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12:31pm, 12th February, 2019

Trump undecided on deal to avert another government shutdown

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he has yet to decide whether to support an agreement reached by congressional negotiators to avert another partial government shutdown that includes no funds for his promised U.S.-Mexican border wall.

White House says Trump undecided on deal to avert another shutdown

10:26am, 12th February, 2019

Politics

White House says Trump undecided on deal to avert another shutdown

President Donald Trump has not yet decided whether to back a deal hammered out by congressional negotiators to avert another partial government shutdown, the White House said on Tuesday, putting the future of the agreement that contains funds for U.S...

Stocks buoyed by deal to avert U.S. government shutdown

1:33am, 12th February, 2019

Business

Stocks buoyed by deal to avert U.S. government shutdown

Asian shares gained on Tuesday as investors hoped a new round of U.S.-China trade talks would help to resolve a dispute that has dented global growth and some corporate earnings.

U.S. lawmakers to hold border security talks in bid to avert shutdown

4:37pm, 11th February, 2019

Politics

U.S. lawmakers to hold border security talks in bid to avert shutdown

The top four Democratic and Republican negotiators in the U.S. Congress on border security funding plan to meet on Monday in a bid to reach an elusive deal by a Friday deadline to avert another partial government shutdown.

Top U.S. lawmakers to resume border talks, avert shutdown

10:20am, 11th February, 2019

Politics

Top U.S. lawmakers to resume border talks, avert shutdown

The top four Democratic and Republican negotiators in the U.S. Congress on border security funding plan to meet on Monday in an attempt to reach a deal that would avert another partial government shutdown by a Friday deadline.

Congressional talks to avert shutdown stall over detention policies

11:19am, 10th February, 2019

Politics

Congressional talks to avert shutdown stall over detention policies

Border security talks between Republican and Democratic lawmakers seeking to avert another U.S. government shutdown on Friday have broken down over immigration detention policies, a Republican senator said.

Iran seeks to avert disaster in Syria's Idlib: Iranian senior official

3:24am, 11th September, 2018

World

Iran seeks to avert disaster in Syria's Idlib: Iranian senior official

Iran shares the United Nations' concern about a potential humanitarian catastrophe in Syria's Idlib province and will seek to avert it, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, special assistant to Iran's foreign minister, told reporters on Tuesday.

As investment stalls, auto industry warns PM May: Avert a Brexit car crash

6:37am, 26th June, 2018

UK

As investment stalls, auto industry warns PM May: Avert a Brexit car crash

LONDON (Reuters) - Uncertainty over Brexit has halved new investment in the British car industry and Prime Minister Theresa May should urgently change tack to keep the world's fifth largest economy in the EU's customs union, the country&#03...

U.S., China launch trade talks to avert tariff war, economic damage

2:15pm, 17th May, 2018

Business

U.S., China launch trade talks to avert tariff war, economic damage

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China launch a second round of trade talks on Thursday to try to avert a damaging tariff war, with the Trump administration demanding a $200 billion cut in China's U.S. trade surplus and greater prote...