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China, Australia step up Pacific rivalry

China has pledged to deliver water cannons to the Solomon Islands, just days after Australia provided rifles, underscoring the growing competition for influence in the Pacific nations. China and the Solomon Islands were to hold a ceremony Friday morning to hand over two water cannons and an undisclosed number of vehicles to police, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported, citing program ...

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US-China friction gives Kim Jong-un the freedom to fire away

North Korea’s unprecedented barrage of missiles is underscoring the costs of Washington’s tensions with Beijing, since China has shown little appetite for additional sanctions over the country’s nuclear program. China, along with Russia, played a critical role in approving United Nations sanctions on their neighbor after Kim Jong Un tested an atomic bomb and launched a missile designed to carry ...

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On Nato front lines, Slovaks fight advance of Russian propaganda

Slovakia, a Nato and European Union member where polls show half of citizens believe Russia didn’t cause the war in Ukraine, is beefing up a special unit set up this year to fight hybrid threats. Now the Center for Countering Hybrid Threats at the Interior Ministry is looking to buy special AI-based analytical software to detect information operations. “It will ...

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