Alaska

US and China talk at a high level again

The United States and China may be back to talking at a high level, but their battle for global power and influence remains unchecked and mutual suspicion still runs deep.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken set low goals for his visit to Beijing this week, and he met them. About the most the rivals can hope for these days is to stop things getting much worse.

The crash of 2 AH-64 Apache Attack Helicopters

Three soldiers were killed and the fourth was injured.
Two soldiers died at the scene of the crash, near Healy, and the third died on the way to a hospital in Fairbanks, the military said. The fourth soldier is in hospital due to injuries.
The names of those killed have been withheld until the next of kin have been notified, the military said.

US NTSB Says Report Into Czech Billionaire’s Helicopter Crash ‘Likely’ in Summer

A book of condolence and a portrait of Petr Kellner are on display at the PPF Group company's headquarter in Prague, Czech Republic, 29 March 2021. EPA-EFE/MARTIN DIVISEK

"Our best estimate is that the report is likely to be completed and published this summer," a spokesperson for the NTSB told BIRN.

Trump campaigns with right-wing precursor Sarah Palin

Former US president Donald Trump campaigned on July 9 in Alaska for Sarah Palin, the northern state's former governor whose ascendency many view as the populist precursor to Trump's anti-elite movement.

The two firebrand politicians have both been key figures in the Republican party's shift over the past decade to target the aggrieved working class.

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