The balloon drifted across Alaska's Aleutian Islands, then Canada and the central United States before it was shot down off the coast of South Carolina on Feb. 4.
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Fleet operators looking for more practical alternative to electric vehicles.
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Hundreds of irate residents of the Ohio town where a train derailed and spilled toxic chemicals packed into a high school gym on Wednesday, seeking answers to what health dangers they face.
A year into the Ukraine war
- UN to mark Russia invasion of Ukraine anniversary by urging 'just peace'World ·
February 16, 2023 · 5:06 AM UTC Marking one year since Russia invaded Ukraine, the UN General Assembly will vote next week on a draft resolution stressing "the need to reach, as soon as possible, a comprehensive, just and lasting peace" in line with the founding United Nations Charter.
Talking Points
Earnings
- South Korea defence paper calls North 'enemy', estimates plutonium stockpile at 70 kgAsia Pacific ·
February 16, 2023 · 6:37 AM UTC · undefined agoSouth Korea released its latest defence white paper on Thursday, describing North Korea as its "enemy" for the first time in six years and reporting an increase in Pyongyang's stockpile of weapons-grade plutonium.