Saturday, 20 March 2021_The first high-level in-person meeting between representatives of the Biden administration and the Chinese government ended with both sides repeating why they have conflicts, signaling a failure to reach any agreement over an array of issues that have pushed the US-China rivalry to its most unsteady point in decades.
Saturday, 01 August 2020 _A midair plane collision in Anchorage on Friday (July 31) killed seven people, including a state lawmaker who was piloting one of the aircraft, Alaska officials said.
Tehran 15 March_For the second time in less than a week, the US has intercepted Russian maritime surveillance aircraft in what's known as the Alaska Air Defense Identification Zone, military officials announced Saturday.
TEHRAN, August 28 -If global warming continues unabated and wildfires become bigger, stronger and burn more frequently among northern climates, scientists worry the composition of Alaska's northern forests could be permanently altered.
TEHRAN, Jun 29 -US Attorney General William Barr on Friday declared a public-safety emergency in rural Alaska and pledged $10.5 million in federal funds to combat some of the nation’s worst rates of sexual assault, child abuse and other violent crimes.
TEHRAN, Jan 16 - "Basically, managers have liberalized regulations for large carnivores in a strategy of 'kill as many as possible and hope that it is OK in the end.' This is not science-based management," researcher Sterling Miller said.
TEHRAN, December 02 - Roads broke apart, cracks radiated up buildings, and books fell from shelves when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake rocked Anchorage, Alaska and surrounding areas.
TEHRAN, December 01 - An earthquake with a preliminary 7-magnitude shook Alaska on Friday, damaging roads and buildings, and disrupting air traffic in and out of the state's largest city, officials said.
TEHRAN, October 24 -"This study contributes to our understanding of the role of salmon in the ecosystem, but it also illustrates the importance of patient, careful, long-term research," said ecologist Tom Quinn.
TEHRAN, August 13 -Alaska fishermen are used to coping with fickle weather and wild ocean waves. Now they face a new challenge: the United States’ trade war with China, which buys $1 billion in Alaskan fish annually, making it the state’s top seafood export market.
TEHRAN, February 21 - The “highly unusual aerosol particle containing a very small amount of enriched uranium" was first discovered by experts from the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in 2016.
TEHRAN, April 22, YJC - American Air Force officials said they have spotted Russian military aircraft flying in international airspace off the coast of Alaska for four times in as many days this week.