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Cryptocurrency-linked stocks are dropping Friday, after bitcoin fell to around $80,000, bringing the token to more than a ...

The U.S. has just slapped a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles, sparking fears of a second trade war between China and ...

President Donald Trump is gearing up to apply a round of tariffs on Chinese, Canadadian, and Mexican imports in early March ...

Continental defenses that can provide perfect—or even near-perfect—protection for the US homeland are not feasible. New ...

Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday that the history of World War Two shows aggression and expansion will end in failure ...

The S&P 500 fell into negative territory for the year last night as markets slumped in the wake of disappointing economic ...

I survived Mao Zedong and the Chinese Communist Party’s purges. What's happening now reminds me of the CCP’s Central Cultural ...

The National Park Service and an Australian company are at odds over an old Mojave Desert gold mine, where the company is ...

Governments frequently disagree over the names of places. Here’s how mapping apps have dealt with various feuds.

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Britain is trying to discredit China's policy in the northwestern Xinjiang region, a spokesperson at China's embassy in ...