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Can high-tech superpowers be fought to a standstill - on the cheap?
May 15, 2026 - World 
The latest trends in weapons technology are showing that low-tech, easy-to-obtain, disposable arms can confound even military superpowers.
Search for bodies of Italian divers in Maldives cave suspended due to bad weather
May 15, 2026 - World
A high-risk operation to recover the bodies of four Italian divers from deep inside an underwater cave in the Maldives was suspended on Friday after rough seas repeatedly hampered efforts.
'Insatiable' demand: Inside the fight for a bigger U.S. Special Forces budget
May 15, 2026 - World
Modern warfare carries an "insatiable" demand for the complex, dangerous missions that only America's elite Special Operations Forces can execute, such as the daring January raid to capture Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro from a heavily guarded compound in a foreign capital.
What was actually achieved at Trump and Xi’s ‘stalemate summit’ in Beijing?
May 15, 2026 - World 
US president has said he and Chinese leader ‘settled a lot of different problems’ but has given little detail on solutionsDonald Trump’s whirlwind trip to Beijing – the first US presidential visit in nearly a decade – wrapped up with much fanfare but little clarity about what was actually achieved.Trump said on Friday he and Xi Jinping, China’s leader, “settled a lot of different problems that other people wouldn’t have been able to solve”. But he didn’t provide much detail on what those solutions were. Continue reading...
China formally accepts Trump's invite for Xi visit to White House
May 15, 2026 - World
China says President Xi Jinping has officially accepted President Trump's invitation to visit Washington this fall.
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