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Blinken and Wang Yi, the Chinese Communist Party’s most senior foreign policy official, held talks in Munich after the US shot down an alleged surveillance device

The announcements capped three dramatic weeks that saw US fighter jets shoot down four airborne objects

Analysis of the debris so far reinforces conclusions that it was a Chinese spy balloon, U.S. officials said

Beijing imposes sanctions on US companies for selling military equipment to Taiwan following the surveillance balloon incident

The 10 days of exercises, named Mosi II, will coincide with the first anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24

The EU’s vice president for the ‘promotion of the European way of life,’ which also involves immigration policy, wants more incentives for third countries to encourage the return of people without the right to asylum

The president has directed national security adviser Jake Sullivan to lead an ‘interagency team’ to review US procedures

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce announced that the companies are barred from importing goods into the country or making new investments

The 51-year-old launched her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on Wednesday with a call for generational change

‘What is obvious is that if it was right to commit to spend 2% in 2014, it is even more right now because we live in a more dangerous world,’ Jens Stoltenberg told reporters

The leading explanation is that the three downed craft were launched for commercial or research purposes

The professor, exiled in the US since 1961, identifies for EL PAÍS a series of factors, among them the embargo, which influence the poor results of the Cuban economy

Pricing and the mix of beverages contributed 12% to revenue growth, while concentrate sales rose 2%, the company said

With little information to go on, senators in both parties demanded answers as they returned to Washington on Monday

The factory near the city of Marshall would produce batteries with a lithium-iron-phosphate chemistry

The three objects, including one shot down Sunday over Lake Huron, were traveling at such a low altitude as to pose a risk to civilian air traffic

The Chinese allegation comes after America shot down a suspected spy balloon that had crossed from Alaska to South Carolina, sparking a new crisis in bilateral relations

Authorities have shot down three different devices since Friday: the first was the size of a car, the second was cylindrical and the third octagonal

The Navy and Marine Corps are holding joint exercises at a time of heightened tensions with Beijing over the shooting down of a suspected Chinese spy balloon

The economic restrictions followed the Biden administration’s pledge to consider broader efforts to address China’s surveillance activities

Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe declined to get on the line, the Pentagon says

The 419-0 action comes as lawmakers clamoring for information about the white balloon that flew over American skies were being briefed by U.S. officials in a classified session

A fleet of balloons operates under the direction of the People’s Liberation Army and is used specifically for spying, the U.S. said

The Chinese government has been targeting American industry and government agencies with spy operations, officials say

When similar devices passed over US territory during the Trump and Biden administrations, they were not immediately identified as Chinese surveillance balloons

The company declined to comment on why it was not available to stream on its streaming service

Lawmakers have raised a number of questions about whether the device was able to collect intelligence and transmit it back to China