China surrounding Taiwan would be enough to drag the US into military conflict, said the majority of 52 US experts

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Officers and soldiers are conducting search training in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China, on January 5, 2024.
Officers and soldiers are conducting search training in Guiyang, Guizhou Province, China, on January 5, 2024.

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Elon Musk wants to sell more Teslas in Japan. Here's why that could be tricky.

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This photo taken on January 27, 2023 shows Atsushi Ikeda, the founder and vice president of a Japanese club for Tesla owners, checking his phone as he charges his Tesla Model S at a charging station in Tokyo.

Taiwan says China is still sending balloons to the island, which it calls an act of 'cognitive warfare'

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Taiwan plots out the paths of the balloons, President-elect William Lai Ching-te won the country's leadership position on January 13.
Taiwan plots out the paths of the balloons, President-elect William Lai Ching-te won the country's leadership position on January 13.

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China doesn't have the military power to successfully invade Taiwan, the majority of 52 US experts said in a survey

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Taiwanese soldiers stand guard as flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill, after Beijing increased its military exercises near Taiwan, in Pingtung, Taiwan, 6 September 2022.
Taiwanese soldiers stand guard as flares are fired during a Taiwanese military live-fire drill, after Beijing increased its military exercises near Taiwan, in Pingtung, Taiwan, 6 September 2022.

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25 experts calculated the scenarios they think could play out in the US-China relationship. All the results are bleak.

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US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.
US President Joe Biden greets Chinese President Xi Jinping before a meeting during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders' week in Woodside, California on November 15, 2023.

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US House Committee says China delayed releasing COVID-19 information for weeks and lied about sharing it immediately

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Volunteers input test tube information for nucleic acid collection in a gas film laboratory for COVID-19 prevention and control in Anyang, Henan Province, China, Sept 5, 2022.
Volunteers input test tube information for nucleic acid collection in a gas film laboratory for COVID-19 prevention and control in Anyang, Henan Province, China, Sept 5, 2022.

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The next country to land humans on the moon in the next 10 years 'sets a precedent' for who decides the rules there: US officials

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China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, taken by the Yutu-2 moon rover, on the far side of the moon.
China's Chang'e-4 lunar probe, taken by the Yutu-2 moon rover, on the far side of the moon.

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No, the Ultimate World Cruise won't be ending early because of Red Sea chaos

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serenade of the seas
The Ultimate World Cruise is still scheduled for 274 total nights.

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Russia's Kinzhals are frustrating Chinese analysts who want to find out how Beijing's hypersonic missiles might stack up against US battlefield defenses

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MiG-31BM supersonic interceptor equipped with a Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile underneath it.

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Israel will allow more aid into Gaza in exchange for medicine deliveries to hostages, Qatar says

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A person wears a breathing tube while laying down on a gurney. Two people pull the gurney across the sand into a grey tent.
Patients receive treatment in a field hospital built by the International Medical Corps on January 16, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza.

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