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GOP lawmaker threatened officials while trying to enter Afghanistan: report

Oklahoma Rep. Markwayne Mullin (R) allegedly threatened U.S. Embassy staffers in Tajikistan when requesting assistance in transporting a large amount of cash into the c

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In climate reversal, Biden okays new oil and gas mega auction

US President Joe Biden's administration on Tuesday announced plans to open more than 80 million acres in the Gulf of Mexico for oil and gas exploration after a court ru

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Owner.com serves up $10.7M so that independent restaurants can get cooking

Independent restaurants don’t typically have the luxury to create their own online food ordering and delivery capabilities or negotiate for lower rates from legacy ordering platforms like the large re

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Offchain Labs raises $120 million to hide Ethereum’s shortcomings with its Arbitrum product

As the broader crypto world enjoys a late summer surge in enthusiasm, more and more blockchain developers who have taken the plunge are bumping into the blaring scaling issues faced by decentralized a

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Chart of the Day: The Afghanistan exodus by the numbers

02:20 As the last U.S. military plane took off from Kabul's international airport on August 30, 20 years after a U.S.-led invasion of the country.A U.S. Central Command announced thecom

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Egrets gather at lake in northwest China

A group of white egrets have gathered at Bosten Lake in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.The lake is the largest inland freshwater lake in China and h

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Schoolboy turns waste into wax miniatures

A primary school student from central China's Zhengzhou City has created a series of miniatures out of wasted white wax during his summer vacation. /CFPThe schoolboy, n

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Global Political Calendar: Biden finishes Afghanistan withdrawal

In the upcoming week, the United States will complete its military withdrawal from Afghanistan by the August 31 deadline set by President Joe Biden, and China will commemorate the 76th anniversary of

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Pentagon says U.S. drone strike kills 2 ISIS-K targets

The Pentagon said on Saturday that two high-profile targets of ISIS-K, a local affiliate of the Islamic State in Afghanistan, were killed in a U.S. drone strike on Friday. /Xinhua The Pentagon

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China's summer box office hits 7B yuan

China's box office revenue for the summer movie season, covering the period from June 1 to Aug. 31 this year, stood at a little more than 7 billion yuan (about 1.08 billion U.S. dollars) as of Fri

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China urges Japan not to mislead the next generation

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson on Friday urged Japan not to mislead the next generation after the country unveiled a defense white paper for children, in which

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Province in southwest China welcomes first snow this year

01:11 Tourists on Wednesday enjoyed the mesmerizing views of this year's first snowfall at the Dagu Glacier scenic area in Heishui County, southwest China's Sichuan Pro

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US flags to be lowered to half-staff to honor slain troops

U.S. flags will be lowered to half-staff to honor the service members who were killed during attacks at the airport in Kabul, Afghanistan on Thursday, White House press

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Body-cam footage shows Louisiana state trooper beating Black motorist

01:32 Why was this body-cam footage kept secret for more than two years?State police in Louisiana did not investigate the incident of a Black motorist being bashed in the head with a fl

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Pentagon says a number of U.S. troops killed in Kabul attack

Photo taken on Feb. 19, 2020 shows the Pentagon seen from an airplane over Washington D.C., the United States. /Xinhua A number of U.S. service members were killed, and several others wounded

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To prevent cyberattacks, the government should limit the scope of a software bill of materials

The May 2021 executive order from the White House on improving U.S. cybersecurity includes a provision for a software bill of materials (SBOM), a formal record containing the details and supply chain

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South Korean parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

A South Korean parliamentary committee voted on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step towards banning Google and Apple from forcibly charging software devel