Federal investigators probing what led to fatal crash of unresponsive plane intercepted by US fighter jets near DC
Federal officials are investigating the crash of an unresponsive plane that flew near the US Capitol region on Sunday, prompting military fighter jets to rush to intercept the aircraft before it ultimately careened into northern Virginia, leaving no survivors, authorities say.
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UN climate chief calls fossil fuel phase out key to curbing warming but may not be on talks' agenda
The United Nations climate chief says phasing out all fossil fuels is central to curbing global warming
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Chinese state media dismisses U.S. diplomat's visit to Beijing
BEIJING A Chinese state-backed newspaper criticised the visit of a senior U.S. State Department official to China, saying
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Analysis - Dollar bears bide their time as U.S. economic strength persists
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK A strong U.S. economy is giving an unexpected boost to the dollar,
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UBS: takeover of Credit Suisse to close as early as June 12
By John Revill ZURICH UBS said on Monday it will complete its takeover of Credit Suisse "as early
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Protester turned protector, Ben-Gvir officiates uneasily at Jerusalem Pride
By Emily Rose JERUSALEM Accustomed to a hostile response from some religious residents of Jerusalem, participants in the
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What to know about the legislative inquiry into Ronald Greene's deadly arrest
Louisiana legislators who last year demanded answers from Gov. John Bel Edwards on whether he was complicit in a cover-up of troopers’ deadly arrest of a Black motorist have quietly abandoned their work without hearing from the governor or issuing any findings
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Fizzled probe spares governor scrutiny over Ronald Greene’s deadly arrest
Louisiana legislators who last year demanded answers from Gov. John Bel Edwards on whether he was complicit in a cover-up of state troopers’ deadly arrest of a Black motorist have quietly abandoned their work without hearing from the governor or issuing any findings
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Mexico president's ruling party wins governorship of country's most populous state
A quick-count sampling of votes for governor of Mexico’s most populous state suggests a victory for the candidate from the governing party of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, which would end nearly a century of uninterrupted rule by the Institutional Revolutionary Party
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US releases video showing close-call in Taiwan Strait with Chinese destroyer
The United States military has released video of what it called an “unsafe” Chinese maneuver in the Taiwan Strait on the weekend, in which a Chinese navy ship cut sharply across the path of an American destroyer, forcing the U.S. ship to slow to avoid a collision
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Biden set for critical talks on Ukraine this week with Denmark's Frederiksen, UK's Sunak
President Joe Biden is welcoming Denmark and Britain’s prime ministers this week to Washington for talks that will focus heavily on the war in Ukraine—including the recently-launched effort to train, and eventually equip, Ukraine with F-16 fighter jets
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Racist abuse of Vinícius Júnior highlights entrenched problem in soccer
The vicious, relentless and high-profile racist insults directed at Brazilian soccer player Vinícius Júnior underscore an entrenched and decades-old issue that refuses to go away in the world's most popular sport
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