A Chinese investigator accused of lying to the FBI about her military affiliation has taken refuge in the Chinese consulate in San Francisco, according to court documents, and has increased tensions between Washington and Beijing. The confrontation in San Francisco occurs at the same time that the US ordered the …
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The scientists increased the heat above the lethal threshold and waited for the corals to die. “We were heating the water one degree above the maximum summer temperature,” says Anders Meibom, a researcher at the Institute of Earth Sciences at the University of Lausanne. “At the Great Barrier Reef, after …
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“The strategic balance against China is increasing dramatically in the Indo-Pacific region,” said Professor Rory Medcalf, director of the College of National Security at the National University of Australia and author of the newly released Indo-Pacific Empire, which describes the power fight between China and the United States. “The symbolism …
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Annie Ross, the British singer who became world famous with the jazz vocal trio Lambert, Hendricks & Ross and had a varied acting career, died at 89 at her home in New York City. His death was due to emphysema and heart disease, confirmed his manager, Jim Coleman. Ross was …
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The Governor of California has granted an emergency release to Patricia Wright, a 69-year-old woman fighting terminal cancer inside a prison that has suffered a major outbreak. Wright, who doctors say is months old, was released from prison Tuesday morning for the first time in 23 years, greeted by her …
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