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UNITED STATES

House OKs stopgap bill to avert shutdown

The US House of Representatives cleared the way on Wednesday for a vote later this week on a stopgap funding measure to avert a partial federal government shutdown in two weeks. Lawmakers voted 216-210 to approve a measure allowing the House to open debate on the stopgap legislation, which would provide funding for federal agencies through Nov 21, giving the House and Senate additional time to reach agreement on full-scale appropriations bills for fiscal year 2026, which begins on Oct 1.

FRANCE

Gold worth $700,000 stolen from museum

Thieves have broken into Paris' National Museum of Natural History making off with gold samples worth 600,000 euros ($700,000) in the latest of a series of robberies from cultural institutions, according to the museum. Famed for its dinosaur skeletons and taxidermy, the museum also houses a geology and mineralogy gallery. A police source said that the museum's alarm and surveillance systems had been disabled by a cyber attack in July, but it was unclear if they were working when the theft took place.

Agencies - Xinhua