September 28, 2023
As the Senate marches ahead with a bipartisan approach to prevent a government shutdown, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy is back to square one — asking his hard-right Republicans to do what they have said they would never do: approve their own temporary House measure to keep the government open. The Republican speaker laid out his
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This is part of a series of interviews with the winners of The Economic Times Startup Awards 2023.Petcare brand Heads Up for Tails (HUFT) is looking to chart newer domains of growth and plans to take its private-label portfolio across nutrition, grooming and lifestyle products to the global market in 2024, its founder Rashi Narang
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The Powerball jackpot rose to $835 million after no ticket matched all the numbers in Monday night’s draw. That means there’s a chance, albeit a very slim one, to win a massive payout during Wednesday night’s drawing; the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million. Monday’s drawing marked the 29th in
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With daylight saving set to kick in this weekend, many Aussies stand to lose more than just an hour of their day, with experts warning that many could be in for a week of mass fatigue. In NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania, South Australia the ACT, Australian Eastern Daylight Time (AEDT) will kick in from
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The first American-made Abrams tanks arrived in Ukraine months ahead of schedule, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Monday. The tanks arrived in Ukraine in time to assist with the country’s ongoing counteroffensive against Russian forces, an effort whose window is closing due to the impending winter. Zelenskyy did not clarify how many tanks, but the
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Star Sports, the official broadcaster of Asia Cup 2023, has achieved a record milestone for sports viewing in India ahead of the upcoming ICC World Cup 2023. With 266 million viewers tuning in to the Star Sports’ live broadcast for the tournament, excluding the final, Asia Cup 2023 has become the most-watched edition of the
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The Yes camp have suffered another blow with just weeks to go until the Voice to Parliament referendum, with a new poll showing support has slumped to its lowest level yet. The latest Newspoll shows the “Yes” vote plummeting another two points to just 36 per cent, suggesting the Yes campaign have failed to generate
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The Australian’s Washington Correspondent Adam Creighton says the US economy is in a strange position after US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell signalled interest rates may need to rise further this year. The rates decision comes at a critical time for US President Joe Biden, who has been dealing with an automotive workers strike, rising
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Melanie Dinjaski is an experienced sports journalist at the Canberra Times with a genuine love of all sports. She’s covered every code from NRL to NFL, and has experience in print, digital, podcasting, TV and video journalism, having spent time working in newsrooms at Nine, Fox Sports and Seven before moving to the capital. Melanie
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Pope Francis met with President Emmanuel Macron of France on Saturday on the second day of a whirlwind trip to Marseille, a port city in the country’s south where the pontiff issued a forceful condemnation of the world’s indifference toward the deaths of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean to Europe. Thousands of police officers
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