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US to deploy upgraded Marine unit on Japan's Okinawa: Defense sec.
Jan 12, 2023 05:55US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says Washington will deploy a new missile-armed mobile Marine unit across Japan's southern island of Okinawa, as Washington and Tokyo step up military cooperation meant to deter China.
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Human rights groups renew calls for closing Guantanamo Bay prison
Jan 12, 2023 05:51Nearly 160 international rights groups have called on the United States to close down its detention center in Cuba’s Guantanamo Bay.
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Biden aides find second batch of classified documents at new location, reports say
Jan 12, 2023 05:36Aides to U.S. President Joe Biden have discovered at least one more batch of classified documents in a location separate from a think tank office he used after serving as vice president, news outlets reported on Wednesday, citing unnamed sources.
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FAA system outage causes thousands of flight delays and cancellations across the US
Jan 12, 2023 05:30The US aviation sector was struggling to return to normal following a nationwide ground stop imposed by Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) early Wednesday over a computer issue that forced a 90-minute halt to all US departing flights.
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US urged to apologize for nuke tests in Marshall Islands 60 years later
Jan 12, 2023 05:25Hundreds of arms control, environmental and other activist groups have called on the US to formally apologize to the Marshall Islands for the impact of extensive nuclear testing there in the 1940s and 50s and to pay fair compensation to its residents.
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S. Korea, US to hold nuclear tabletop drills amid tensions on Korean Peninsula
Jan 12, 2023 06:02Amid growing tensions on the Korean Peninsula, South Korea and the United States have announced tabletop exercises to be held next month aimed at countering North Korea.
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Flights across US grounded amid system failure, Biden orders probe
Jan 11, 2023 11:49All US flights have been grounded after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it experienced a computer outage.
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Powerful explosion outside Afghan Foreign Ministry causes casualties
Jan 11, 2023 11:19A high-intensity explosion has been reported outside the Taliban-run Foreign Ministry in the Afghan capital Kabul, resulting in multiple casualties.
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Peru's judiciary launches inquiry into key officials after deadly protests
Jan 11, 2023 10:24Peru's attorney general has decided to investigate high officials' handling of recent protests that have seen dozens of people killed and hundreds more injured since early December last year.
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Storms bring mudslides, evacuations to California with more rain forecast
Jan 11, 2023 10:13The latest Pacific storm unleashed torrential downpours and damaging winds in California on Tuesday, knocking out power and turning city streets into rivers as mudslides cut off highways and entire communities faced evacuation orders.