Sources: BBC
The Cuban coast guard trades fire with an American marked speedboat registered in Florida 1 nmi mi off of Cuba. According to Cuban government sources, the boat's occupants fired on coast guard personnel who approached it for identification, and injured a coast guard commander in the shootout, with returning fire killing four and injuring six unidentified gunmen. 2026-02-25
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, celebrates his 100th birthday, becoming the first centenarian former U.S. president. 2024-10-1
China convicts and sentences American citizen John Shing-Wan Leung to life in prison for espionage. 2023-05-15
The Pentagon rejects an offer from Poland's foreign ministry to "deploy – immediately and free of charge – all their MIG-29 jets" to the Ramstein Air Base and place them at the disposal of the Government of the United States of America" for transfer to the Ukrainian Air Force. 2022-03-9
British-born American Oliver Hart and Finnish Bengt Holmström win the Nobel Prize in Economics for their work on the science of contracts. 2016-10-10
United States Senator John McCain travels to Syria to meet with rebel fighters and discuss with them America's possible involvement in the nation's civil war.2013-05-28
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un orders preparations for strategic rocket strikes on the US mainland at an overnight meeting with top army commanders, in response to the use of nuclear-capable B-2 Stealth Bombers in joint US-South Korea military drills. China appeals for calm on all sides. 2013-03-29
North Korea threatens to attack American military bases in Japan in response to the use of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea. 2013-03-21
The James Bond film "Skyfall" opens in China with censored scenes, prompting criticism from fans. [http:--www.bangkokpost.com-news-asia-332072-chinese-film-fans-decry-censors-cuts-in-skyfall ("Bangkok Post")]date=August 2019 2013-01-22
Citing nuclear sanctions, the United States of America deny visas to 20 out of 160 Iranian officials, of which two are ministers, impeaching diplomats' attendance at next week's United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York. 2012-09-23