibility of a “major conflict” in the Korean Peninsula if diplomacy fails. Washington’s actions and rhetoric are pushing the region to the “brink of war,” North Korean Foreign Minister […]
