The US is selling Taiwan a $500 million search and tracking system for its F-16 fighter jets

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The tracking system will be used by Taiwan's F-16 jets.

US Air Force

China's economic model isn't working, but that doesn't mean the country's headed for a 'Lehman moment'

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China's economy is facing a troubled property sector, deflation, and weak trade.
Economists are wary on China, but many don't expect a Lehman moment to transpire.

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Beijing selling off US Treasurys is a sign of China's economic weakness as it tries to prop up the yuan

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An employee counts money at the last workday of a week at a bank in Taiyuan, Shanxi province, June 28, 2013.

REUTERS/Jon Woo

China's yuan is displacing other top global currencies in trade, but not the US dollar

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Arrangement of various world currencies including Chinese Yuan, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound, in this picture illustration taken January 25, 2011. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel/Illustration/File Photo
Arrangement of various world currencies including Chinese Yuan, US Dollar, Euro, British Pound

Thomson Reuters

China's stock market reels from record stretch of capital exodus

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A Chinese flag flying over Shanghai street
A Chinese flag flying over Shanghai.

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China's Xi Jinping unexpectedly skipped a speech at a BRICS summit aimed at challenging dollar dominance

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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with China's President Xi Jinping at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 21, 2023.

MIKHAIL TERESHCHENKO/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images

The race to the moon is heating up as lunar resources could top $1 quadrillion in value

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A 3D reconstitution of the India moon lander is seen descending on the moon.
A still from a livestream shows a 3D reconstitution of India's historic moon landing on August 23.

ISRO

Nike stock rout deepens in longest run of declines since 1980

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A black and white Nike Dunk sneaker is being sliced in half with a band saw.
Slicing the Nike Dunk in half.

Rose Anvil

Xi and Putin are seeking to expand the alliance of BRICS nations to challenge the global dominance of the US and the dollar

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Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends an informal meeting of leaders of the BRICS countries via video link in Moscow, on August 22, 2023.

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A dissident who mocked Xi Jinping online fled China on a jet ski, crossing 180 miles of sea to reach South Korea

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A photo of the jet ski with a map showing the approximate journey from China to Incheon, South Korea.
A photo of the jet ski, back, with a map showing the approximate journey from China to Incheon, South Korea.

Korea Coast Guard, Google Maps

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