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Fourteen people are killed and one survives after three American airstrikes against four boats in the Pacific Ocean. 2025-10-27
SpaceX launches its seventh test flight of the Starship launch vehicle, with an improved second stage, at Starbase in Texas, United States. The first stage is successfully caught by the launch tower but the second stage breaks up shortly before engine shutdown. 2025-01-16
The World Health Organization classifies the EG.5 variant of COVID-19 as a variant of interest. The variant has been spreading rapidly in the United States. 2023-08-9
In basketball, the 76th NBA draft is held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, U.S., with the Orlando Magic selecting former Duke University player Paolo Banchero with the first overall pick. 2022-06-23
Capitol riot suspect Evan Neumann has been granted asylum in Belarus "indefinitely". Neumann claimed that he faced "political persecution" in the United States. 2022-03-23
In an official dinner hosted by the United States President, Donald Trump and leaders of the Democratic party Chuck Schumer and Nancy Pelosi agree to fix DACA but disagree with the details, with Trump denying on Twitter the following day that a deal had been made which excluded funding for his proposed wall on the Mexico–United States border. 2017-09-13
Former United States spy agency contractor Edward Snowden applies for political asylum in Russia. 2013-07-1
Cuba's Speaker of the Parliament Ricardo Alarcón challenges the United States to lift its 48-year embargo on the island if it believes Cuba benefits from the embargo, as Hillary Clinton suggested. 2010-04-25
Washington, D.C. is to become the first American city to hand out free female condoms in the battle against HIV-AIDS. 2010-03-6
International Olympic Committee president Jacques Rogge officially closes the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada. Canada finishes in first place in the medal table with a record 14 gold medals, while the United States wins a record total of 37 medals. 2010-02-28