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The United States $10 million prize for detention of Ahmed al-Sharaa, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Jolani, the Rebel leader who led the rebellion against President Bashar al-Assad, has been scrapped. A senior U.S. diplomat said Friday that America is ending a current reward for Syria's new leader, citing "positive messages" from a first meeting that included a commitment to fight terrorism. The statement came after Barbara Leaf, the US's senior diplomat for the Middle East, met with Ahmed al-Sharaa in Damascus, the first time U.S. officials have visited Syria's capital since the start of the civil conflict.  In a digital briefing to journalists on Friday, Barbara A. Leaf, assistant secretary of state for near eastern affairs, said that the decision to forgo the prize on Hayat Tahrir al-Sham commander Sharaa is a "policy decision" taken as Washington starts its engagement with the rebel group.

As many as 50 illegal immigrants have been found dead in an abandoned trailer near the US-Mexico border in San Antonio, Texas. Another 16 people, including four children, were hospitalized due to heat exhaustion and heat stroke.  The trailer is believed to have been refrigerated, but none of the air conditioning units appeared to be working, despite the temperature outside hitting 39.4C.  The survivors were described by firefighters as "hot to the touch".  According to law enforcement, the San Antonio incident was one of the deadliest single migrant deaths in recent years.  The death toll in the gruesome incident in which bodies were found "arranged" in a truck trailer near San Antonio has risen to at least 50, officials said.  Early on Tuesday, the Mexican Secretary of Foreign Affairs tweeted that US officials had confirmed at least 50 fatalities.  Survivors experienced heat exhaustion and heat exhaustion.  Traffickers frequently utilize trucks to car...

Helicopter Crash Killed all Six People on Board  The USA, Virginia - Six people were killed in a helicopter crash in West Virginia, on Wednesday night, authorities said.  According to the Civil Aviation Service, the helicopter crashed at around 5pm in Logan County in southwest West Virginia.   The helicopter known as the Huey crashed on 17 State Road, near Mount Blair, according to Logan County emergency management associate director Sonia Porter.  When firefighters arrived at the scene, they found the helicopter exploded and extinguished the fire, officials said.  According to Ray Bryant, chief of operations for local emergency services, the helicopter was on fire when the crew arrived and firefighters were putting out the fire.  Authorities are still investigating what caused the crash, but they know the weather was fine at the time. When Bobby Childs, who lives about a mile from the crash site, observed the helicopter lose control, he contact...

Inflation in the United States surged faster than predicted last month, driven by rising energy and food expenses, reaching its highest level since 1981: BBC After dropping in April, annual inflation climbed to 8.6% in May, according to the Labor Department. Households are under pressure from the rising cost of living, putting pressure on politicians to tackle the problem. The US Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates since March. Analysts hope the measures will help cool economic activity and ease price pressures. But the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has pushed up prices for oil and commodities such as wheat by disrupting exports from both countries, has made the problem difficult to resolve.  Nutrition prices increased by more than 10% last month compared to May 2021, while energy prices increased by more than 34%. However, rises continued to spread through the economy, driving up the prices of everything from plane tickets and clothing ...

America, Washinton Dc - A military official said Thursday that 4 Marines were killed and one missing after an Osprey plane crashed in the Southern California desert. The official said on condition of anonymity as the investigation continued. Further details are not available. The MV-22B Osprey was carrying five Marines when it crashed at 12:25 p.m. Wednesday during the training in Imperial County near Glamis, about 185 km east of San Diego. The MV-22B is a twin-engine self-adjusting aircraft that can fly like a turboprop while taking off and landing like a helicopter. The aircraft version is operated by the Marines, Navy, and Air Force. Before Wednesday's crash, the Osprey crash claimed 46 lives, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The USA - According to White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre, US President Joe Biden will travel to Germany for the G7 summit in late June and then to Spain for the NATO summit.  Biden will attend the  G-7 summit on June 25 in Schloss Elmau in southern Germany, where leaders will discuss the war in Ukraine and the food and energy crisis, Reuters reported.  Allies are expected to focus on NATO's "modification over the next decade" at the NATO meeting in Madrid on June 28, according to the statement.