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The real roots of America’s mass resentment

It’s hardly news that Americans are not happy with the state of their nation. Confidence in the country’s direction crashed hard during the Bush years and never recovered. But what’s notable about more recent years is Americans’ increasing dissatisfaction with their personal

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New US ‘Malice’ missile aims at China’s carrier kill chain

The US Navy’s new AIM-424 “Malice” missile could push carrier defense back into the outer air battle, where destroying the aircraft and networks enabling China’s long-range strikes may matter more than intercepting the missiles themselves. The US Navy has officially unveiled

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Nokia China exit deepens telecom split as Nvidia bets on 6G AI

Finnish telecom equipment maker Nokia is walking away from mainland China after two decades of building out its networks there, closing nearly every remaining site by year-end in the clearest sign yet that Europe and China are severing their telecom supply lines. Nokia is

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Join new Iran sanctions or leave the dollar system: Bessent

With the United States unable to militarily defeat Iran in President Donald Trump’s illegal US-Israeli war of choice, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday escalated the administration’s economic attacks on Tehran, warning countries and companies around the world that

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Iran vows to retaliate after US widens sanctions

CAIRO/WASHINGTON, Aug 25 - Iran promised to retaliate against expanded U.S. economic sanctions that the Americans said would cut off Iran's economic lifeline, with Tehran expressing confidence that major trading partners would resist Washington's pressure campaign.

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