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World Ozone Day is a celebration and a reminder that we can do good things when we come togetherSpotlight World Ozone Day is an annual commemoration of the 1987 Montreal Protocol, the global treaty that phased out ozone-depleting chemicals and put the Earth's ozone layer on a path to recovery. This week also marks 60 […]

Kingsport, Tennessee, is a manufacturing town in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Home to generations of industrial workers, it is home to an ammunitions plant that manufactures explosives that the US military relies on. It has long been a Republican stronghold and many voters there say they still plan to support the Republican Party, […]

President Donald Trump has said that the US will "substantially reduce" joint military exercises with South Korea, citing his "very good relationship" with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un. The move comes after Trump expressed frustration with Seoul for declining to join the US in the "denuclearisation" of Iran. The BBC's Tom Bateman explains Trump's […]

The US national debt has more than doubled in a decade to reach a milestone $40tn (£29.4tn), Treasury figures show. The rise reflects years of heavy spending under both the Donald Trump and Joe Biden administrations, along with higher interest payments that have steadily added to the total. In 2016, the national debt stood at […]

Switch between CA and NY editions here. See more of our coverage in your search results. Iran’s supreme leader is under mounting pressure over the war — as the regime’s grip on the Strait of Hormuz weakens, cash finally starts to get tight and top political leaders publicly urge the Islamists in charge to find […]