As 800,000 US government workers contemplate their second missed paycheck due on Friday, the US Senate will vote on two competing proposals aimed at ending the ongoing government shutdown.
The votes will be heard on Thursday - one backed by Republicans, the other by Democrats - but both likely to fail.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
India detains ‘cockroach’ movement leaders at Delhi protest site
Leaders of India’s “cockroach” youth movement have been detained on Tuesday after jumping barricades to enter a historic observatory in Delhi, chanting slogans demanding the resignation of the country’s election chief.
Saudi Arabia intercepts 2 Houthi ballistic missiles
Yemen's Saudi-led coalition said on Tuesday two ballistic missiles launched by Houthis toward Saudi Arabia's Khamis Mushait have been intercepted and destroyed, according to the Saudi Press Agency.
First major Irish public sector strike in almost two decades set to go ahead
Much of Ireland's public sector is set to go on strike for the first time since the height of the country's financial crisis in 2009, after trade unions rejected a late bid by the government to avert the stoppage.
Pope Leo to enter hospital on Tuesday for surgery on lung nodule
Pope Leo was due to be hospitalised in Rome on Tuesday ahead of surgery to remove a small growth on one of his lungs, in the first major health issue of his 17-month tenure.
NASA's Perseverance rover breaks record for off-planet driving on Mars
NASA's robotic Perseverance rover has now driven farther than any other vehicle on the surface of any world other than Earth, racking up 45.2 km since arriving on Mars in 2021, the US space agency said on Tuesday.
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