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South China Sea: US To Hold War Games With South Asian Nations To Challenge Chinese 'Bullying'

The United States and 10 ASEAN members are poised to begin joint maritime naval exercises in what appears to be a response to Chinese aggression in the South China Sea and other Asian waters. Thailand and the U.S. are expected to be the co-leaders of the exercises that will begin in Sattahip Naval Base in Thailand and end in Singapore. The drills are expected to last five days.
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Eight dead, 26 missing as dive boat sinks in flames off California

Eight people were dead and more than two dozen missing and feared deceased Monday after a scuba diving boat caught fire and sank off the California coast, with passengers trapped below deck by the roaring blaze.Fire crews in helicopters, small boats and a Coast Guard cutter battled the fierce pre-dawn fire on the 75-foot (23-meter) Conception, which had been on a diving excursion around Santa Cruz Island, just west of Santa Barbara in southern California.
China and the US have been embroiled in a bruising year-long trade war, and now Beijing has lodged a complaint with the World Trade Organization

China lodges WTO trade complaint against US: govt

Washington's additional 15 percent tariffs affected a portion of the $300 billion in goods from China that so far had been spared -- and prompted China's complaint to the World Trade Organization

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