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Companies join a deep-sea mining rush after Trump executive order, as regulators fast-track permits
WASHINGTON | In the year since President Donald Trump signed an executive order promising to create a deep-sea mining industry from scratch, businesses have raised millions of dollars from investors, stock prices have soared and federal regulators have raced to fast-track a permitting process. At least nine companies are in talks with the government for […]
Trump’s proposed Washington arch gets another review
WASHINGTON | President Donald Trump’s plan to build a triumphal arch in Washington is getting a second look from a federal agency that suggested changes before it approved the concept last month. The proposed 250-foot (76 meter) arch is one of several projects the Republican president is pursuing alongside a White House ballroom to leave […]
Europe faces stray Ukrainian drones as Kyiv targets Russian oil exports
Over the past months, Ukrainian drones have crashed into the chimney of a power plant in Estonia, hit empty fuel tanks in Latvia and been shot down by Romanian fighter jets stationed in Lithuania. For the first time in a NATO and European Union capital, Lithuanians were pictured sheltering in underground car parks in Vilnius […]
The teens who attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego were latest to cite prior atrocities
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story includes discussion of suicide. If you or someone you know needs help, the national suicide and crisis lifeline in the U.S. is available by calling or texting 988. In rambling writings full of vitriol against a wide range of people, the teenagers who attacked the Islamic Center of San Diego this […]
Trump’s false claims about the 2020 election are casting a shadow over Georgia’s GOP runoffs
ATLANTA | For Donald Trump, it seems the 2020 presidential election is never over. That’s especially true in Georgia. The Republican president’s years of false claims that his defeat to Democrat Joe Biden was due to widespread fraud have shadowed many elections since in the presidential battleground. The issue is almost certain to play a […]
Rocker’s strong outing, Nimmo’s homer, lift Rangers over Rockies, 10-0
DENVER | Kumar Rocker tossed a career-high 7 2/3 innings, Brandon Nimmo homered, and the Texas Rangers beat the Colorado Rockies 10-0 on Tuesday night. Ezequiel Duran continued his hot start to the series with two doubles and a single, giving the Texas shortstop six hits in the first two games. Joc Pederson had four […]
Residents of Lithuania’s capital told to shelter as drone alarm underlines NATO’s eastern jitters
VILNIUS, Lithuania | Residents of Lithuania’s capital were told to take shelter and the country’s president and prime minister were taken to safe locations Wednesday because of an alarm over drone activity near the border with Belarus, underlining jitters on NATO’s eastern flank over incursions related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. An emergency announcement from […]
Fears surge on the ground in Congo over the spread of rare type of Ebola
BUNIA, Congo Anxious healthcare workers in eastern Congo said Wednesday they are underprotected and undertrained in the face of a rapidly spreading outbreak of a rare type of the Ebola virus in one of the world’s most remote and vulnerable places. “It’s truly sad and painful because we’ve already been through a security crisis, and […]
Putin and Xi hail their friendship and growing energy trade at their meeting in Beijing
BEIJING | Chinese leader Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed their strategic ties and growing energy trade as they met in Beijing Wednesday only days after a visit by U.S. President Donald Trump to China. Putin and Xi oversaw the signing of more than 40 cooperation agreements in areas such as trade, technology […]
Kentucky Rep. Thomas Massie charted his own way, until toppled by Trump
There aren’t manylawmakerslike Thomas Massieleft in Congress. The renegade Republican who rose to prominence as an idiosyncratic and stubborn outlier in his party, popular in the Kentucky district that repeatedly sent him to the House, lost his primary bid for reelection Tuesday after a vicious and costly attack by President Donald Trump. The stunning outcome […]