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Brisbane (Australia) (AFP) – Washington will seek to bolster its shrinking weapons stockpiles by helping Australia develop a missile manufacturing and exporting industry, top officials said Saturday after high-level talks between the two countries. A…
Seoul (AFP) – A US soldier is believed to have been detained by North Korea after crossing the heavily fortified border — an incident likely to further aggravate Washington’s troubled relations with the nuclear-armed state. Hours later, North Korea f…
Israeli head of state Isaac Herzog assured US President Joe Biden that he is committed to finding a solution amid the heated mood in his country and US concerns over a planned judicial shake-up. “Israeli democracy is sound, strong and resilient,” Herz…
Beijing (AFP) – US climate envoy John Kerry held four hours of talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing Monday, reviving stalled diplomacy on reducing planet-warming emissions. Climate talks between the two biggest greenhouse gas emitters came to…
Washington (AFP) – US consumer inflation cooled in June to its lowest rate since early 2021, according to government data released Wednesday — an encouraging sign for policymakers battling cost-of-living pressures. The key inflation gauge, the consum…
Washington (AFP) – US President Joe Biden will head to Europe in a week for a three-nation trip, including a NATO summit, focused on reinforcing the international coalition backing Ukraine as it pursues a counteroffensive against Russia. Biden is set …
Washington (AFP) – Russia’s war in Ukraine has had a “corrosive” effect on Russian President Vladimir Putin, CIA Director William Burns said Saturday, with discontent over the conflict creating a “once-in-a generation opportunity” for the spy agency. …
Providence (United States) (AFP) – Leave mushroom spores in a mold for a couple weeks and they’ll bloom into a puffy material akin to brie, says Rachel Rosenkrantz, a sustainability-minded guitar-maker innovating with biomaterials. Once her mycelium, …
Danang (Vietnam) (AFP) – A US aircraft carrier arrived in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Sunday, AFP journalists saw, weeks after Hanoi protested against Chinese vessels sailing in its waters. The USS Ronald Reagan’s port call in Danang come…
Islamabad (AFP) – The family of the British-Pakistani father and son among the five people who died on the Titanic tourist submersible expressed “profound grief” at their loss Friday. Shahzada Dawood, 48, and his son Suleman, 19, are members of the Da…