The U.S. Navy and Marine Corps are holding joint exercises in the South China Sea at a time of heightened tensions with Beijing over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon. The 7th Fleet based in Japan said Sunday that the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier strike group and the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit […]
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US-China relations wounded by Balloon saga
As the balloon crashed into the sea so did attempts to mend China-US relations. You can track the trajectory of China’s response to its balloon just as the Pentagon was tracking the trajectory of a high-altitude piece of equipment destined to be blown out of the sky. We’re investigating; we regret that it is our […]
Trump Sells Qatar $12B In Weapons Day After Saying They Sponsor Terrorism
Qatar is currently isolated within the region by neighbours which accuse it of sponsoring terrorism The US has sold Qatar $12bn (£9.4bn)-worth of fighter jets just days after President Donald Trump accused the country of being a “high-level” sponsor of terrorism. The deal was signed off by the US Defence Ministry and reportedly included 36 F-15 combat aircraft. […]
Putin Sends Warships To Meet US Navy
Russia deployed its most advanced Black Sea frigate Friday into the eastern Mediterranean, where U.S. Navy destroyers had launched an airstrike earlier that day against the Moscow-backed Syrian military. As Russian leadership condemned the U.S.’ first intentional attack on the military of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad since the country’s six-year conflict began, Russia’s Admiral Grigorovich frigate […]
Joe Biden Regrets Not Running For President
HAMILTON, N.Y. — Former vice president Joe Biden says that if he had run for president in 2016 he could have won. Biden told students at Colgate University in central New York on Friday that he could have won the election but the Democratic primary would have been ‘‘very difficult.’’ Biden said his son Beau’s […]