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Stories for October 1st 2021

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 08:41 UTC

  United States barely avert gov't shutdown, but only for a few months

  

  US President Joseph Biden Thursday signed into law the government funding bill, hours after Congress agreed on it in a last-minute rush to avoid a shutdown.

• Friday, October 1st 2021 - 07:06 UTC

  Barbados to quit British Commonwealth effective December 1

  

  The Parliament of Barbados has passed by 25 votes to none a Constitutional Amendment whereby the former British colony, which remained within the Commonwealth after its declaration of independence in 1966 will become a republic and thus remove Queen Elizabeth as head of state. The decision will become effective on Dec. 1.