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July 18, 2021

 

Back-to-back deployments and now back home: Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group returns to Norfolk The Eisenhower Carrier Strike Group, after sailing more than 190,000 miles, operating in waters from the Norwegian and Black seas to the Arabian Sea and the Gulf, had earned the Navy Unit Commendation, one of the highest honors the Secretary of the Navy can grant a crew. READ MORE

Taliban say they want Afghan deal, even as they battle on The leader of the Taliban said Sunday that his movement is committed to a political settlement to end decades of war in Afghanistan, even as the insurgents battle in dozens of districts across to country to gain territory. READ MORE

Militia officials: US drone destroys militia truck in Syria The attack came amid increasing tensions in the region between the U.S. military and Iran-backed Iraqi militias in recent weeks. The Americans have targeted militants who used drones and rockets to hit bases housing U.S. troops. READ MORE   Ohio festival celebrates the centennial of former senator, astronaut John Glenn John Glenn was honored with a three-day festival Friday through Sunday in Ohio marking what would have been the history-making astronaut and U.S. senator’s 100th birthday. Glenn died in 2016. READ MORE   Navy helicopter crashes while searching for a hiker lost in California mountains A CH-47 Chinook from Sacramento Mather Airport dropped a search-and-rescue team on the mountain, then returned after refueling to pick up the stranded crew. READ MORE

South Korea to bring home sailors aboard coronavirus-hit destroyer Two multi-role aerial tankers are picking up 301 sailors aboard the 4,400-ton-class destroyer Munmu the Great, officials said. READ MORE   Pandemic is worsening in the US, and the surgeon general is worried Noting that nearly all coronavirus deaths now are among the tens of millions of people who haven't received shots, despite widespread vaccine availability, Dr. Vivek Murthy painted an unsettling picture of what the future could hold. READ MORE   Nightclubs elated, but doubts cloud England’s ‘Freedom Day’ From London to Liverpool, thousands of young people plan to dance the night away at “Freedom Day” parties the moment it becomes Monday, which is when almost all coronavirus restrictions in England are due to be scrapped. READ MORE   How Blue Origin’s Jeff Bezos will soar into space When Blue Origin launches people into space for the first time, founder Jeff Bezos will be on board. No test pilots or flight engineers for Tuesday’s debut flight from West Texas, just Bezos, his brother, an 82-year-old female aviation pioneer and a teenage tourist. READ MORE   For North Korean workers, Russia’s Far East remains a windfall for them and for Kim’s regime More than a year after U.N. Security Council sanctions banned countries from hosting North Korea's regime-directed workforce, North Korean workers remain in Vladivostok, a port city of about 600,000 near the Russia-North Korea border. READ MORE   Aerospace company names spacecraft in honor of Hawaii astronaut Ellison Onizuka Aerospace technology company Northrop Grumman has named its NG-16 Cygnus spacecraft in honor of Hawaii astronaut Ellison Onizuka, who was one of seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster on Jan, 28, 1986. READ MORE

 

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