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The Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance was the first of many so-called "mutual security agreements", and the formalization of the Act of Chapultepec.

The treaty was adopted by the original signatories on 2 September 1947 in Rio de Janeiro

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Sixteen US physicians and healthcare workers, including at least half a dozen medical practitioners of Pakistan descent, have been sentenced to prison for collecting more than $250 million through healthcare fraud and opioid distribution schemes.

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War on terrorism, term used to describe the American-led global counterterrorism campaign launched in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. 

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Area wise smallest US state: Rhode Island

Population wise smallest US state: Wyoming

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Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite with the United States.

The satellite called Sputnik 1 – went into space on Oct. 4, 1957.

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The Minerals Security Partnership (MSP) is new US-led partnership initiative of 11 nations which was formed in 2022, aims to bolster critical mineral supply chains

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New York became US capital: 1789

Washington became US capital: 1790

New York: largest US city

New York also called: the big apple

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The program was launched with the goal of ending Cancer that kills more than 600,000 people a year in the U.S.

The revamped initiative aims to reduce the death rate from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years. 

US President Joe Biden announced a relaunch of the “Cancer Moonshot” program in 2022.

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Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on June 18, 1983, aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.

She later became a champion for science education and a role model for generations.

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Death Valley National Park is all about extremes. Famous for the highest temperature ever recorded anywhere in the world (a sizzling 134 degrees in July 1936) and as the driest spot in North America, from autumn into spring Death Valley is inviting to explore.