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Nearly a million-and-a-half US power customers were in the dark Friday as a severe winter storm walloped the country, causing highway closures and thousands of flight cancelations days before Christmas. Heavy snow, howling winds and air so…
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Russia's ambassador to the United States said that the risk of a clash between the US and Russia was "high", Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported. TASS cited Anatoly Antonov as saying that it was hard to say when talks on…
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The number of Covid-19 cases registered in the US since the start of the pandemic in early 2020 exceeded a staggering 100 million, Johns Hopkins University has said, amid a sharp spike in caseloads globally and the WHO making a strong pitch…
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The United States on Friday once again welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's position on the Ukraine conflict, which calls for the cessation of all kinds of violence and the pursuit of the path of diplomacy. "We would take PM Modi at his…
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The world needed bold climate action this year, and we got it. California and other states announced plans to phase out gas-powered cars after 2035. The United States ratified an international treaty to slash production of the…
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A San Francisco police investigator told a court that the man accused of attacking US house speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, was also targetting several other public figures, including Hollywood actor Tom Hanks. The police officer further…
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The Pentagon said the US department of defence is closely watching the situation along the Line of Actual Control and slammed China for continuing to "amass forces and build military infrastructure along the so-called LAC". Pentagon press…
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The US Department of Energy said Sunday it would announce a "major scientific breakthrough" this week, after media reported a federal laboratory had recently achieved a major milestone in nuclear fusion research. The Financial Times…
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An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve as a city's top leader in the U.S. Jaylen Smith, who is Black, was elected mayor of Earle in…
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The United States plans to impose new sanctions against Russia and China on Friday that include punishing Moscow for its use of Iranian drones in its war against Ukraine, two U.S. officials said on Thursday. The sanctions will also target…
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