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America has just ended its longest-ever war, and leaders are considering what comes next after Iraq and Afghanistan.

James Croot07:05, Jun 04 2021 Supplied Eight great Doc Edge films to check out at this year's festival. New Zealand’s annual celebration of global documentary film-making is back and this year in a form that offers the best of both worlds. As well as in-cinema seasons in Auckland and Wellington, most of the Doc Edge Film Festival 2021’s line-up will be available to stream from virtually anywhere in Aotearoa. In all, the Oscar-qualifying festival’s programme includes more than 80 features and shorts selected from submissions from across the planet. After looking through the line-up ...

Peterson Air Force Base is a potential site to temporarily house unaccompanied migrant children as thousands of people continue arriving at America’s southern border. The Department of Defense assessed the Colorado Springs base Wednesday at the request of the Department of Health and Human Services. A formal request to house unaccompanied minors at Peterson Air Force base in Colorado Springs has not been made. U.S. Rep Doug Lamborn, a Colorado Springs Republican, isn’t happy about the idea. “It is truly disturbing that the Biden administration would entertain the possibility of using P...

The White House announced Monday that it will continue adding to the number of safe and trusted places people can get vaccinated during the pandemic, which has killed more than 555,000 in the U.S., including nearly 6,200 Coloradans. “There are tremendous efforts being taken locally to administer vaccines,” Gen. Glen VanHerck, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and U.S. Northern Command, said in a news conference Monday. The Pueblo site is the one of three federally run mass vaccination centers announced Monday by the White House COVID-19 Response Team, along with one in...

Colorado National Guardsmen helped rescue about 40 of their fellow Coloradans -- most of them stranded motorists -- during the weekend storm that dumped about two feet of snow in parts of the state. Governor Jared Polis activated the guard in anticipation of the storm with heavy snow and gusty winds that closed roads, making it difficult for ambulances to respond to calls. Guardsmen staged in Fort Collins, Loveland and Watkins Sunday as the National Weather Service issued a blizzard warning throughout much of the region as the two-day storm was peaking. “At the request of our partner agenci...