China has started training children for military service, drilling “good fighting spirit” into them starting as early as the age of 7 to create an “iron army,” according to a report. Hundreds of young athletes will “deeply study” the military’s “sense of standards” and “combat spirit,” the Sports Bureau of …
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, alongside his “dear friend” Chinese President Xi Jinping, championed the duo’s “unprecedentedly high” ties as the U.S. and Europe remain strained over Moscow’s war in Ukraine. The Beijing-based meeting once again cemented the increased unity the adversarial nations have pursued following Putin’s 2022 invasion and comes …
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The Trump administration is seeking to cool tensions between the U.S. and China, after Beijing unveiled plans to impose export controls on rare-earth magnets and after the U.S. threatened more stringent tariffs on Chinese goods in retaliation. Rare-earth elements are used in products such as electric cars, household appliances, lithium …
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The U.S. wants to fast-track outfitting Australia with nuclear submarines under the trilateral agreement between the U.S., Australia and the U.K. to beef up Australia’s submarine force aimed at countering Chinese influence in the Indo-Pacific. In the agreement, known as AUKUS, the U.S. will sell up to five Virginia-class nuclear-powered …
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