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Biden, McCarthy reach tentative US debt ceiling deal — reuters.com — 28 May 2023 (LINK)
— The deal would suspend the debt limit through January of 2025, while capping spending in the 2024 and 2025 budgets, claw back unused COVID funds, speed up the permitting process for some energy projects and includes some extra work requirements for food aid programs for poor Americans.
Voting starts in Turkey presidential election runoff
— ground.news: 94 media reports — 28 May 2023 (LINK)
Avalanche in northern Pakistan kills 11 members of nomadic tribe — ground.news: 60 media reports — 27 May 2023 (LINK)
