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Virginia governor warns US must fast-track fusion or fall behind China
U.S. to fall behind China, Virginia governor warns

NEW YORK CITY, New York: The U.S. must accelerate its efforts to develop fusion energy or risk losing its edge to China, Virginia Governor...

China now dominates shipbuilding; US faces security risks
China's shipbuilding dominance poses security risk for US

WASHINGTON, D.C.: In the past 20 years, China has become the world's top shipbuilder, producing more than half of all commercial ships....

China hits Canadian agriculture with tariffs in trade retaliation
China imposes retaliatory tariffs on Canadian farm and food products

BEIJING, China: China has announced new tariffs on Canadian agricultural and food products in retaliation for Canada's recent duties...

Update: Xi inspects southwest China's Guizhou Province
Update: Xi inspects southwest China's Guizhou Province

GUIYANG, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, inspected an ethnic...

(SP)SAUDI ARABIA-RIYADH-FOOTBALL-FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER-ARRIVAL
(SP)SAUDI ARABIA-RIYADH-FOOTBALL-FIFA WORLD CUP QUALIFIER-ARRIVAL

(250318) -- RIYADH, March 18, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Sai Erjiniao (R) of Chinese national men's football team poses with a fan at the King...

PM Modi played role in persuading Putin against using Nuclear weapons, says Polish Deputy Foreign Minister
PM Modi played role in persuading Putin against using Nuclear weapons, says Polish Deputy Foreign Minister

New Delhi [India], March 18 (ANI): Poland's Deputy Foreign Minister and Secretary of State, Wladyslaw Teofil Bartoszewski, on Monday...

International

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Gold surges past $3,000 amid global uncertainty
Gold vaults $3,000 in rush for safety from market, political worries

WASHINGTON, D.C.: Gold prices have shattered the US$3,000 per ounce barrier for the first time, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions...

Trump administration pushes food firms to drop artificial dyes
RFK Jr. tells US food companies to ban artificial dyes

NEW YORK CITY, New York: The Trump administration is pressuring major food companies to remove artificial dyes from their products,...

Lawmakers debate military expansion amid European security fears
Germany weighs easing debt rules to boost defense spending

BERLIN, Germany: German Lawmakers are debating whether to loosen the country's strict borrowing rules to fund military expansion. ...

Trump to end U.S. government international news services
Trump dismantles Voice of America

The Voice of America may not live up to its ambitious name for much longer. Michael Abramowitz, the director of VOA, said in a Facebook...

Dozens dead as U.S. launches large scale offensive in Yemen
U.S. comes to aid of Israel with deadly air strikes on Yemen

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. President Donald Trump has joined Israel's war on Yemen's Houthis, days after the group said it would resume...

SPHEREx telescope to create a three-dimensional map of the cosmos
NASA SPHEREx telescope is launched to study universe's origins

LOMPOC, California: NASA launched a new telescope into space this week to study the origins of the universe and search for hidden water...

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