The US Navy aircraft carrier the USS Abraham Lincoln will dock in Thailand next week, following a prolonged deployment in the Middle East during the Iran war, a Thai official said on Tuesday.
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official → dock → Tuesday
The Lincoln, which left the Middle East on Saturday, has not make a port call in more than 200 days, setting a modern-day record for consecutive days at sea, according to Democrats, amid reports of concerns about mental health and deteriorating conditions aboard.
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which → leave → health
The ship, which has roughly 5,000 sailors and marines aboard, will be in Thailand for “rest and recreation after their long sea journey,” the official said, asking not to be named.
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official → have → journey
A Thai Navy spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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spokesperson → respond → comment
In an interview last week, the wife of a sailor onboard the USS Lincoln told the Guardian as the deployment has stretched on and on, she has noticed a change in her husband’s messages.
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she → tell → messages
“There’s less hope in the way he talks and less positive things that he has to say,” she said.
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she → ’ → that
“He’s just exhausted,” she added.
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she → ’ → ?
“It’s a long, long deployment and it takes a toll.”
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it → ’ → toll
Reports from families of crew members published in the Navy Times and Stars and Stripes military newspapers described food and water shortages, disrupted mail services, plumbing problems, low morale and worsening mental health, prompting Democratic lawmakers to demand answers from the Pentagon.
Republican and Democratic politicians have called on the Trump administration to bar American citizens and businesses from supporting Chinese and Russian civilian intelligence and security agencies, Reuters reports.
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Reuters → publish → agencies
Congress approved a law in 2018 banning Americans from providing support to foreign military intelligence agencies but leaving the door open to such aid for similar civilian-led organisations.
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Congress → approve → organisations
In 2019, Reuters revealed the United Arab Emirates had hired over a dozen former US intelligence operatives to hack dissidents, journalists, and Americans.
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Emirates → reveal → dissidents
Rules implementing a 2022 congressional measure to bolster controls have not yet been finalised, leaving “glaring loopholes that harm US national security and foreign policy interests,” Democratic Senator Ron Wyden and Republican John Cornyn wrote in a letter addressed to Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick.
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Wyden → implement → Lutnick
Canada said it will announce its response to Donald Trump’s new tariffs, as the neighbours that used to be close allies spiral into a trade war.
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that → say → war
Canadian PM Mark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an “irritant … in Quebec, these are rights,” days after receiving widespread praise from political leaders for rejecting a US trade proposal that many perceived as weakening the country’s Francophone culture.
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many → say → culture
The prime minister’s remarks came hours after Trump showed little interest in retreating from the spat, posting on social media that Canada had been “ripping off the United States of America for years” and threatening a swath of new, economically devastating tariffs on cars and trucks.
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Canada → come → cars
Carney instructed his negotiators to walk away from trade talks last week.
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Carney → instruct → talks
Tariffs on an array of Canadian products took effect over the weekend, affecting around 5% of Canada’s exports to the US, and Canada said it will retaliate in early September.
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it → take → September
Quebec’s premier, Christine Fréchette, said Carney had made the right decision in walking away from talks that looked to cross a “red line” for Francophones.
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that → say → Francophones
On Monday, Trump’s top trade representative, Jamieson Greer, called reports that French language protections were up for debate a “a funny fake story”.
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protections → call → debate
“That is not true,” Greer told CNBC.
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Greer → tell → CNBC
“I like the Quebecois and I like that they speak French.”
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they → like → French
Darline Graham and Ralph Norman face South Carolina voters yet again in a special Republican primary runoff to replace the late Lindsey Graham in the Senate, one month after his sudden death.
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Graham → face → death
Darline Graham is a political newcomer now serving as interim replacement for her brother.
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Graham → serve → brother
She has struggled to define herself to voters who routinely backed her brother.
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who → struggle → brother
Norman has stressed his experience servicing in state and federal office.
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Norman → stress → office
Tulsa businessman Mike Mazzei is hoping to win a hotly contested Republican primary runoff for Oklahoma governor against state Attorney General Gentner Drummond.
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Mazzei → hop → Drummond
Trump has endorsed Mazzei and sharply attacked Drummond.
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Trump → endorse → Drummond
The winner will face Oklahoma House Minority Leader Cyndi Munson in a vote to be governor of the deeply conservative state.
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winner → face → state
The Supreme Court is siding with the Trump administration in a case over Trump’s executive order restricting mail-in voting, though it remains unclear how much can be implemented before the fast-approaching midterm elections.
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much → side → elections
The US Postal Service laid out its plan for implementing the order last week, but time is running short to impose major changes.
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time → lay → changes
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Trump had congratulated Ukraine on its independence day.
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Trump → say → day
The message that Zelenskyy shared on X read: “Let us seize this moment to end the conflict and build a durable, lasting peace that unleashes the tremendous potential of Ukraine for generations to come.”
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that → share → generations
Zelenskyy said on Sunday that his country is receiving substantially fewer Patriot defence systems, even as Russian ballistic attacks are increasing.
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attacks → say → systems
