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Americans on St. Maarten tell of Irma's devastation; 1,200 evacuated

AmericancitizensevacuatedfromSt.MaartenbyU.S.militaryaircraftaretellingdesperatestoriesofsurvivalasHurricaneIrmaravagedtheislandandleftaprecarioussecuritysituat

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U.S. Secretary of State Tillerson moves to ditch special envoys

SecretaryofStateRexTillersonismovingtoeliminateordowngradespecialenvoypositionsattheStateDepartment,includingtherepresentativeforclimatechange,astepthatissureto

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Privatizing the military unlikely to be a viable solution in Afghanistan

Inrecentweeks,twomajorplayersintheprivatesecurityindustryproposedthatTrumpadministrationofficialsprivatizeU.S.militaryoperationsinAfghanistantoanunprecedentedde

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US sets preliminary tax on aluminum foil from China

TheUSCommerceDepartmentannouncedapreliminarydecisiononTuesdaytotaxaluminumfoilimportedfromChina.TheCommerceDepartmentsaidinastatementthatithadsetpreliminarysubs

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U.S. to restrict Americans from traveling to DPRK

The U.S. State Department announced Wednesday a new travel restriction to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) due to "serious and mounting risk of arrest and long-term detention of U.S. citizens."

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US to ban DPRK travel from September 1

The US on Wednesday issued a ban prohibiting its citizens from travelling to the DPRK from September 1, the State Department said.

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Wray confirmed by U.S. Senate to lead FBI after Comey firing

The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed former Justice Department lawyer Christopher Wray as FBI chief, nearly three months after the agency's previous director, James Comey, was fired by President Donald Trump.

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US orders embassy staff families to leave Venezuela

TheUSStateDepartmentonThursdayorderedfamiliesofemployeesattheUSembassyinVenezuelatoleavethecountry.Italsoauthorizedvoluntarydepartureoftheemployeesattheembassyi

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Safeway to pay $3 million to resolve U.S. drug probe

SafewayInchasagreedtopay$3milliontoresolveclaimstheU.S.supermarketchainfailedtopromptlyreportmissingorstolendrugsincludingopioidmedicationsatitspharmacies,theU.

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Afghan girls will be allowed into US for robotics contest

U.S.officialswillallowagroupofAfghangirlsintothecountrytoparticipateinaninternationalroboticscompetitionafterPresidentDonaldTrumpintervened,WhiteHousespokeswoma

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India: Rain cools Delhi down

ByAPDWriterRishikaChauhanNEWDELHI,June22(APD)—AfterweeksofhightemperatureinDelhi,finallytheresidentsgotarespiteasitrainedheavily,loweringdownthetemperatureonWed

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Top US diplomat in China steps down over Trump's climate policy

David Rank, Charge d'Affaires of the US Embassy in China, has stepped down from his post in Beijing, a US State Department official confirmed to Xinhua on Monday.

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Top US diplomat in China steps down over Trump's climate policy

DavidRank,Charged'AffairesoftheUSEmbassyinChina,hassteppeddownfromhispostinBeijing,aUSStateDepartmentofficialconfirmedtoXinhuaonMonday.Theresignationofthetopcar

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Trump offers help on London attacks, touts need for travel ban

U.S.PresidentDonaldTrumptooktoTwitteramidtheunfoldingdeadlydramainLondononSaturdaytoofferU.S.helptoBritainandtopromotehiscontroversialtravelbanasanextralevelofs

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US Secretary of State breaks 18-year tradition to host Ramadan event

SecretaryofStateRexTillersonhasdeclinedarequesttohostaneventtomarkIslam'sholymonthofRamadan,twoUSofficialssaid,apparentlybreakingwithabipartisantraditioninplace

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Duterte and Xi talks about regional developments

MANILA, May 3 (APD)--The Department of Foreign Affairs disclosed Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged views about regional developments and how some concerns can be addressed.

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U.S. appeals court will not put Trump travel ban case on hold

A federal appeals court on Monday rejected a U.S. Department of Justice request to place on hold an appeal over President Donald Trump's travel ban on people from seven majority-Muslim countries.