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Threat from China extends beyond spy balloons, country now targets your cr
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Yet the same lawmakers are not batting an eye at the thought of millions of credit card users' personal financial information being sent to a Chinese government-owned payment processing firm under orders from the US government, reported The Washington Times.
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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's visit to India: What is on the cards?
Updated : 3 years ago IST
His visit coincides with the completion of one year of the Russia-Ukraine conflict and comes after the recent Chinese spy balloon episode that has created ripples in world geopolitics. Many things, including economic cooperation, the Green and Sustainable Development Partnership (GSDP) and
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China warns US against "finger-pointing" Moscow-Beijing ties
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Speaking at a regular press conference, China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said, "China-Russia comprehensive strategic partnership of coordination is built on the basis of non-alliance, non-confrontation and non-targeting of third countries, and is within the sovereign rights
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China loses face but refuses to back down
Updated : 3 years ago IST
The high-altitude balloon saga is emblematic of China's tendency to come out swinging whenever it is embarrassed or cornered.
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Blinken warns China against aiding Russia in Ukraine
Updated : 3 years ago IST
After the meeting with the top Chinese diplomat Wang Yi on the sidelines of the annual Munich Security Conference, Blinked said that China has to face implications and consequences if they provide material support to Russia's special military operation in Ukraine.
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Balloon incident 'must never again occur': Blinken tells China's top diplo
Updated : 3 years ago IST
"The secretary made clear the United States will not stand for any violation of our sovereignty," said State Department spokesman Ned Price underlining that Blinken had also warned China for its balloon incursion and called it an "irresponsible act" and warned that it "must never again oc
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US balloon claim 'hysterical and absurd': China's top diplomat Wang Yi
Updated : 3 years ago IST
China on Saturday lambasted the US for claiming its balloons as surveillance objects and termed it as "hysterical and absurd".
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Biden directs national security team to establish better inventory for air
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Taking to Twitter, the White House said, "President Biden has directed his national security team to establish a better inventory of unmanned airborne objects in US airspace, implement further measures to improve our capacity to detect these objects, and update rules for launching and mainta
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3 objects US shot down were not likely to be spy devices: Biden
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Delivering remarks on the United States' response to recent aerial objects, Biden said, "The Intelligence Community's current assessment is that these 3 objects were most likely balloons tied to private companies or research institutions studying weather or conducting other scientific res
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Electronic sensors recovered from downed Chinese spy balloon: US military
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
"Crews have been able to recover significant debris from the site, including all of the priority sensor and electronics pieces identified as well as large sections of the structure," the US military's Northern Command said in a statement.
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China's hypocrisy over military surveillance stands out starkly
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
The balloon shot down off the coast of South Carolina on 4 February was a massive 60 meters in diameter, while the payload suspended beneath probably weighed over 900kg. An American U-2 spy plane flyby of the balloon revealed all manner of sophisticated sensors slung underneath it. Measuring
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"No indication of aliens or extra-terrestrial activity," White House on re
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Since shooting down the Chinese spy balloon off the coast of South Carolina on February 4, the United States has shot down three more unidentified flying objects, two in US airspace and one in Canadian airspace.
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