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Taiwan under pressure to bolster its defense as Trump-Harris presidential race stokes policy concerns
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Taiwan under pressure to bolster its defense as Trump-Harris presidential race stokes policy concerns

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te claps while he visits a military camp in Taoyuan, Taiwan May 23, 2024.  Ann Wang | Reuters Taiwan is under growing pressure to build up its defense capabilities and deterrence against China in the face of uncertainty surrounding the U.S. elections slated for November, according to security and policy analysts.  Taiwan’s […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Asian shares slide, U.S. stocks flat ahead of Big Tech earnings; McDonald’s earnings miss
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CNBC Daily Open: Asian shares slide, U.S. stocks flat ahead of Big Tech earnings; McDonald’s earnings miss

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on Jan. 22, 2024. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, no […]

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CNBC Daily Open: Asian shares slide, U.S. stocks flat ahead of Big Tech earnings; McDonald’s earnings miss
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CNBC Daily Open: U.S. stocks little changed ahead of Big Tech earnings, McDonald’s misses estimates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Oct. 30, 2023 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they need to know, […]

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China is screening the limitations of a significant U.S.-Philippines defense pact — will Washington respond?
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China is screening the limitations of a significant U.S.-Philippines defense pact — will Washington respond?

An aerial view displays a Philippines Navy vessel that has been grounded considering that 1999 to assert the nation’s sovereignty around the Next Thomas Shoal, a remote South China Sea reef also claimed by China. Jay Directo | Afp | Getty Photos China has stepped up its aggression towards the Philippines in the contested waters […]

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Putin indicators bargains with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia to offset Moscow’s developing isolation
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Putin indicators bargains with Vietnam in bid to shore up ties in Asia to offset Moscow’s developing isolation

In this pool photograph dispersed by the Russian condition agency Sputnik, Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) and Vietnam’s President To Lam (R) toast in the course of a reception at the Hanoi Opera Property in Hanoi on June 20, 2024. Russia and Vietnam pledged on June 20, 2024 to deepen ties as President Vladimir Putin […]

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Biden admin has reviewed possibly negotiating unilateral deal with Hamas to cost-free U.S. hostages
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Biden admin has reviewed possibly negotiating unilateral deal with Hamas to cost-free U.S. hostages

The team Carry Them Residence Now, which is demanding the launch of Israeli hostages held in Gaza by Hamas regardless of the political rate, sales opportunities a somber Israeli Day Parade, June 2, 2024 in New York Metropolis, New York.  Andrew Lichtenstein | Corbis Information | Getty Images Biden administration officers have discussed potentially negotiating a unilateral deal […]

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Ukraine war live updates: Russia fumes at Kyiv inviting neighbors to peace summit; Moscow signals end to foreign adoption of kids
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Ukraine war live updates: Russia fumes at Kyiv inviting neighbors to peace summit; Moscow signals end to foreign adoption of kids

Russia pours scorn on Kyiv for inviting its neighbors to peace summit L-R: Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev, Turkmenistan President Serdar Berdimuhamedow, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Tajik President Emomali Rahmon and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko enter the hall during the Commonwealth of Independent States’ Head of States Meeting at the Ala-Archa State Residence on Oct. 13, […]

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Ukraine war updates: Macron says Kyiv ought to be authorized to use Western weapons on Russian armed forces web pages U.S. weighs more sanctions
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Ukraine war updates: Macron says Kyiv ought to be authorized to use Western weapons on Russian armed forces web pages U.S. weighs more sanctions

Ukraine suggests it shot down 13 drones overnight The Ukrainian air pressure stated it shot down 13 out of 14 drones launched right away by Russia, in accordance to a Google-translated Wednesday update on the Telegram messaging app. The assault took position more than the Mykolaiv, Kirovohrad and Rivne regions and involved Iranian-make Shahed drones, […]

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Ukraine war live updates: Russian-occupied territory comes under attack; Hungary accused of blocking Ukraine support
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Ukraine war live updates: Russian-occupied territory comes under attack; Hungary accused of blocking Ukraine support

Netherlands pledges Patriot parts, proposes international effort to build system for Ukraine The Netherlands proposed to contribute core parts from its existing stocks, in a bid to assemble a Patriot air defense system in collaboration with other countries and deliver it to Ukraine, the Dutch government said in a Tuesday statement. “We are engaged in […]

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Ukraine war reside updates: Russia can’t swallow the West whole, Orban says G7 finance chiefs meet with Ukraine on agenda
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Ukraine war reside updates: Russia can’t swallow the West whole, Orban says G7 finance chiefs meet with Ukraine on agenda

Russia not likely to ‘swallow the Western earth full,’ Hungary’s Orban says Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban attends ADF Talks as component of the Antalya Diplomacy Discussion board (ADF) at NEST Congress and Exhibition Center in Antalya, Turkiye on March 01, 2024. Emin Sansar | Anadolu | Getty Pictures Hungarian Key Minister Viktor Orban downplayed […]

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