The US Navy needs to find more ships it can load up with missiles amid shipbuilding delays, Congress says with eyes on China

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A graphic rendering showing a future US Navy guided-missile frigate at sea.
A graphic rendering of the future guided-missile frigate USS Lafayette (FFG 65). Work on a new class of frigate has been experiencing delays.

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China basically just admitted it's also concerned about solar panel overcapacity

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An aerial view of solar panels on the roofs of buildings.
Solar panels on buildings in the Anhui province of China.

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Japan is scrambling to explain why its naval destroyer pushed into Chinese waters where Beijing was conducting live-fire drills near Taiwan

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Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer JS Suzutsuki (DD 117) arriving in Qingdao in China's eastern Shandong province.
The Japanese Akizuki-class destroyer Suzutsuki, pictured here in 2019, sailed into Chinese waters on July 4 for about 20 minutes.

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China Targets Near-Earth Asteroid for Upcoming Deflection Test

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An illustration of an asteroid drifting through space.

NATO just accused China of enabling Russia's invasion of Ukraine for the first time

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Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin
Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russia's President Vladimir Putin in 2023. NATO has accused China of being "a decisive enabler of Russia's war against Ukraine."

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A first-time flyer in China opened an emergency exit after mistaking it for the bathroom door, local media reported

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An Air China Airbus 320 flying from Osaka, Japan, sits beside a covered bridge at Hangzhou Xiaoshan International Airport in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, May 16, 2024.
An Air China Airbus A320 similar to the one involved in the incident with a first-time flyer opening an emergency exit.

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Travel nightmare: Man caught smuggling over 100 live snakes in his pants

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The man smuggled several snake species, including a corn snake (not pictured).

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Fear of China is behind India's exuberant display of friendship with Vladimir Putin

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President Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a meeting outside Moscow in July 2024

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Beware, Elon Musk — BYD just took its next step toward world domination

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BYD CEO Wang Chuanfu signs deal for new factory with Turkish President Recep Erdoğan
BYD CEO Wang Chuanfu signs a deal for a new factory with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

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The Chinese economy is so bad, even Chinese people can't be enticed into buying dirt-cheap mega-sale items

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A citizen buys goods online in Zhoushan city.
A citizen buys goods online in Zhoushan city.

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