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Fur seals rest along the northern shore in St. George, Alaska, US, May 22, 2021. Hundreds of thousands of fur seals spend their summer on St George each year. Photo :Reuters
USA

Baked Alaska - record December warmth and winter rains

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USA

Six, including pilot, killed in crash of Alaska sightseeing plane

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World+Biz

Huge quake of magnitude 8.2 on Alaska Peninsula triggers tsunami alert

Satellite imagery shows lightning strikes occuring above the Arctic regions of Alaska, United States, July 12, 2021. NOAA Handout via REUTERS
World+Biz

Scientists stunned by rare Arctic lightning storms north of Alaska

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken (2nd R), joined by National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R), speaks while facing Yang Jiechi (2nd L), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office, and Wang Yi (L), China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister, at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, US March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via REUTERS
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'Tough' US-China talks signal rocky start to relations under Biden

The Chinese delegation led by Yang Jiechi (C), director of the Central Foreign Affairs Commission Office and Wang Yi (2nd L), China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister, speak with their US counterparts at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, US March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via Reuters
South Asia

Top US, China officials clash publicly in Alaska

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan (R) speaks as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken looks on at the opening session of US-China talks at the Captain Cook Hotel in Anchorage, Alaska, U.S. March 18, 2021. Frederic J. Brown/Pool via Reuters
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Chinese delegation faults United States on protocol at Alaska talks

Flags of US and China are displayed at American International Chamber of Commerce (AICC)'s booth during China International Fair for Trade in Services in Beijing, China, May 28, 2019/ Reuters
Global Economy

Troubled US-China ties face new test in Alaska meeting

US President Donald Trump participates in a phone call with Vice President Mike Pence, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley October 4, 2020, in his conference room at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. Not shown in the photo also in the room on the call is Chief of Staff Mark Meadows. Photo: Reuters
World+Biz

Trump administration issues last-minute Arctic refuge drilling leases

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Environment

Trump administration readies oil bidding in Alaska wildlife refuge

Pacific black brant fly past Mount Dutton over the Izembek Lagoon in the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska's Aleutian Islands, in this U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) picture taken November 7, 2008. REUTERS
Global Economy

Last-minute White House decision opens more Arctic land to oil leasing

Three polar bears are seen on the Beaufort Sea coast within the 1002 Area of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in this undated handout photo provided by the US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library on December 21, 2005. REUTERS/HANDOUT/US Fish and Wildlife Service Alaska Image Library
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Trump administration pushes to sell Alaska oil leases pre-Biden inauguration