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US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman is in China’s Tianjin to discuss the fraught ties between the two superpowers
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Moses campaigned against segregation in the US South in 1960s and later helped improve minority mathematics education.
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Top US military commander says air raids will continue to assist Afghan forces amid sweeping Taliban offensive.
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Adam Kinzinger will join committee investigating January’s deadly US Capitol insurrection, House Speaker Pelosi says.
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Recent rise in infections is particularly among the unvaccinated, says Dr Anthony Fauci, who urged people to get jabs.
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Iraqi PM will push for clearer timeline for removal of US ‘combat’ troops, Joe Biden seeks to stop armed group attacks.
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France’s 83-76 victory was the first Olympic men’s basketball loss for Team USA since 2004.
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With the threat of ISIL resurgence ever-present in Iraq, al-Kadhimi stressed Baghdad was not seeking a full withdrawal.
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More than 85 large wildfires were burning around the country, most of them in western states.
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As US and Chinese officials meet in China, Al Jazeera examines the nations’ relationship over several decades.
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US diplomatic trip comes 50 years after Kissinger’s secret China visit initiating relations between the two countries.
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‘We need to recognise that these are not unusual events any more,’ one climate scientist warns.
The global epidemic of surveillance using malicious spyware. Plus, Bild’s battle for political influence in Germany.
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FBI files motions in courts to dismiss charges in five cases of Chinese researchers arrested on visa fraud charges.