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The Taiwan Strait is an international waterway and Taiwan's government supports U.S. warships transiting it, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, rebuffing claims from China to exercise sovereignty over the strategic passage.

India's military is overhauling its recruitment process for personnel below officer rank, aiming to deploy fitter, younger troops on its front lines, many of them on shorter contracts of up to four years, defence officials said on Tuesday.

The world’s nuclear-armed nations are set to boost their arsenals in the next decade, even as the number of such weapons fell last year, a report from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said.
“All of the nuclear-armed states are…

A leading weapons watchdog has warned about the heightened risk of nuclear war breaking out

Amazon plans to use much of the real estate for a new generation of towering fulfillment centers that can store a wide variety of products close to customers in populous areas.

US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan met with his Chinese counterpart on Monday, the White House said, describing their lengthy exchange as a "candid" attempt to "manage the dynamic" between the…

The two superpowers have escalated their rhetoric in recent weeks - is a conflict on the horizon?

The shopping giant hopes to deliver parcels to shoppers by air for the first time later in 2022.

More than 300 Sri Lankans have tried to get to Australia in the past few weeks as the country's economic crisis has worsened, with people smugglers claiming those on board will be allowed into the country under the new Labor government.

Theary Seng stands outside court in Phnom Penh as the verdict is announced, saying she wants her arrest to be public and "not in the shadow".

Just last November, the total value of cryptocurrency in the world was $3 trillion US. But now, more than $2 trillion of it has gone. Intuitively it is hard to grasp, but when stocks and real estate values plunge, money essentially "disappears into thin air."

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek said the special order allows police and fire departments to go door-to-door in the event of an evacuation and gives members of the city’s water services team access to property to protect critical infrastructure. 

Banking giants JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are winding down operations with Russian debt due to a US investment ban, Bloomberg reports

ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

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