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Raising the debt ceiling | A fierce battle looms in the US Congress
(Washington) The bitter battle between Democrats and Republicans to avoid a cataclysmic default of payment by the United States moves to Congress on Sunday where it promises to be fierce…
Raising the debt ceiling | President Biden and Republicans reach tentative agreement
(Washington) A few days before the deadline, US President Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle” on Saturday to avoid a default in payment by…
Raising of the American debt ceiling | Intense negotiations to avoid default
(Washington) Democrats and Republicans seemed close to an agreement on Saturday to avoid a default by the United States before the new deadline of June 5, but the negotiations still…
Raising the debt ceiling | Still no breakthrough one week from the deadline
(Washington) A risk of bankruptcy… and parliamentary holidays: one week before a possible default in payment by the United States, the elected representatives of Congress returned to their constituencies on…
Raising the salaries of deputies, is it urgent?
All governments want to avoid this debate on the review of MPs’ compensation. For decades, this subject has always aroused unexpected, sometimes unreasonable passions. The recent tabling of a bill…
Horn of Africa | UN hopes to avert famine after raising $2.4 billion
(United Nations) The United Nations said on Wednesday that it had “averted famine” in the Horn of Africa thanks to the collection of 2.4 billion dollars for this region hit…
Raising the debt ceiling | Negotiations continue to avoid the worst in Washington
(Washington) As the countdown ticks away before a possible bankruptcy of the United States, the teams of Joe Biden and the negotiators of the Republican camp again sought Tuesday, without…
[Série] Raising awareness with Caroline Monnet
Taking the pretext of new appointments to the Order of Arts and Letters of Quebec, The duty invites you into the imagination of artists whose exemplary work promotes culture. On…
Raising the debt ceiling | “A productive discussion”, but disagree
(Washington) While the threat of an American default hovers, Joe Biden and opposition leader Kevin McCarthy wanted to believe Monday in a way out of the crisis, but their disagreements…
Raising the debt ceiling | Tensions remain high between Democrats and Republicans
(Washington) Joe Biden and Kevin McCarthy, his main Republican opponent on the issue of raising the US public debt, will resume discussions on Monday after a weekend of deadlock to…
Raising the debt ceiling | Setback in negotiations between the White House and the Republicans
(Washington) Negotiations between the White House and the Republican opposition over the debt ceiling appeared to be deadlocked Saturday night in Washington, with each side accusing the other of stalling…
Raising the debt ceiling | Monday meeting between Biden and McCarthy
(Washington) President Joe Biden and Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy will meet in person on Monday to continue their very tough negotiations on the US debt ceiling. Posted at 8:29 Updated…
Raising the debt ceiling | Republican proposals are ‘unacceptable’, says Biden
(Washington) Joe Biden on Sunday deemed the Republican proposals “unacceptable” in the context of the tense negotiations on the American debt ceiling, while believing that a solution could still be…
Raising the debt ceiling | Setback in negotiations between the White House and the Republicans
(Washington) Negotiations between the White House and the Republican opposition over the debt ceiling appeared to be deadlocked on Saturday night in Washington, with each side accusing the other of…
Raising the debt ceiling | US could enter ‘recession’ without deal
(Washington) US President Joe Biden said on Sunday he remains “optimistic” about the possibility of reaching an agreement with his Republican opponents to raise the debt ceiling and avoid the…
Raising the debt ceiling | The United States could enter “in recession” if an agreement is not reached
(Washington) Joe Biden’s government warned on Sunday that the United States would enter “a recession” which could cause the loss of “millions of jobs”, if an agreement on raising the…
Raising the debt ceiling | The political calendar is a little more complicated
(Washington) The political calendar became a little more complicated on Thursday with regard to the risk of a default by the United States, with the postponement until next week of…
Raising the debt ceiling | Republicans are holding the economy ‘hostage’, Biden accuses
(Valhalla) Joe Biden, entangled in difficult negotiations with the Republicans on the public debt, once again criticized them on Wednesday for holding the economy “hostage” with the threat of a…
Raising the debt ceiling | Joe Biden will not ‘negotiate’ with Republicans
(Washington) Joe Biden will not “negotiate” with Republicans on raising the debt ceiling, which the US Congress must decide on pain of default by the United States, his spokeswoman Karine…
The Bank of Canada considered raising its key rate earlier in April
(Ottawa) The Bank of Canada considered raising interest rates earlier in April amid concerns it was too slow to react to persistent inflation. Posted yesterday at 4:53 p.m. Nojoud Al…