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Twitter extends 280 character limit worldwide after successful trial

Twitterisgoingglobalwith280-charactertweetsafteritfoundthechangedidnotimpactthebrevityandspeedofmostposts.Thesocialmediagiant,whichhasaround330mmonthlyactiveuse

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Uganda's president endorses move to remove presidential age limit

Uganda'sPresidentYoweriMusevenihasforthefirsttimeopenlybackedamovebyhisrulingNationalResistanceMovement(NRM)toscrapthepresidentialagelimitaheadofthe2021polls.Th

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Twitter may double character limit for tweets

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Austrian interior minister sets upper limit for number of asylum seekers

​Austrian Minister of the Interior Johanna Mikl-Leitner on Monday stated that in her view Austria will limit the number of asylum seekers accepted in 2016 to a fixed 37,500.

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Obama signs debt limit increase into law

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday signed a bill that lifts the country's debt ceiling through March 15, 2015, declaring a halt of the fierce bipartisan contention on the issue in a year of Congressional election.

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Obama signs debt limit increase into law

U.S. President Barack Obama on Saturday signed a bill that lifts the country's debt ceiling through March 15, 2015, declaring a halt of the fierce bipartisan contention on the issue in a year of Congressional election.

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U.S. Senate passes debt limit extension bill

U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a bill to extend the country's debt limit into 2015, sending it to President Barack Obama for his signature.

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U.S. House passes "clean" debt-limit bill

U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday approved a bill with no provisions attached to extend the limit on the federal government's borrowing authority.

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U.S. Treasury Department sets debt limit deadline on Feb. 27

The U.S. Treasury Department will run out of its abilities to pay the nation's debt by Feb. 27, unless Congress takes its responsibility and raises the debt limit, the Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Friday.