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15 Jun 2023
The US military can develop and operate out of bases in Papua New Guinea, according to a landmark security pact underpinning Washington's efforts to outflank China in the Pacific.
14 Jun 2023
Donald Trump is reaching into his familiar playbook as he fights the first federal criminal charges ever lodged against a former US president.
14 Jun 2023
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Wednesday for open lines of communication as he spoke with China's foreign minister, ahead of planned face-to-face discussions in Beijing.
14 Jun 2023
Senior administration officials of the United States yesterday stated that substantial gains have been made in U.S.-Africa relations six months after the second U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit (USALS), hosted by U.S. President, Joe Biden, in December 2022.
14 Jun 2023
Former President Trump pleaded not guilty at a Miami federal courthouse, yesterday, to 37 federal felony counts related to his alleged refusal to hand over classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago residence.
13 Jun 2023
Donald Trump denied dozens of criminal counts of willfully mishandling US government secrets and scheming to prevent their return, in a historic first appearance Tuesday in federal court.
13 Jun 2023
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called Tuesday for maintaining but streamlining a peacekeeping mission in troubled Mali, whose military leaders have clashed with the West and turned to Russia.
13 Jun 2023
Al-Qaeda's Yemen branch has released a new video of a United Nations worker abducted 16 months ago in the war-torn country, the SITE Intelligence Group said.
13 Jun 2023
Police arrested a man Tuesday after three people were found dead and a van tried to mow down three others in the central English city of Nottingham in incidents authorities believe are linked.
13 Jun 2023
Donald Trump is due in court Tuesday to face dozens of felony counts of mishandling US government secrets, in the most serious yet of a firestorm of criminal probes threatening to derail his bid to win back the White House.
13 Jun 2023
The four Indigenous children rescued after wandering the Colombian Amazon for 40 days are recovering and in "high spirits", welfare officials said Monday, even drawing a picture thought to depict a missing army search dog.
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