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The United Nations logo is seen at the 2019 United Nations Climate Action Summit at UN headquarters in New York, US, September 23, 2019. Reuters/Lucas Jackson
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UN rights experts condemn Israel's annexation plan and US support

A joint statement, signed by nearly 50 independent experts, voiced dismay at US support for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s “unlawful” plan to extend sovereignty, de facto annexation of land...

FILE PHOTO: Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Robert Kaplan speaks during an interview in his office at the bank's headquarters in Dallas, Texas, US January 9, 2020. REUTERS/ Ann Saphir/File Photo
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US economy will start to rebound in second half of 2020, Fed's Kaplan says

Former US marine Paul Whelan. Picture: Reuters
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Russia jails ex-US marine Paul Whelan for 16 years over espionage

A nurse wearing personal protective equipment watches an ambulance driving away outside of Elmhurst Hospital during the ongoing outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in the Queens borough of New York, US, April 20, 2020. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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Record spikes in new coronavirus cases, hospitalizations sweep parts of US

A general view shows the State Historical Museum and the Kremlin wall as the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) continues in Moscow, Russia May 6, 2020. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
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Putin says Russia's handling of coronavirus is superior to US

FILE PHOTO: Flags of US and China are displayed at American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC)'s booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee
Global Economy

Anti-China group urges Trump administration to block Chinese companies from US markets

FILE PHOTO: A US Air Force MQ-9 Reaper drone sits in a hanger at Creech Air Force Base May 19, 2016. The base in Nevada is the hub for the military’s unmanned aircraft operations in the United States. Picture taken May 19, 2016. REUTERS/Josh Smith
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Trump aims to sidestep another arms pact to sell more US drones

Protesters hold signs during a march in Brooklyn, New York, May 30. REUTERS/Jeenah Moon
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Most Americans, including Republicans, support sweeping Democratic police reform proposals

The logo at the entrance of the U.S. air base in Ramstein, Germany, on Jan. 17, 2016. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
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The United States needs German bases more than Germany does

FILE PHOTO: US Defense Secretary Mark Esper listens as Joint Chiefs Chairman Army Gen. Mark Milley addresses a news conference at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, US, April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
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Top US general regrets joining Trump church walk during protests

US President Donald Trump delivers a statement on the ongoing protests over racial inequality in the wake of the death of George Floyd while in Minneapolis police custody, in the Rose Garden at the White House in Washington, US, June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Tom Brenner
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Trump authorizes sanctions over ICC Afghanistan war crimes case

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Consulate is pictured in Istanbul, Turkey, October 11, 2017. REUTERS/Murad Sezer
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Turkish court sentences US consulate employee to jail

FILE PHOTO: Indian Minister of External Affairs Subrahmanyam Jaishankar attends a panel during the annual Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany February 14, 2020. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo
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India denies visas to US panel on religious freedom, says it has no standing