Naval Air WeaponsStationChina Lake in California reports one of the highest levels across the military, at 8 million parts per trillion.The contamination was not just discovered on military bases. The Pentagon tested off-base wells and public water sources near each facility ... "We believe that is way too high," Walker said....
U.S. PresidentDonald Trump threatened to impose additional tariffs on China over the past weekend after the Asian nation backtracked on commitments in trade talks, Reuters reports, but Washington would be willing to keep talking if the Chinese position was changed, a top U.S. trade official said Monday....
An “extremely severe,” rare summer cyclone which swept across India and Bangladesh last weekend and left dozens dead and hundreds of homes destroyed has dissipated after causing damage throughout Southeast Asia, National Public Radio reported ... Casualties in Southeast Asia were fewer than previous, similar cyclones, NPR reported....
“In reliance on the advice of the Department of Justice, I have determined that the Committee’s request lacks a legitimate legislative purpose, and ... In April, Mnuchin revealed that Treasury officials had conferred with White House lawyers about Trump’s tax returns before Democrats sent their formal request to the Internal Revenue Service....
A “fender-bender” between two cruise ships in Canada on Saturday, May 4 caught passengers by surprise as one vessel appeared to rear-end a cruise ship already docked, Newsweek reported Monday.Global News, speaking to the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, said the Oosterdam cruise ship was approaching the berth at about 6.30 a.m....
In a move condemned by Beijing, two U.S. warships sailed near islands China claims as its own at a time of increasing tensions between two of the world’s biggest economies, Al-Jazeera reported Monday.A U.S. military spokesperson told the Reuters news agency the U.S ...The Chinese navy requested the U.S....
Two Reuters journalists who were imprisoned for breaking Burma’s Official Secrets Act over reporting on security forces’ abuses of Rohingya Muslims have been pardoned and released. Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo were freed after president Win Myint issued a blanket pardon for 6,520 prisoners, said Zaw Zaw, chief of Yangon’s Insein Prison...Press Association....
The search for the remaining body was called off Sunday evening and will resume on Monday, he said.Of the nine employees in the building at the time of the blast, one body was found early Saturday. Four people were taken to the hospital and one of those died later Saturday ... Silicone itself, is not a hazardous substance. Something ......