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U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a meeting with Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader at the National Palace, in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic November 26, 2025.
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What We’re Watching: Pushback on Venezuela strike, Tax protests in Bulgaria, China-Japan coastguard dispute

​Chinese aircraft carrier Liaoning sails through the Miyako Strait near Okinawa on its way to the Pacific in this handout photo taken by Japan Self-Defense Forces and released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan on April 4, 2021.
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Japan tells China to cool it with maritime incursions

Tokyo has shared “serious concerns” with Beijing after a Chinese aircraft carrier traversed a section of the sea within Japan’s contiguous waters for the first time on Wednesday.

An Afghan man works in a poppy field in Nangarhar province in 2016.
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Hard Numbers: Afghans' fewer poppies, Trump's lead in key states, Lake Titicaca’s lower water level, New Delhi's smog, Japan's new frigates, Swifties' tents

As the world gets tougher on China, Japan tries to thread a needle
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As the world gets tougher on China, Japan tries to thread a needle