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China's military held long-range, live-fire drills in the East China Sea on Wednesday in an escalation of exercises around ...

Canadian leaders are reconsidering their order of 88 F-35s amid questions of overreliance on their southern neighbor.

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After weeks of working with Vladimir Putin to reach a peace deal in Ukraine, Donald Trump has now said he is “pissed off” ...

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Greenland's mineral riches are an increasing focus of the U.S. and, as the vice president recently warned, America's rivals.

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Discovery in China of tools called Quina scrapers suggests the people of East Asia were as inventive and flexible with ...

On current trends, China’s carbon-dioxide emissions might peak in the next year or two, but then plateau as coal usage slows, ...

This incredible map shows every submarine cable in the world, many of which have become a real worry as threats to sever ...