The U.S. is currently struggling to respond to multiple natural disasters that scientists say are being made worse due to climate change, including the West Coast’s wildfires that are destroying homes and filling skies with smoke and the flooding caused by Hurricane Sally in the Southeast.
The United States currently tops the world in total cases and deaths, with the state of New York suffering the most with 230,579 cases and 17,131 fatalities.
The US State Department approved a potential billion arms package-featuring 66 Lockheed Martin F-16 fighter jets, 75 General Electric engines and other support systems-to Taiwan, according to a statement by the US Defense Security Cooperation Agency on Tuesday.
The US Treasury said the former Venezuelan officials and other individuals used favorable foreign exchange transactions through brokerage firms controlled by Gorrin and among a few that were approved by the South American country's treasury. The individuals concealed their profits in the US and European bank accounts and investments, it said.
The US-South Korea war games, code-named Foal Eagle, kicked off on April 13 and would last till the end of the month. It was denounced by the DPRK as a rehearsal for northward invasion.
The US Justice Department said in 2017 it sought forfeiture of more than billion in drug proceeds and illicit profits from Guzman.
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The United States and Israel have sent firefighting planes to help tackle the blazes. Other countries are leasing planes to spray water and fire retardants.
The US and the Republic of Korea, refusing to change their stance, began this year's 11-day joint military drill on Aug 21, to which the DPRK responded with a warning that the US could face "merciless revenge". And when Japanese and US foreign and defense heads met in Washington on Aug 17, Tokyo unveiled a plan to accelerate the deployment of a land-based Aegis Ashore anti-missile defense system to counter Pyongyang's military "provocations". Japan already uses a sea-based Aegis Ashore system, a regular feature on many US warships.
The United States so far has largely ignored DPRK's request in the Pyongyang Declaration for "corresponding measures" as the precondition for its further actions on the denuclearization, such as the permanent destruction of its main Yongbyon nuclear facility.