Beijing seeks to enforce sovereign rights and jurisdiction over all features within the nine-dash line, including the islands, rocks and atolls that make up the Paracel and Spratly Islands. China ...

in December jointly carried out activities similar to a naval blockade in the Miyako Strait located between the main island of Okinawa and Miyako Island. A heavily armed CCG fleet was also dispatched ...

New tactics in controlling infection are sorely needed, with antibiotic-resistant bacteria expected to claim as many as 2 million lives each year by 2050. US and Spanish researchers have now ...

Major oil exporters in the Persian Gulf region are keenly focused on who has control of a small archipelago in the middle of the Strait of Hormuz. Both Iran and the United Arab Emirates have made ...

"Before the announcement of the territorial sea baseline, the extent of ... "excessive" baselines Beijing drew in 1996 for the Paracel Islands, which are also claimed by Vietnam.

Allison/U.S. Navy) The Navy released a photo just before Christmas showing the San Diego-based USS Carl Vinson transiting the legendary Surigao Strait in the Philippine Islands. The nuclear ...

David Arrick, Nate and Heidi at Nate's karate class exposition in New York City in 2017.

It can be armed with munitions such as Tomahawk cruise missiles, whose 1,500-mile range would cover China's militarized artificial islands in the South China Sea and much of its eastern coastline.

Importantly, these scholars have raised the possibility of Vietnam granting the United States and Japan access to its islands, which could offset Vietnam’s significant military disadvantage vis ...

In 2024, global geopolitics and national politics have undergone considerable upheaval, and the world economy has both significant weaknesses, including Europe and China, and notable bright spots, ...

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