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The US Senate votes to stave off a credit default that would have sparked a recession and roiled world markets as Democrats and Republicans agreed to a stop-gap fix to raise the nation's debt limit. SOUNDBITE
"Sweden is supporting Ukraine with its 16th aid package, its largest to date worth 13.3 billion kronor", i.e. 1.25 billion dollars, tells the Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch during a press conference focusing on military support of the Nordic country to Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Republicans in the US House of Representatives pass a bill that will raise the national borrowing limit, but only in conjunction with drastic spending cuts, as they seek to avert a potentially ruinous looming credit default. IMAGES
Signs shaking and people spilling into the streets from homes and hotels in Mexico City as a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Mexico near the Pacific coast IMAGES
The 66.8-meter-high main pagoda and the other four pagodas of the Arun temple shine emerald green light as the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) illuminates its famous Temple of Dawn (Arun Temple) in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day as part of Ireland's Global Greening Programme. Hundred of spectators enjoy the never-before-seen nighttime spectacle at the pagodas that are otherwise gold-coloured in the daytime sun. IMAGES