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China tensions rising, US revives WWII-era Pacific airfield

WASHINGTON, Dec 30, 2023 (AFP) - In the middle of the Pacific ocean, an abandoned US airfield once key to…

US approves ’emergency’ sale of munitions to Israel

WASHINGTON, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) - The United States on Friday announced the approval of a $147.5 million sale of…

West Coast battered by rogue waves, leaving injuries and destruction in its wake

By Huw GRIFFITH LOS ANGELES, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) - Huge surf was battering the US West Coast on Friday,…

SpaceX launches secretive US military spacecraft on research mission

WASHINGTON, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) - SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket blasted back into space on Thursday night to ferry the…

Legal battles loom as first Mickey Mouse copyright ends

By Andrew MARSZAL LOS ANGELES, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) - Almost a century after his big-screen debut, Mickey Mouse enters…

US warship shoots down drone, missile fired by Yemen’s Huthis

WASHINGTON, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) - An American warship shot down a drone and an anti-ship ballistic missile fired Thursday…

US state of Maine blocks Trump from its Republican presidential primary

By Anita Chang BEATTIE WASHINGTON, Dec 29, 2023 (AFP) - The US state of Maine on Thursday blocked former president…

Russia, NASA agree to continue joint ISS flights until 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 28, 2023 (AFP) - Russian and US space agencies have agreed to keep working together to deliver crews…

US releases final package of authorized military aid for Ukraine

WASHINGTON, Dec 27, 2023 (AFP) - The US government on Wednesday announced what it said was the last remaining package…

Miracle on I-94: Driver rescued after nearly week trapped

By Michael Mathes WASHINGTON, Dec 27, 2023 (AFP) - A man who crashed his truck under an Indiana bridge and…

US says it downs many drones, missiles fired by Huthis over Red Sea

DUBAI, Dec 26, 2023 (AFP) - US military forces shot down more than a dozen attack drones and several missiles…

Body of US-Israeli killed in Hamas attack held in Gaza, says kibbutz

JERUSALEM, Dec 22, 2023 (AFP) - A US-Israeli man believed to have been taken captive by Hamas militants on October…

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