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Echoes, uncertainty as Afghan pilots await U.S. help in Tajikistan

A U.S.-trained Afghan pilot was talking to Reuters on a smuggled cellphone from Tajikistan, where he is being held, when something strange happened - his voice started looping, repeating everything he had just said, word for word. His fiancee, an ..
EU says people vaccinated with AstraZeneca shots should be able to travel to U.S.

The European Commission said on Tuesday it would make sense for the United States to allow travel by people vaccinated with the AstraZeneca (AZN.L) COVID-19 shots, although existing U.S. guidance already authorises those travellers. On M..
Germany warns of lost U.S. trust as France wins EU support

Germany joined France on Tuesday in berating the United States for negotiating a security pact in secret with Australia and Britain that cost Paris a lucrative defence deal, while the EU's top official said such behaviour was unacceptable. In ..
Power player or poodle? UK-U.S. relations in flux as BoJo meets Joe

NEW YORK/LONDON, Sept 21 - British prime minister Boris Johnson once worried that his friendliness with Donald Trump would leave him out in the cold when Democrat Joe Biden took over the White House. Instead, he can expect a warm welcome in Washin..
U.S. set to require vaccines for most non-U.S. citizen travelers, sources say

The United States in November will re-open air travelers from China, India, Britain and many other European countries who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the White House said on Monday, rolling back tough pandemic-related travel restrictions i..
U.S. to buy millions of Pfizer vaccine doses to donate to world -Washington Post

The United States plans to buy hundreds of millions of additional doses of the Pfizer Inc COVID-19 vaccine to donate around the world, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing two unidentified people familiar with the deal. The purchase was ..
U.S. willing to delay Ethiopia sanctions if violence ends -Blinken

The United States would delay sanctions over the Ethiopia conflict if the Ethiopian government and the Tigray People’s Liberation front "cease ongoing hostilities and enter into ceasefire negotiations immediately and without preconditions,..
No plans for U.S., Iran to meet at U.N. next week, says U.S. envoy

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has no plans to meet with his new Iranian counterpart next week at the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations in New York, U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said on Friday. Indirect tal..
Australia agrees to increased U.S. air deployments after sub deal

Australia and the United States announced expanded military cooperation on Thursday, including rotational deployments of all types of U.S. military aircraft to Australia, a day after announcing a submarine deal denounced by China as intensifying..

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