As US planes bombed Japan in World War II, the Japanese sent balloons across the ocean to try to set the US on fire

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A Japanese Fu-Go balloon with bombs attached near Bigelow, Kansas, on February 23, 1945.

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Beijing's response to the US shooting down its balloon has been muted. It might be China's way of preparing for a future in which the roles are reversed, says international law expert.

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qi Gang speaks in Egypt on January 15.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang speaks in Egypt on January 15.

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India's stock regulator tried to calm jittery investors fleeing the stock market — but even that's not helped Gautam Adani, whose companies' shares continue to take a beating

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Art school teacher Sagar Kambli gives final touches to a painting of Indian businessman Gautam Adani highlighting the ongoing crisis of the Adani group in Mumbai on February 3, 2023.
Indian tycoon Gautam Adani's business empire has been targeted by a short seller.

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A close read of Beijing's official statement shows it doesn't think the US violated international law by shooting down its balloon, says a legal expert who studies China

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Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and members of his delegation meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and officials on January 15, 2023 in Cairo, Egypt.
Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang and members of his delegation meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and officials on January 15, 2023 in Cairo, Egypt.

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China keeps insisting its real estate market is not in a crisis — even as just about every sign points to the opposite

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Workers at the construction site of a residential block belonging to the property developer Greentown China on March 3, 2021 in Nantong, Jiangsu Province of China.
China's real-estate sector is mired in debt woes.

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Putin promised he would not to kill Zelenskyy, according to former Israeli prime minster who secretly met with the Russian leader

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Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting, in Sochi, on October 22, 2021.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) speaks with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett during their meeting, in Sochi, on October 22, 2021.

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Aristocratic British family whose ancestors owned 1,000 slaves to apologize and pay $120,000 to reparations fund

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The island of Grenada

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Republicans are blaming Biden for letting a suspected Chinese spy balloon cross into the US. It happened 3 times during the Trump administration, officials say.

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Donald Trump looks at falling balloons at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland on July 21, 2016.

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A second 'Chinese surveillance balloon' has been spotted over Latin America, according to Pentagon officials

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A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, on February 1, 2022.
A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, on February 1, 2022.

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Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro addressed right-wing activists at Trump resort in Miami amid calls for him to be ejected from the country

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Far-right former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks during the Turning Point USA event at the Trump National Doral Miami resort on February 03, 2023 in Doral, Florida.

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