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Ex-security chief stole $745 million from contracts - Mexico 09 Feb 2023 - 08:54 pm
Mexico's Genaro Garcia Luna speaks during a ceremony to designate June 2 as Federal Police Day in Mexico City, June 2, 2011.  (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini, File)
Sen. John Fetterman hospitalized after feeling lightheaded 09 Feb 2023 - 06:44 pm
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 07: Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) arrives to the House Chambers for U.S. President Joe Biden's State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the U.S. Capitol on February 07, 2023 in Washington, DC. The speech marks Biden's first address to the new Republican-controlled House. Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
US says Chinese military behind vast aerial spy program 09 Feb 2023 - 05:52 pm
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (right) and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speak during a joint press conference at the State Department on February 08, 2023 in Washington, DC. (Photo by WIN MCNAMEE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
More Americans apply for jobless benefits last week 09 Feb 2023 - 05:00 pm
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US general to aggressors: Allies are battle-ready in Asia 09 Feb 2023 - 10:37 am
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Driver plows bus into Canadian day care, killing 2 children 09 Feb 2023 - 08:50 am
Laval, Canada, Police secure the scene where a city bus (C) crashed into a day care center on February 8, 2023. Photo by Anne-Sophie THILL / AFP
China's conducted spy balloon program for years: Pentagon 08 Feb 2023 - 11:48 pm
This picture provided by the US Navy shows sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the Atlantic ocean on February 5, 2023.  (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson / US NAVY / AFP)
White House rejects report that US was behind Nord Stream sabotage 08 Feb 2023 - 10:39 pm
Gas leaking from the sabotaged Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022. Handout / DANISH DEFENCE/AFP
US in touch with allies over global Chinese balloon 'fleet' 08 Feb 2023 - 08:59 pm
This picture provided by the US Navy shows sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the Atlantic ocean on February 5, 2023.  (Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tyler Thompson / US NAVY / AFP)
US, states weigh farmland restrictions after Chinese balloon 08 Feb 2023 - 03:33 pm
This picture provided by the US Navy shows sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, in the Atlantic ocean on February 5, 2023.
Biden urges US blue-collar resurgence in feisty Congress speech 08 Feb 2023 - 03:21 pm
US Vice President Kamala Harris and US Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) listen as US President Joe Biden delivers the State of the Union address, on February 7, 2023. (Photo by Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP)
US, EU ministers agree on need for 'full transparency' in green subsidies 08 Feb 2023 - 12:08 am
The German and French economy ministers, Robert Habeck (left) and Bruno Le Maire started meetings with US officials on February 7, 2023.  Brendan Smialowski / AFP
Trudeau promises $34.4 billion to shore up Canadian health care 07 Feb 2023 - 11:54 pm
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New areas under threat as Chile fires rage and mercury rises 07 Feb 2023 - 10:47 pm
Firefighters rest at the command post after fighting forest fires in Santa Juana, Concepcion province, Chile on February 6, 2023.  (Photo by JAVIER TORRES / AFP)
US trade deficit widens in 2022 to record on strong imports 07 Feb 2023 - 05:56 pm
The US trade deficit widened in December, taking the full year trade gap for 2022 to a record. © MARIO TAMA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File
At least 15 dead in landslides in southern Peru 07 Feb 2023 - 11:03 am
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UN human rights chief to visit Haiti this week 06 Feb 2023 - 11:15 pm
Volker Türk. File. | Photo Credit: AFP
International help arrives for fire-hit Chile 06 Feb 2023 - 11:07 pm
Firefighters prepare to load water into the US DC-10 Air Tanker at the Carriel Sur airport in Concepcion, Chile on February 6, 2023. - The forest fires that hit the south-central zone of Chile have already left 26 dead and have destroyed more than 1,100 homes, at a time when international aid begins to arrive to fight the flames.  (Photo by JAVIER TORRES / AFP)