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WASHINGTON: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (left) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) talk to reporters outside the West Wing after meeting with US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris about raising the debt limit.- AFP

US debt deal faces tough sell in Congress to avoid default
WASHINGTON: The US Capitol is seen in Washington, DC. President Joe Biden said he is ‘hopeful’ for a resolution within hours to the US debt ceiling standoff between Democrats and Republicans, raising hopes of an imminent end to the threat of default by the world’s biggest economy. - AFP

What happens if US fails to lift debt limit by June 5?
NEW YORK: Traders work the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York City. - AFP

Global stocks climb on debt deal hopes
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Washington seen inching closer to debt deal
DOHA: International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said Wednesday that protracted domestic wrangling over the US debt ceiling was “unnecessary” for the world economy but should be settled.

US debt battle ‘unnecessary’ for world economy: IMF chief
WASHINGTON: US President Joe Biden (center) speaks during a meeting on the debt limit with (left to right) US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, US Vice President Kamala Harris, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 16, 2023. -- AFP

US debt row overshadows Biden’s truncated Asia trip
GLASGOW: In this file photo taken on November 03, 2021 US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks to the press during the COP26 UN Climate Summit in Glasgow. —AFP

China needs to be ‘more active’ in G20 debt relief effort: Yellen
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina: Photo released by the Argentinian Ministry of Economy of Argentinian Economy Minister Martin Guzman (right) delivering a press conference on an agreement reached with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next to Argentinian Chief of Cabinet Juan Luis Manzur, in Buenos Aires on Friday. — AFP

Argentina president announces new debt deal with IMF
WASHINGTON, US: A person jogs past the US Capitol in Washington, DC. US lawmakers rubber-stamped a short-term bill to lift the nation's borrowing authority Tuesday, averting the threat of a first-ever debt default -- but only for a few weeks. - AFPnn

US Congress averts default with stop-gap debt limit hike
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah meets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the opening ceremony of Khaleeji Zain 26 at Sheikh Jaber International Stadium on Dec 21, 2024.
Modi on landmark visit to Kuwait, hails Indian expats’ contributions
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KUWAIT: HH the Amir Sheikh Meshal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah attends the inauguration ceremony of Khaleeji Zain 26, along with HH the Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, FIFA President Gianni Infantino, HH the Prime Minister Sheikh Ahmad Al-Abdullah Al-Sabah, HH Sheikh Nasser Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah and senior sheikhs at Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium on Dec 21, 2024. - Amiri Diwan photos
Amir launches Khaleeji Zain 26
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KUWAIT: Healthcare professionals who were part of the medical team participating in the surgery in Kuwait pose for a group photo. — KUNA
Kuwaiti doctor performs region’s first remote robotic prostatectomy
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Kuwait's Deputy Prime Minister, Defense Minister, and Interior Minister Sheikh Fahad Al-Yousef Saud Al-Sabah (right) welcomes India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi (left) upon his arrival. — KUNA
Trade, commerce key pillars of strong Kuwait-India ties: Modi
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MAGDEBURG, Germany: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz speaks to the press during a visit to the site of a car-ramming attack on a Christmas market on Dec 21, 2024. - AFP
Deadly attack on German Xmas market