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Published: 24 June 2019

Washington, DC - Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo: "Yesterday, Iran-backed Houthi rebels launched a drone attack on the Abha airport in Saudi Arabia for the second time in less than two weeks. Initial reports suggest one person was killed and twenty-one were wounded. These Iranian-backed attacks are unacceptable, and all the more reprehensible given that they targeted innocent civilians. They also put Americans living, working, and transiting through Saudi Arabia at risk.

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Published: 24 June 2019

Washington, DC - Within a twelve-month span, from June 2018 to June 2019, the U.S. Department of States Diplomatic Security Service (DSS) at the U.S. Embassy in Bangkok, Thailand, worked with local authorities to support the apprehension and return of 13 fugitives wanted for crimes ranging from drug trafficking, rape of minors, sexual assault, cybercrime, money laundering, passport fraud, identity theft, tax evasion, and wire fraud. DSS worked with U.S. and Thai law enforcement and immigration authorities to return these fugitives to face justice in the United States.

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Published: 24 June 2019

Sacramento, California - A new USDA report finds that farmers are likely to see returns from planting cover crops within three years if the practice is used to deal with herbicide-resistant weeds, to graze livestock or to reverse soil degradation. The report is based on an analysis of five years of survey data from about 500 farms — the largest multiyear data set that has ever been compiled showing how growers’ yields respond to cover crops, said lead author Rob Myers of the University of Missouri.

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Published: 24 June 2019

Washington, DC - Technology and Power in China’s Geopolitical Ambitions:

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