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US election: Donald Trump wins Alaska, his electoral college tally up at 217

The Republican Party has also retained the Senate seat, giving the party 50 seats in the 100-member United States Senate

1 min read12 Nov 2020
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7.5 magnitude earthquake off Alaska triggers small tsunami waves

Residents evacuated to higher ground as tsunami warnings covered much of the southern coast of the remote US stateTwo-foot waves were recorded at the tiny nearby city of Sand Point, some 60 miles (100km) from the epicenter of the quake which struck at a depth of 25 miles (40 km)

1 min read20 Oct 2020
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US fighter jets intercept Russian bombers off Alaska

The Russian TU-95 'Bear' bombers flew into a so-called Air Defence Identification Zone located about 200 miles off Alaska's west coast

1 min read12 May 2018
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Mark Zuckerberg sister’s harassment spotlights ‘epidemic’ on airlines

Mark Zuckerberg's sister Randi Zuckerberg said this week that a male passenger on an Alaska Air flight made repeated harassing comments to her and airline staff did nothing about it

3 min read1 Dec 2017
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Donald Trump’s $250 billion China haul is big number, little substance

The non-committal nature of many of the deals reflects a lack of planning or advance work ahead of Donald Trump's visit to pin down significant agreements or concessions from China

5 min read9 Nov 2017
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Magnitude 7.8 quake hits off Russia’s Kamchatka

The quake struck some 200 km from the city of Nikolskoye on Bering island off the Kamchatka Peninsula, triggering a tsunami warning but the threat has now passed

1 min read18 Jul 2017
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Could the US shield Alaska from a North Korean missile?

The US military has faith that its high-tech defensive systems: THAAD, Aegis and Patriot, could fend off any attack from North Korea but other observers are not so sure

3 min read6 Jul 2017
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North Korea says first ICBM test successful as experts warn of threat to Alaska

North Korea has said it wants to develop a missile mounted with a nuclear warhead capable of striking the US mainland

5 min read4 Jul 2017
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BP races to contain Alaska’s North Slope well after finding leaks

BP's well on Alaska's frigid North Slope is no longer spraying crude oil after leaks were discovered Friday morning

1 min read17 Apr 2017
Industry

Barack Obama bans new oil, gas drilling off Alaska, part of Atlantic coast

The ban affects 115 million acres of federal waters off Alaska in the Chukchi Sea and most of the Beaufort Sea and 3.8 million acres in the Atlantic from New England to Chesapeake Bay

3 min read21 Dec 2016
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