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Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2011 - The top US climate negotiator said Monday that major economies were divided on how to move ahead on emission cuts, with only the European Union supporting an extension of the landmark Kyoto Protocol.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2009 - The United States scrambled Tuesday to respond to a tsunami that left at least 28 people dead in the Samoa islands, deploying two disaster relief teams to American Samoa.
Jun 26, 2026
Montreal (AFP) Sept 17, 2017 - The White House pushed back Saturday at a European suggestion it was softening its stance on the Paris climate accord, insisting Washington will withdraw from the agreement unless it can re-enter on more favorable terms.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 21, 2022 - American forces killed 27 Al-Shabaab fighters in an airstrike on September 18 as they battled Somalia government troops, the US military said Wednesday.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2022 - The United States said Thursday that a long-awaited UN report reaffirmed its view that China is carrying out genocide against the Uyghur people, as Beijing furiously labeled the world body an accomplice of the West.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 29, 2022 - The United States said Thursday that one of its citizens was killed in Iranian strikes on Iraqi Kurdistan as it separately announced fresh enforcement of sanctions on Tehran's oil sales.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 28, 2022 - President Joe Biden's administration on Wednesday rolled out the red carpet for Pacific Island leaders in the face of rising Chinese influence in the region and said it expected a united front, despite friction with one nation - the Solomon Islands.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2020 - The United States has revoked visas of more than 1,000 Chinese students and researchers under an order by President Donald Trump that accused some of them of espionage, the State Department said Wednesday.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2008 - The United States on Tuesday renewed an offer to send experts to Cuba to see how much more disaster US aid is needed to an island hit by yet another hurricane, the State Department said.
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Washington (AFP) Sept 2, 2011 - The $900,000 in US aid for flood-hit North Korea that Washington announced last month will be delivered in the coming days, the US State Department said Friday.
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Taipei (AFP) Sept 6, 2011 - The United States and other countries persuaded the United Nations to stop using the phrase Taiwan is part of China, according to a document released by anti-secrecy website WikiLeaks.
Jun 26, 2026
Washington (AFP) Sept 24, 2020 - After a four-year journey, NASA's robotic spacecraft OSIRIS-REx will descend to asteroid Bennu's boulder-strewn surface on October 20, touching down for a few seconds to collect rock and dust samples, the agency said Thursday.
Jun 26, 2026
New York (AFP) Sept 19, 2016 - US Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz on Monday predicted that the world's largest economy would have legislation by the end of the decade to combat climate change.
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Ankara (AFP) Sept 4, 2015 - The United States on Friday pressed China to improve communication of its economic policy and avoid competitive devaluations, as G20 finance chiefs met hoping to calm markets rattled by slowing Chinese growth and the prospect of a US rate hike.
Jun 26, 2026
Chahar Qolbah, Afghanistan (AFP) Sept 13, 2010 - In Chahar Qolbah, a deserted hamlet on the edge of the village of Jelawar in southern Afghanistan, US paratroopers have taken over an old Taliban base and turned it into a forward combat post.
Jun 26, 2026
Los Angeles (AFP) Sept 13, 2019 - Next time you toss a banana peel or apple core on the ground believing you're feeding nature, you may want to think twice.
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