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On August 15, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet in Anchorage, Alaska, to discuss Russia’s war in Ukraine, which began over three years ago. The summit, held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, aims to explore peace possibilities, with Trump positioning himself as a mediator. The meeting will start at 11:30 a.m. Alaska time, followed by a bilateral lunch and a joint press conference. This will be Putin’s first visit to Alaska and his eighth to the U.S. as president. Trump has warned of “very severe consequences” if Putin does not agree to end the conflict and called the talks a “chess game,” acknowledging a 25% chance they may fail. Trump has proposed a land swap between Russia and Ukraine to resolve the war, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has firmly rejected any territorial concessions. European leaders emphasize that Zelenskyy must be included in any future negotiations. USA TODAY will provide live coverage of the summit.
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ecause the meeting is on American soil, the Secret Service can move weapons, communications equipment and medical gear without foreign restrictions. But the geography presents its own hurdles.
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In Washington, Trump said there was a 25 per cent chance that the summit would fail, but he also floated the idea that, if the meeting succeeds, he could bring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to Alaska for a subsequent, three-way meeting.
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According to the NCS, the massive earthquake occurred at a shallow depth of 36 km, making it susceptible to aftershocks.
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Mount Spurr, a volcano in Alaska, shows signs of increased seismic activity, prompting scientists to warn of a potential eruption.
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The collision, deadliest aviation disaster in the US since 2001, happened when American Airlines Flight 5342 collided with the Army helicopter as it approached the airport on Wednesday night.
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President Donald Trump signs an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America and Denali to Mount McKinley, honoring U.S. heritage and history.
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Mount Spurr, about 80 miles (129 kilometers) northwest of Anchorage, last erupted in 1992, spewing an ash cloud nearly 12 miles (19 kilometers) into the air, prompting flights to be cancelled and people to don masks.
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Discover the significant historical events that occurred on October 18, from Benazir Bhutto's return to Pakistan to the Jesse Pipeline Explosion and Alaska's joining the United States.
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The IceNode project represents a major leap forward in our ability to measure ice melt in some of the hardest-to-reach places on Earth. With further testing and development, this fleet of autonomous robots could provide scientists with the valuable data needed to predict how melting ice will impact global sea levels in the coming decades.
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The man, identified as Adam David Seymour, sexually assaulted a woman passenger on the Alaska Airlines flight, asking her to make love with him.
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The approval of the largest proposed oil project in the country would mark a turning point in the administration’s approach to fossil fuel development.
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When asked about what problems he had with Donald Trump's administration, Elon Musk said, "...too much drama. Do we really want a bull in a china shop situation every single day!?"
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"They’re found around 100 to 200 meters down. So I would say your general everyday person is never going to encounter one of these fish," fish biologist Sarah Friedman said.
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She will be joining a crowded field of nearly 40 candidates to fill the House seat left vacant by Rep. Don Young, whose unexpected death last month has spurred one of the largest political shifts in the state in 50 years.
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The US Geological Survey said the earthquake was magnitude 8.2 on the Richter scale and hit 91 kilometres east southeast of Perryville, Alaska.
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The quake was at a depth of 10 km, the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences said
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The Russian military operations in August inside the U.S. economic zone off the coast of Alaska were the latest in a series of escalated encounters across the North Pacific and the Arctic, where the retreat of polar ice continues to draw new commercial and military traffic.
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The quake was centered near Sand Point, a city of about 900 people off the Alaska Peninsula where wave levels late Monday topped 2 feet (0.61 meters), according to the National Tsunami Warning Center. The warning was downgraded to an advisory just over two hours after the quake hit.
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Strong southerly winds picked up loose ash from a 1912 volcanic eruption, sending an ash cloud about 4,000 feet (1,219 meters) into the sky on Monday.
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The 19 million acre (7.7 million hectares) refuge is home to wildlife populations including Porcupine caribou and polar bears and has been off-limits to drilling for decades.
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The 7.0 magnitude quake struck about 8 miles (13 km) north of Anchorage, a city of 300,000 residents accounting for about 40 percent of Alaska's population.
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The 7.0 magnitude quake struck about 8 miles (13 km) north of Anchorage, a city of 300,000 residents accounting for about 40 percent of Alaska's population.
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Before crashing the flight into Ketron Island off the coast of Seattle on Friday, Russell said: "I've played video games before and I know what I’m doing a little bit."
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The main earthquake was centered 40 miles (64 km) southwest of Kaktovik, a coastal Inupiat village of about 260 residents at the northern edge of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR).
