The Treasury Department will exhaust its ability to pay all its bills sometime between July and September, unless the current $31.4 trillion cap on borrowing is raised or suspended, the Congressional Budget Office said.
- WorldRussia declares battlefield gains as Ukraine urges faster military aid
Russia said on Wednesday it had broken through two of Ukraine's fortified defence lines in the east and Kyiv spoke of relentless Russian attacks making it "difficult for us", as Western allies announced more military aid for Kyiv including artillery rounds.
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Avian flu has reached new corners of the globe and become endemic for the first time in some wild birds that transmit the virus to poultry, according to veterinarians and disease experts, who warn it is now a year-round problem.
- WorldAl Qaeda's new leader Adel has $10 million bounty on his head
Seif al-Adel, a former Egyptian special forces officer and a high-ranking member of al Qaeda with a $10 million U.S. bounty on his head, is the "uncontested" leader of the militant group, according to the U.N.
A year into the Ukraine war
- Putin, secure in power, sets stage for long and draining warWorld ·
February 15, 2023 · 5:16 AM UTC Vladimir Putin casts the war in Ukraine as a watershed when Russia finally stood up to the West - but some within the elite fear he has committed his country to a long and fruitless drain on lives and resources.
The Wider Image
'The grandson was crying, her daughter was crying. It was emotional.'On the road from Donetsk, evacuation ends in heartbreak
Talking Points
Earnings
- AfricaAlgeria arrests one person who threatened to blast Saudi embassy
Algerian security forces arrested one person who threatened to blast the headquarters of the Saudi embassy in Algiers, Algerian state TV reported on Wednesday.
- EuropeSerb nationalists pledge riots if Belgrade tries to improve ties with Kosovo
Hundreds of hardline Serb nationalists and pro-Russia activists rallied in downtown Belgrade, threatening riots if Serbia accepts a Western-backed plan aimed at mending ties with Kosovo, its former mainly Albanian southern province.
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