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WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan bill to speed government drug approvals and bolster biomedical research cleared its last procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday in an emotional moment for outgoing Vice President Joe Biden. The Senate agreed, and lawmakers of both parties applauded and lined up to share quiet words and pats on the shoulder with the vice president, who sat teary-eyed in the presiding officer's chair of the chamber where he served as senator for 36 years. Some Democrats complained... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan bill to speed government drug approvals and bolster biomedical research cleared its last procedural hurdle in the Senate on Monday in an emotional moment for outgoing Vice President Joe Biden. The Senate agreed, and lawmakers of both parties applauded and lined up to share quiet words and pats on the shoulder with the vice president, who sat teary-eyed in the presiding officer's chair of the chamber where he served as senator for 36 years. Some Democrats complained... Читать дальше...

A UN inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation by its peacekeepers in Central African Republic identified 41 possible perpetrators, the UN Internal Oversight Office said Monday.

The Iraqi ground effort to wrest away control of the country's second-biggest city, Mosul, from ISIS has dragged on since mid-October, and it looks set to continue into the new year.

Protesters persisted, government blinked — and those who’ve been worried about democracy have been given reason to hope.

Shares rebound as investors take a relaxed view of Italy's no vote, ahead of the RBA's rates decision, while Origin shares jump.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Officials say an off-duty sheriff's deputy has died and two other people hurt when two vehicles plunged into a water-filled sinkhole in San Antonio. The Bexar (bayr) County Sheriff's Office on Monday identified the victim as 69-year-old Deputy Dora Linda Nishihara (nee-shee-HAR'-uh), who was a courthouse bailiff.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers on Monday urged President-elect Donald Trump to refrain from pursuing mass deportations and introduced urgent legislation to fund immigration lawyers and help public defenders protect the state's immigrants.