Seventy-two death notices spread across an entire page of the Monitor newspaper in Hidalgo County recently. The small print entries, stacked in five ordered columns, did not mention Covid-19. But 27 residents of the South Texas community had died from the virus that day, 22 the day before and 35 …
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US authorities say Russian intelligence services are using a trio of English-language websites to spread information about the coronavirus pandemic, seeking to exploit a crisis the United States is struggling to contain before the November presidential election. Two Russians who have held high-level roles in the Moscow military intelligence service …
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Agriculture officials in several US states issued warnings this week about unsolicited shipments of foreign seeds and advised people not to plant them. Residents in more than a dozen states recently reported that they received packages of seeds that they did not order and that apparently were mailed from China. …
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The US ambassador to Iceland, a dermatologist and a major Republican donor, reportedly became so paranoid about his safety that he asked to carry a gun and be taken everywhere in an armored car. Despite the absence of particular security concerns, the embassy in Reykjavik advertised in the local bodyguard …
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has fired a missile from a helicopter targeting a replica aircraft carrier in the strategic Strait of Hormuz, in an exercise aimed at threatening the United States amid tensions between Tehran and Washington. The drill, on a waterway through which 20% of all traded oil passes, underscores …
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