- Balloon recovery begins as US investigates what China’s leaders knew
- Israel to send earthquake aid to old foe Syria in a rare example of cooperation between enemy neighbors
- 48 arrested in Europe over encrypted app used in drug trade
- Last Typhoon removed from service
- Over 1,000 dead in Turkey, Syria after powerful earthquake
- Teenager Killed in Shark Attack in Australia
- US military has shot down the Chinese spy balloon off US East Coast, official says
- U.S. rocket artillery for Ukraine will double its explosive reach
- Northeast US, Canada gird for ‘epic’ Arctic blast
- Fashion designer Paco Rabanne, known for his chainmail designs, dies aged 88
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WASHINGTON— The United States has started to recover some parts from the Chinese balloon that an American F-22 fighter jet shot down off the coast of South Carolina, as Biden administration officials said the U.S. was still trying to figure out how much senior leaders in Beijing knew about the
- February 7, 2023
Israeli PM Netanyahu said he received an aid request, but a Syrian official has denied those bids. Israel said on Monday that it had received a Syrian request for assistance with earthquake relief for the Arab state and that it was prepared to oblige, in what would be rare cooperation
- February 6, 2023
BERLIN (AP) — European investigators have shut down an encrypted communication service that was used as a secure channel for organized crime, particularly in the drug trade, and arrested 48 people, German authorities said Monday. More than 70 properties were searched in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Poland on Friday,
- February 6, 2023
After 41 years in Arctic waters, the giant Cold War weapon TK-208 “Dmitri Donskoy” is withdrawn from service. The Typhoon was the largest class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines ever built. With a hull composed of two placed side-by-side, the 48,000 tons and 172-meter-long vessels could carry 20 missiles, each holding up to
- February 6, 2023
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