WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Senate on Sunday night advanced a bipartisan spending package in a bid to end the longest government shutdown, which has entered its 40th day and caused a series of escalating disruptions.
The upper chamber voted 60-40 in a key procedural vote to move forward a spending package, which would fund most federal agencies at current levels through Jan. 30, and fund the Agriculture Department, the Veterans Affairs Department and military construction projects, and the operations of Congress, for the full fiscal year. (U.S.-Senate-Shutdown)
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BELEM, Brazil -- The 30th United Nations climate change conference, commonly known as COP30, opened Monday in Belem, Brazil, with the aim of putting the fight against climate change back in the center of international priorities, according to local authorities.
At the opening ceremony, COP29 President Mukhtar Babayev called to meet the goals of the climate summit held last year in Baku, the capital of Azerbaijan. (Brazil-COP30-Summit)
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WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday met with Syrian interim leader Ahmad al-Sharaa at the White House, widely seen as a crucial step in normalizing U.S.-Syria relations.
No reporters and cameras were allowed to get access to the meeting in the Oval Office.
Syria is putting the permanent repeal of U.S. sanctions as its top priority, while Washington focuses on bringing Damascus into the U.S.-led global coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, officials from both countries revealed before the Monday talks. (U.S.-Syria-Relations)
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NEW DELHI -- Eight people among those who were brought to a hospital after a blast in Delhi died on Monday evening, the hospital's medical superintendent confirmed.
A total of seven injured people were still in the hospital, and three of them were in critical condition. (India-Blast-Casualty) Enditem
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