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The politics of the Greek financial crisis inspire Berlin restaurant owner to create a "Hellenic - European Drama" menu, that reflects the main protagonists in this Greek drama. Sharon Reich reports.
After a Greek government official said, the country would not pay the IMF on Tuesday, stocks tumbled, with the major indexes falling around two percent. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Third time unlucky for the euro zone as the latest in a trio of meetings in the last week fails to cut a deal between Greece and its international creditors. As Ivor Bennett reports, euro zone leaders are now said to be eyeing a 'Plan B' in case of a default.
Heavy machinery moves soil at a makeshift dam while workers hoist giant pipes over mounds of earth at two construction sites in the south of Uruguay, as the South American country struggles to enhance its aging water delivery infrastructure to cope with an unprecedented three-year-long drought that has put at risk the supply of tap water for about 60% of the population. IMAGES
President Biden is not currently planning to invoke the 14th Amendment to prevent a US debt default, the White House says, ruling out a constitutional solution to the current debt impasse. Invoking the 14th Amendment to the constitution, which some legal scholars argue would let the US Treasury ignore the debt limit, "is not going to fix the current problem we have right now," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. SOUNDBITE
President Joe Biden will still leave Wednesday for the G7 summit in Japan but is reevaluating the rest of his planned tour of Asia, spokesperson for the White House National Security Council John Kirby tells reporters, as the White House negotiates with Republican leaders to avoid a US debt default. Until now the president had planned to also visit Papua New Guinea and Australia after the G7 meeting in Hiroshima. SOUNDBITE
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