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Wall Street Journal
a day ago
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
40,000 Troops, 19 Nations: The China Threat Unites U.S. Allies
ROCKHAMPTON, Australia—Artillery, rocket launchers and self-propelled howitzers opened fire at a training area in northern Australia on Monday, kick-starting three weeks of military drills here between the U.S. and 18 allies. The biennial exercise, called Talisman Sabre, is meant to send a message to China: The U.S. and its partners are ready to respond together to aggression from Beijing, which has been increasingly asserting itself in what it regards as its sphere of influence in the Asia-Pacific region.


Bloomberg
6 days ago
- Politics
- Bloomberg
Zelenskiy Says Meeting Raised Optimism on US Weapons Deliveries
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said a meeting with US and European allies in Rome stoked optimism that Donald Trump's administration will resume military aid to the war-battered country. The Ukrainian leader said he'd had a 'positive dialog' with Trump over the delivery of Patriot air-defense batteries.