China is one of the United States’ biggest trading partners, and economic competition between the 2 nations has increased in recent years.
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Giorgio Napolitano, former Italian president and first ex-Communist in that post, has died at 98
During his long career, Giorgio Napolitano also served as speaker of Parliament’s lower Chamber of Deputies and for 5 years as a lawmaker in the European Parliament.
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Guantanamo judge rules 9/11 defendant unfit for trial after abuse rendered him psychotic
The judge, Col. Matthew McCall, said the incompetency finding for Ramzi bin al-Shibh meant the prosecution of his four co-defendants would continue without him. Al-Shibh remains in custody.
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Tropical Storm Ophelia off the mid-Atlantic coast producing winds just below hurricane force
Forecasters said Ophelia was about 90 miles south of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, and heading north-northwest at 12 mph., on Friday night.
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Sen. Menendez, wife indicted on bribe charges as probe finds cash, $100,000 in gold bars, prosecutors say
The latest indictment is unrelated to the earlier charges that alleged he accepted lavish gifts to pressure government officials on behalf of a Florida doctor.
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Asylum-seekers adapt to U.S. immigration changes, again overwhelm border agents
After a dip in illegal crossings that followed policy changes in May, the Biden administration is again on its heels.
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Indonesia imprisons a woman for saying a Muslim prayer before eating pork in a TikTok video
She got 2 years in prison after being convicted of inciting religious hatred.
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Biden to deliver democracy speech and pay tribute to John McCain in Arizona next week
The issue of preserving democracy is expected to be a key theme in Biden’s reelection campaign.
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First private U.S. passenger rail line in 100 years is about to link Miami and Orlando at high speed
Thirty-two trains will run daily, and their owner predicts an eventual annual ridership of 8 million people.
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Bus carrying high school students to band camp crashes, killing 2 people and hurting dozens
Forty-two people were taken to hospitals after the bus hurtled off a New York highway and down an embankment.