AP source: Biden ending Trump OK for US oil company in Syria
The Biden administration has decided it will not renew a waiver that allowed a politically connected U.S. oil company to operate in northeast Syria...
Cuban baseball player defects after arriving in Florida
HAVANA — The Cuban Baseball Federation confirmed Wednesday night that one of the players on the national team defected a few hours after the...
Russian opposition group shuts down under official pressure
MOSCOW — An opposition group in Russia announced Thursday that it is shutting down after authorities listed the organization as “undesirable” as part of...
Genetically modified salmon head to US dinner plates
INDIANAPOLIS — The inaugural harvest of genetically modified salmon began this week after the pandemic delayed the sale of the first such altered animal...
Killer of 8 in California had talked of workplace attacks
SAN JOSE, Calif. — An employee who gunned down eight people at a California rail yard and then killed himself as law enforcement rushed...
EPA restoring state and tribal power to protect waterways
WASHINGTON — In the latest reversal of a Trump-era policy, the Environmental Protection Agency is restoring a rule that grants states and Native American...
Senate eyes R&D bill to counter China, bolster manufacturing
WASHINGTON — What started as a pragmatic effort to boost scientific research and development has morphed into sweeping Senate bill aimed at making the...
Mali’s military releases transitional president and PM
BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s military has released the transitional president and prime minister from detention, a top officer said Thursday.
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Defense chief: US pullout from Afghanistan “slightly” ahead
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told Congress on Thursday that America's troop withdrawal from Afghanistan is “slightly” ahead of schedule, but he provided...
GOP set to block 1/6 panel, stoking Senate filibuster fight
WASHINGTON — Senate Republicans are ready to deploy the filibuster to block a commission on the Jan. 6 insurrection, shattering hopes for a bipartisan...