TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s army will give thousands of helicopter parts to keep Philippine military choppers airborne, helping Tokyo gain clout with Manila in a contest with China to secure influence over the strategic South China Sea nation, four sources said. Military diplomacy is a new means for Japan to confound China’s bid for control […]
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AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s unjustified boast about US nuke power
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s tweet Wednesday that America’s nuclear arsenal is “now stronger and more powerful than ever before” is debatable. His claim of the credit is entirely unjustified. While the U.S. has daunting nuclear power, the Pentagon’s program has been beset with morale, training, discipline and resource problems. And the modernization effort […]
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Typhoon Noru slams into western Japan
Strong typhoon Noru made landfall in western Japan on Monday after killing two people on outlying islands, as authorities warned against landslides and floods. The typhoon with gusts up to 162 kilometres (100 miles) per hour hit the northern part of Wakayama prefecture at around 3:30 pm (0630 GMT) after whipping up waves and winds […]
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Australia finds U.S. military aircraft that crashed off northeast coast
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian Navy survey ship has located a U.S. military aircraft that crashed off the Australian northeast coast at the weekend and left three Marines missing, Defence Minister Marise Payne said on Monday. [restrict] The navy divers will conduct remotely operated underwater vehicle operations before considering sending down divers, Payne said in […]
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ASEAN overcomes communique impasse, urges non-militarisation in South China Sea
MANILA (Reuters) – Southeast Asian foreign ministers ended an impasse on Sunday over how to address disputes with China in the South China Sea, issuing a communique that called for militarization to be avoided and noting concern about island-building. [restrict] The South China Sea has long been the most divisive issue for the Association of […]
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White House: Trump ‘not discussing’ firing Mueller
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. (AP) — White House counselor Kellyanne Conway says President Donald Trump is “not discussing” firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Speaking on ABC’s “This Week,” Conway says the White House has made clear it will cooperate with Mueller’s investigation into possible coordination between the Trump campaign and Russia. [restrict] The Associated Press reported last […]