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CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — A U.S. Navy destroyer in the Red Sea shot down several drones launched from Yemen, where Iran-backed Houthi rebels pledged to keep targeting Israel until its military offensive in the Gaza Strip ends. The “multiple one-way attack drones” were launched from areas of Yemen cont…

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — The Canadian mayor of Niagara Falls, Jim Diodati, said the Rainbow Bridge is expected to reopen in a day or two, after a car explosion that killed two people shuttered the busy crossing between the U.S. and Canada. “The damage as we understand it is superficial as far as the …

CHARLOTTE, N.C (TNS) — An ex-US diplomat and adviser to former President Barack Obama was arrested Wednesday for hurling anti-Islamic remarks at halal vendors in Manhattan, cops said. Police cuffed 30-year State Department employee Stuart Seldowitz, 66, on charges of harassment and stalking as a ha…

(Reuters) — Americans celebrate Thanksgiving on Thursday with heightened security measures in place and tensions running high over the conflict between Israel and Hamas in Gaza, potentially casting a shadow over a normally joyous holiday. War in the Middle East has prompted officials to take extra …

HONG KONG (Reuters) — The U.S. Navy was “excited” by the prospect of improved operational communications with the Chinese military amid roiling regional tensions, but work was still needed to solidify the next steps, a senior U.S. naval officer said on Friday. Admiral Lisa Franchetti, U…

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) — America Movil, the Mexican telecommunications company controlled by billionaire Carlos Slim, on Thursday denied a report it is in talks with Argentine President-elect Javier Milei’s team to buy Argentina’s state telecoms company Arsat. “It’s all false…

NANTUCKET, Mass. (Reuters) — President Joe Biden delivered pumpkin pies to firefighters on Thursday to celebrate the U.S. Thanksgiving holiday and expressed hope about a pending hostage release in the war between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas. Biden, who is vacationing with his fa…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Boeing said on Wednesday that the U.S. aviation regulator has cleared it to begin certification flight testing of its 737 MAX 10, the largest version of its bestselling jet aimed at seizing the top of the narrowbody market. Boeing shares rose 1.1% in midday trade. The Federal…

(Reuters) — U.S. police said on Thursday they were still investigating a fiery crash on the bridge linking New York state and Ontario, Canada that sparked a security scare prompting closure of four U.S.-Canadian border crossings on Wednesday. The Niagara Falls Police Department’s Crash Manage…

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden is more aggressively going after his likely 2024 election rival Donald Trump as polls show efforts to campaign on his own economic record are not working. Ramping up the rhetoric, Biden has in recent weeks said Trump uses “language you heard in …