USA: Republicans cancel talks meant to avoid US government shutdown
• 2025年9月27日 下午3:28
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House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump and the Republican Party are “marching the country” into a government shutdown over their refusal to meet with Democrats and strike a deal to save health care funding from cuts. This shutdown, not the nation's first, could be more difficult. Trump’s budget office this week ordered federal agencies to prepare a mass firing of federal workers, rather than the typical temporary employee furlough, if the federal government were to close. Story by Catherine Viette.
MSF revives rescue mission in Mediterranean after new disaster kills 42
• 上午10:39
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Last week, a boat carrying migrants capsized off the coast of Libya, killing at least 42 people. The incident was the latest in a series of disasters that have killed more than a thousand people in the Mediterranean this year. Humanitarian group MSF - or
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Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concern
• 上午10:28
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Japan's new prime minister says she only gets two to four hours of sleep every night. Sanae Takaichi faces criticism for setting a bad example, as her government also mulls raising the upper limit on overtime work. Report by Mélodie Sforza, Himari Semans
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