Sources: NPR
U.S. president Donald Trump signs an executive order restoring the Presidential Fitness Test in all public schools nationwide. 2025-07-31
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A U.S. embassy convoy is attacked in Khartoum, amid U.S. efforts to mediate a ceasefire. 2023-04-18
U.S.-based monitoring group 38 North says satellite imagery of North Korea's Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site indicates that preparation for a sixth nuclear weapons test is underway. 2017-04-13
The Swedish Academy announces that American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan has agreed to accept his Nobel Prize in Literature this weekend at a private location in Stockholm. 2017-03-29
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The Canadian writer Alice Munro is awarded the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature. 2013-10-10
Al-Qaeda's leader Ayman al-Zawahiri calls for attacks inside United States to "bleed America economically". 2013-09-13
The "Plastiki", a catamaran made out of recycled plastic, arrives in Sydney, Australia, after travelling across the Pacific Ocean from San Francisco, United States, to raise awareness of environmental issues. 2010-07-26
Poland and the United States sign a deal in Kraków allowing the United States to position an American anti-missile shield in Poland to defend Europe from the perceived threat of Iran and other countries: Russia objects. 2010-07-3