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Thailand hosts war games with biggest US attendance in a decade

Thailand kicked off an international military exercise with the biggest U.S. attendance in a decade as Washington seeks to build on ties with a key security partner at a time of rising global geopolitical competition with Beijing.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Mexico’s president hits out at implicit criticism from US

‘There’s currently more democracy in Mexico than in the United States,’ Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

Al Jazeera · Feb 28, 2023

Pfizer’s RSV vaccine wins US panel’s backing for safety in older people

WASHINGTON — Pfizer Inc.’s vaccine for respiratory syncytial virus received endorsement from a key panel of U.S. advisers for its safety in people 60 and older, a key endorsement for the drugmaker’s potential product.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Billions to spur US semiconductor manufacturing comes with strings attached

WASHINGTON – The Commerce Department is preparing to dole out $39 billion in semiconductor manufacturing incentives, an initiative expected to bring more factories – and jobs – to the U.S.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Microsoft Adds New Bing to Windows Computers in Effort to Roll out AI

Microsoft Corp on Tuesday started adding its recently upgraded Bing search engine to its Windows computer software, aiming to put artificial intelligence (AI) at the fingertips of hundreds of millions of people. The Windows 11 update, Microsoft's latest in a flurry of product revamps this month, shows how the Redmond,…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Feb 28, 2023

George W. Bush's anti-HIV program is hailed as 'amazing' — and still crucial at 20

PEPFAR is the "most amazing thing in the history of HIV," says Dr. Sharon Lewin, president of the International AIDS Society. Bush himself came to Washington this month to urge reauthorization..

WEKU · Feb 28, 2023

‘Views and estimates’ markup becomes political fodder

WASHINGTON — Budget season is coming, and so are “views and estimates” markups. Well, for some committees, that is.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

FCC’s spectrum auction authority nears March expiration

WASHINGTON — The top Republican and Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee are working to avert a lapse next month in the Federal Communications Commission’s authority to auction spectrum as Congress seeks a more lasting plan that could pay for a number of telecommunications priorities.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Missouri legalized recreational marijuana. Will its federal lawmakers represent weed shops?

WASHINGTON — If you sell marijuana in Missouri, even legally, there’s always the worry of getting robbed.

Tribune News Service · Feb 28, 2023

Original pit wheel to be installed in Washington as 'proud reminder' of coal mining past

The large heritage wheel which was recovered from Washington’s F Pit Museum, is currently in the early stages of restoration

Chronicle Live · Feb 28, 2023