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WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Cambodia for a US-Asean ministers’ meeting next week, during which he will address the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, Myanmar and the war in Ukraine, the State Department said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

DK Metcalf scoring and celebrating touchowns through the years

As a way of celebrating Metcalf's new deal, here's a gallery of DK scoring touchdowns through the years.

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Gluttonous cosmic 'black widow' is heaviest-known neutron star

WASHINGTON: Astronomers have observed the most massive known example of an object called a neutron star, one classified as a "black widow" that got particularly hefty by gobbling up most of the mass of a stellar companion trapped in an unhappy cosmic marriage.

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Russia's Lavrov Says He Will Discuss US Prisoner Swap Offer

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Friday that he's open to a call with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to discuss a possible prisoner swap involving American basketball star Brittney Griner. Blinken said Wednesday that Washington had offered Russia a deal that would bring home Griner and another jailed…

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Matt Calkins: Rashaad Penny revved to be Seahawks' No. 1 RB, and he doesn't care about online trolls

RENTON, Wash. — Things a good running back should read: 1) The playbook, 2) scouting reports, 3) the defense.

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Angry callers are threatening Congress. These interns are on the front lines

WASHINGTON — People with vile things to say about Adam Kinzinger tend to call his office at night, when it’s virtually guaranteed no one will answer.

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China's Xi warns Biden over Taiwan, calls for cooperation

President Xi JInping warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call with his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, that gave no indication of progress on trade, technology or other irritants

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CFN Preseason All-Pac-12 Football Team, Top 30 Players: Preview 2022

Who are the best players in the Pac-12 going into the 2022 college football season? They're highlighted in the CFN 2022 Preseason All-Pac-12 team and top 30 players.

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Biden’s slow-walk on student loans means more pressure to go big

WASHINGTON — While President Joe Biden draws out his decision on forgiving student loans, progressive lawmakers, civil rights groups, labor leaders and other advocates are taking the opportunity to press him to aim for more than $10,000 per borrower.

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DK Metcalf agrees to 3-year extension with Seahawks that includes record signing bonus

RENTON, Wash. — While speculation about DK Metcalf’s future lingered in national NFL circles throughout the offseason, the Seahawks expressed confidence at every turn that a deal would eventually get done.

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Here’s why the US economy shrinking in the 2nd quarter may not be so bad

WASHINGTON — In the most aggressive back-to-back interest rate increases since the early 1980s economic crisis, the Federal Reserve on Wednesday announced another hike of three-quarters of a percentage point and signaled more to come in its effort to beat back inflation despite the risk of a recession.

Los Angeles Times

Secret Service chief delays planned exit as agency faces Jan. 6 scrutiny

WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director James Murray will delay his planned departure for a job in the private sector while the agency faces scrutiny over missing text message from the days surrounding last year’s attack on the U.S. Capitol.

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Analysis-Despite Xi's 'fire', call with Biden avoided Taiwan escalation

U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping managed largely to steer clear of escalatory rhetoric on Taiwan in a Thursday call, suggesting that neither side – preoccupied with economic woes at home – wants a fresh crisis across the Taiwan Strait.

Reuters

Eric Greitens’ lost chapter: Inside his disappearance from public life before Senate run

WASHINGTON — Around 20 minutes before Eric Greitens officially became the former governor of Missouri, he put out a 1,485-word list of his gubernatorial accomplishments.

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Pelosi's Taiwan visit tests US-China ties as Biden looks to ease tensions with Xi

WASHINGTON — A congressional trip to Taiwan led by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., became the focus of President Joe Biden's call with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, further underscoring the latest U.S.-China rift that has sent relations to their lowest point in decades.

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K.J. Wright ‘overwhelmed with thankfulness and joy’ as he retires as Seahawk

RENTON, Wash. — The one-day contract the Seahawks handed K.J. Wright so that he could officially retire with the team created a memory that will undoubtedly last a lifetime.

Los Angeles Times

Climate crisis hawks have questions about energy policies in Democrats’ new plan

WASHINGTON — Climate crisis hawks are raising significant questions about Democrats’ emerging legislative deal to address healthcare, energy and taxes, a potential roadblock to swift passage of a key portion of President Biden’s agenda.

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Alito decries 'hostility to religion' in first public remarks since abortion decision

WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito decried what he called “hostility to religion” in his country and Europe, as he made his first public remarks since the release of his opinion overturning the constitutional right to abortion.

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DK Metcalf reportedly signs 3-year extension with Seahawks

RENTON, Wash. — It had been long anticipated that Seahawks receiver DK Metcalf would get a contract completed with the team early in training camp.

The Independent UK

A richer, stronger China warns Pelosi not to visit Taiwan

In 1997, Beijing grumbled but swallowed its irritation when then-Speaker Newt Gingrich of the U.S. House of Representatives visited Taiwan

The Independent UK

Commanders owner Dan Snyder to testify before Congress

Washington Commanders Dan Snyder is set to testify Thursday morning before a congressional committee investigating the NFL team's history of workplace misconduct

Reuters

No deal yet with U.S. on Griner swap for arms dealer Bout, Russia says

Russia said on Thursday there was no deal yet with the United States on swapping detained U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner and a former Marine for an imprisoned Russian called by American prosecutors one of the world's most prolific arms dealers.

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These hurricane flood maps reveal the climate future for Miami, NYC and D.C.

National Hurricane Center data for Miami, Washington, D.C., and New York City show development happening in at-risk areas, even as climate change brings more frequent and intense storms.

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US risks losing billions in taxes as Congress spurns global deal

WASHINGTON— The groundbreaking global corporate-tax agreement secured last year by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen included a “failsafe” measure to encourage compliance by its 137 signatories.

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Pelosi Taiwan trip in limbo as officials plan east Asia stops

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Asia in early August is set to include stops in Japan, Indonesia and Singapore, but a potential Taiwan visit that has already exacerbated U.S.-China tensions remains off the official itinerary, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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