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For the first time since 9-11, the FAA issues a nationwide ground stop in the United States following the failure of the FAA's NOTAM system.
2023-01-11

Argentina surpasses one million cases of COVID-19, becoming the fifth country to do so after the United States, India, Brazil, and Russia.
2020-10-19

India surpasses Brazil as the country with the second-most cases in the world, behind the United States. India reported 90,802 cases in the past 24 hours and 1,016 deaths, recording the single largest increase of cases in the world in almost a month.
2020-09-7

In a strategy claimed as "towards healthier products", Nestlé sells its United States confectionery business, number 4 on the market, to Ferrero SpA for $2.8 billion.
2018-01-16

North Korea says that the recent flight of U.S. aircraft off the coast of North Korea amounts to a declaration of war.
2017-09-25

Shortly after bombing Syrian government and allied troops near Al-Tanf, the United States shot down an Iranian-made Syrian government drone that was flying toward U.S.-led coalition forces in southern Syria. There are no injuries or damage. An American official says this is first time forces supporting Damascus have attacked coalition troops.
2017-06-8

Chinese politician Bo Xilai speaks out for the first time since his aide attempted to defect at the American consulate.
2012-03-9

Authorities find the largest cache of homemade explosives ever discovered in the United States, in two houses near Escondido, California.
2010-11-26

United States Vice President Joe Biden pays a surprise visit to Iraq.
2010-08-30

A Taipei-Shanghai flight makes an emergency landing in Hangzhou after an American passenger makes an inappropriate reference to a bomb.
2010-05-1