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US Navy warship production hits 25-year low, falls behind China: ‘A terrible state’
Originally Published by: Chinese shipbuilding capacity over 200 times greater than US, Navy intelligence says CCP-tied EV company backed by Dems buys up Michigan land miles from US bases US, Australia, Japan, Germany show force during military exercise amid China fears Navy shipbuilding has had its worst production in 25 years, putting the US behind rival
Brute charged in attack on MTA workers freed after cutting deal — only to go on slashing spree a year later
A deranged brute charged with attacking two MTA workers and a transit cop last year was freed after cutting a deal to get psychiatric help — despite allegedly attacking four Rikers Island guards while he was locked up. Christian Marrero, 21, not only blew off the psych program but is now charged with slashing three
Jordan Chiles Lost a Bronze. She’s Not the First American Affected by a Medal Change.
Taking away an Olympian’s medal is unusual — but not uncommon. On Sunday, the American gymnast Jordan Chiles became the latest athlete to lose one. At the Paris Olympics, Ms. Chiles had won bronze in the individual floor exercise. She originally finished in fifth place with a score that was less than one-tenth of a
Paris, Uncharacteristically Giddy, Bids Au Revoir to the Olympics
There were French firemen flipping like acrobats, a musician playing a piano that hung vertically in the air, and Olympic athletes overwhelming the stage and forming a mosh pit around the French electro-pop band Phoenix. The Paris Olympics ended much as they began, with a raucous spectacle before a joyous crowd, a generous supply of
Swim Towards the Shark
On This Week’s Episode: In a crisis, when all logic suggests that you get away from the dangerous thing, how will you respond?, New York Times Audio is home to the “ This American Life ” archive. Download the app — available to Times news subscribers on iOS — and sign up for our weekly
The Hacking of Presidential Campaigns Begins, With the Usual Fog of Motives
For the third presidential election in a row, the foreign hacking of the campaigns has begun in earnest. But this time, it’s the Iranians, not the Russians, making the first significant move. On Friday, Microsoft released a report declaring that a hacking group run by the intelligence unit of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had
Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says
Ukrainian troops now up to 30km inside Russia, Moscow says Getty Images Journalists in the Sumy region witnessed Ukrainian armour moving towards the Russian border Ukrainian troops have advanced up to 30km inside Russia, in what has become the deepest and most significant incursion since Moscow began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
Trump doubles down on scary helicopter trip story
Trump doubles down on scary helicopter trip story Getty Images Trump claimed he and Brown talked about Kamala Harris Donald Trump continues to insist that he once took a scary helicopter trip with former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown, even as Mr Brown dismissed the story as "fiction". But it turns out another California politician
5 takeaways from an extremely memorable Olympics closing ceremony
Saint-Denis, France CNN — It was a party in the Stade de France as an electric two-and-a-half weeks of the Summer Olympics wrapped up on Sunday with a celebration of the athletes, the people who made the Games happen and a preview of what to expect in four years. Here are five takeaways from the
Tom Cruise performs crazy stunt jump from stadium roof during Olympics closing ceremony
Paris CNN — The Olympic Games are about to go Hollywood, and Tom Cruise just gave everyone a taste of what it’s going to be like. During Sunday’s closing ceremony, the “Mission: Impossible” star performed a daredevil stunt jump from the top of the Stade de France. As the spotlight found Cruise on the roof, he