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Business

Pentagon cancels disputed JEDI cloud contract with Microsoft

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Tuesday it canceled a disputed ... Read more

In Myanmar, the military and police declare war on medics

By KRISTEN GELINEAU and VICTORIA MILKO Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — The clandestine clinic was under fire, ... Read more

Business

As Tokyo Olympics approach, virus worries rise in Japan

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The pressure of hosting an Olympics during a still-active pandemic ... Read more

Loved and decried, El Salvador’s populist leader is defiant

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — In the narrow, gang-controlled alleys of the ... Read more

Business

Navy ditches futuristic railgun, eyes hypersonic missiles

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The U.S. Navy pulled the plug, for now, on ... Read more

National Sports

Rumsfeld, a cunning leader who oversaw a ruinous Iraq war

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling ... Read more

Obituaries

Donald Rumsfeld, a cunning leader undermined by Iraq war

By ROBERT BURNS AP National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling ... Read more

Obituaries

Family: Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88

By ROBERT BURNS National Security Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential ... Read more

Business

Putin says US and UK were behind Black Sea ‘provocation’

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that ... Read more

Business

Hong Kong freedoms fade as security law muzzles dissent

By ZEN SOO and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is still China’s wealthiest, ... Read more