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A worker packs avocados at a plant in Uruapan

US suspends avocado inspections in Mexican state, potentially disrupting fruit’s export from top producing region

By Michael Rios, CNN (CNN) — The US suspended government activities in Mexico’s Michoacan state on Wednesday due to an unspecified “threat against American interests,” in a move that could potentially delay avocado exports from the state to the US. The suspension will disrupt the work of US Department of Agriculture personnel that inspect avocado

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Police talk near a Ukrainian Antonov cargo plane at Leipzig/Halle Airport on August 5

Germany warns of ‘new threat’ after explosives-packed drone targets airport

By Sophie Tanno, CNN (CNN) — German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt has warned that an explosives-laden drone discovered at Leipzig/Halle Airport represents a “new threat scenario” for Germany, as counterterrorism investigators examine whether foreign actors could have been involved in the incident that briefly forced the suspension of flights overnight into Wednesday. Dobrindt described the

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Marine One with US President Donald Trump on board departs from the Ellipse near the White House in Washington

Passenger plane taking off got too close to Trump’s Marine One helicopter, NTSB and FAA to investigate

By Hanna Park, Aaron Cooper, CNN (CNN) — Investigations are underway into how a commercial jet full of passengers got too close to the military helicopter carrying President Donald Trump, the Federal Aviation Administration and National Transportation Safety Board said Wednesday. The Marine One helicopter took off from the Ellipse just south of the White

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