Secret CIA visit highlights Putin and Trump’s common strategic trap
The irony was not lost on anyone in the Kremlin. CIA Director John Ratcliffe touched down in Moscow this week carrying, by all accounts,…
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US military uses laser to down three Mexican cartel drones near border
For years, the southern border has been a theater of small, quiet confrontations — border patrols spotting suspicious lights in the dark,…
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A New York teenager and mother are among 90 Americans missing in Nepal as families desperately search for answers
A New York teenager and mother have been unaccounted for since catastrophic flash floods tore through Nepal and Tibet on Wednesday, leaving…
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Flash flooding impacts the Northeast amid multiple rounds of storms
The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic have entered a familiar summer rhythm: one storm system soaks the ground, the next arrives before the soil…
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‘World’s first solar ambulance’ just proved it works
A prototype vehicle built by Dutch engineering students has completed a demanding field trial across Kenya's rugged southwestern terrain, demonstrating that a
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A tiny nordic nation weighs moving closer to Europe under the shadow of Trump
On a warm Saturday in late August, when the island's five-month winter grip has finally loosened, roughly 400,000 Icelanders head to polling…
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Overflowing lake adds new danger to desperate rescue efforts following China-Nepal disaster
Overflowing lake adds new danger to desperate rescue efforts along the China-Nepal border, where crews are already battling the aftermath of a…
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Harald V, the sailing king who epitomized a modern Norwegian royalty, dies
Harald V, who spent three and a half decades as Norway's head of state and became Europe's oldest reigning monarch before his…
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Fed Chairman Kevin Warsh faces pressure to show his hand
The question hanging over global financial markets this week is deceptively simple: will the Federal Reserve's new chairman finally tell investors how…
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A judge suspends charges against an ex-Marine arrested on Trump’s golf course with ammunition
A judge suspends charges against a former Marine arrested at a presidential golf course, ordering a psychiatric evaluation before any trial can…
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