The pilot, Cornelius van der Walt, died in a crash in Arizona that also killed three others. While the autopsy found he had ketamine in his system, it had been administered by medics after the crash.
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Experts See a Message in Chinese Balloons Flying Over Taiwan
Some analysts see the objects as a calculatedly ambiguous reminder to voters that Beijing is watching.
Blinken Meets Xi as China and the U.S. Try to Ease Tensions
U.S. diplomats visited Beijing to try to ensure that competition “does not veer into conflict.” The talks pave the way for a possible Biden-Xi meeting.
China Says U.S. Is ‘Not Qualified’ to Issue Orders on Arms
Beijing is trying to preserve ties with Moscow while asserting it is a neutral observer trying only to coax Russia and Ukraine into peace talks.
China Says U.S. Is ‘Not Qualified’ to Issue Orders on Arms
Beijing is trying to preserve ties with Moscow while asserting it is a neutral observer trying only to coax Russia and Ukraine into peace talks.
China Says U.S. Is ‘Not Qualified’ to Issue Orders on Arms
Beijing is trying to preserve ties with Moscow while asserting it is a neutral observer trying only to coax Russia and Ukraine to peace talks.
Blinken Has Tense Meeting With Chinese Official Amid Spy Balloon Furor
The meeting resumed diplomatic contact between Washington and Beijing that had been frozen since the U.S. shot down a Chinese spy balloon.
U.S. Calls Off Search for Unidentified Objects It Shot Down
The end of the search for objects downed over Alaska and Lake Huron raises the possibility that the devices will never be collected and analyzed.
U.S. and China Vie in Hazy Zone Where Balloons, U.F.O.s and Missiles Fly
American officials are worried China is far along in developing military technology that operates in the unregulated high-altitude zone of “near space.”