British Defense Secretary John Healey has underlined his country’s close security ties with Japan amid the changing security environment. “We are forging a golden age of defense cooperation together,” Healey told reporters Friday during his visit to Japan, calling the East Asian country “our closest security ally in Asia.” His visit coincided with port calls…
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said direct talks between Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelenskyy wouldn’t happen, even as the Trump administration continues to push for a peace deal. “Unlike what had been agreed between President Trump and President Putin last week, when we were together in Washington, it is obviously not going to come…
The problem, however, is dissolving parliament is exactly how French politics ended up in this mess in the first place. The political landscape hasn’t much changed since last summer, so elections could very well just deliver another hung parliament. Before Monday, Macron looked unlikely to send voters back to the polls. He has repeatedly, including…
Intel posted details of the plan soon afterward, saying the administration would make an $8.9 billion investment in Intel common stock, paid for with the CHIPS grant money. The company said the stake would be funded with $5.7 billion in grants previously awarded but not yet paid, and $3.2 billion from a separate Defense Department program. It said…
CEO of Palantir Technologies Alex Karp attends the Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on the campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 15, 2025. Andrew Caballero-reynolds | Afp | Getty Images Palantir‘s stock slumped more than 9% on Tuesday, falling for a fifth straight day to continue its pullback from all-time highs….
Published on August 18, 2025 – 3:19 PM EDT – Key Points and Summary: The U.S.-China technology competition is being hindered by a lack of agreed-upon facts, leading to a fractured and ineffective policy debate. -To solve this, Congress should mandate an annual “China Tech Power” report, mirroring the Pentagon’s influential “China Military Power” report….
The 46th fleet of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy sets sail from a military port in Zhanjiang, south China’s Guangdong Province, Feb. 21, 2024. Xinhua News Agency | Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images China said Wednesday it warned and “drove away” a U.S. destroyer that had sailed near the coast of the disputed…
1 of 3 | German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said in a statement issued Friday that Germany “will, until further notice, authorize no military equipment exports that can be used in the Gaza Strip.” File Photo by Chris Kleponis/UPI | License Photo Aug. 8 (UPI) — Germany on Friday suspended further military exports to Israel over…
Not long before World War I, HMS Dreadnought, a battleship that made all existing vessels obsolete, was launched at Portsmouth in the presence of the King-Emperor Edward VII. Fire-breathing patriots soon took up the cry, “We want eight and we won’t wait.” Winston Churchill, then a young home secretary in a government committed to spending…
Aug. 2 (UPI) — The United States is demanding the release of 50 remaining hostages Hamas has held in Gaza since 2023, as protesters held a rally in Tel Aviv’s “Hostage Square” on Saturday. U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff announced the United States has formulated a plan to return all of the remaining hostages, The…