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Flags of the US and China are placed ahead of a meeting between US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue and China's Agriculture Minister Han Changfu at the Ministry of Agriculture in Beijing on June 30, 2017. China opened its gates to US beef imports last week, giving US cattle farmers much sought-after access to the country's massive market following a 14-year ban. / AFP PHOTO / POOL / JASON LEE (Photo credit should read JASON LEE/AFP via Getty Images)

U.S. officials hold ‘critical’ trade negotiations with China in London

Top U.S. and Chinese officials met in London, England, on Monday — with the intention of closing a highly coveted trade deal.

TEL AVIV, ISRAEL - OCTOBER 18: Photographs of some of those taken hostage by Hamas during their recent attacks are seen on October 18, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip in its campaign to vanquish Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that launched a deadly attack in southern Israel on October 7th, worries are growing of a wider war with multiple fronts, including at the country's northern border with Lebanon. Countries have scrambled to evacuate their citizens from Israel, and Israel has begun relocating residents some communities on its northern border. Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of residents of northern Gaza have fled to the southern part of the territory, following Israel's vow to launch a ground invasion. (Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Israel recovers bodies of U.S.-Israeli couple Judi Weinstein and Gadi Haggai from Gaza

The bodies of an elderly U.S.-Israeli couple, who were abducted by the Islamist terrorist group Hamas on October 7, 2023, have been recovered more than a year after they were initially reported to have been killed while in captivity.

Steam rises out of the nuclear plant on Three Mile Island, with the operational plant run by Exelon Generation, in Middletown, Pennsylvania on March 26, 2019. - Forty years after the partial meltdown at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant, John Garver can still recall the smell and a metallic taste in his mouth."It's time to shut it down," said Garver, a former salesman who was 40 years old when the accident occurred on March 28, 1979 and is now pushing 80."I was against it from the beginning," said Garver, who is retired but works part-time at the Middletown boat club on the banks of the Susquehanna River."I'm against it now and I was hoping in my lifetime that it will close down," he added, gazing from beneath a worn red fisherman's cap at the giant cooling towers spitting out vapor into a cloudless sky."Maybe I'll get my wish."He just might. (Photo by Andrew CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP) (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump signs executive orders unleashing ‘American nuclear renaissance’

President Donald Trump signed four executive orders on Friday, creating a pathway for the Department of Energy (DoE) to ease regulations and build nuclear reactors.

A 3D printed human face by Robot Studio is seen next to a Leica BLK ARC, an autonomous laser scanning module mounted on a Boston Dynamics Spot robot during the AI for Good Global summit on artificial intelligence, organised by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in Geneva, Switzerland, May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File Photo

Function over flash: Specialized robots attract billions with efficient task handling

Interest has been rising in such specialized robots as they offer a clear path to profitability, given the stress on automation across industries, including retail, defense and waste management.

US President Donald Trump speaks during an announcement about the Golden Dome missile defense shield, in the Oval Office of the White House on May 20, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP) (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Trump announces $25B ‘Golden Dome’ missile defense system for U.S.

President Donald Trump announced his administration’s architectural blueprint for the “Golden Dome” missile defense system — protecting the United States from any future foreign attacks.

US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth addresses troops at the Al-Udeid air base southwest of Doha on May 15, 2025. (Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)

Hegseth demands official Pentagon review into ‘catastrophic’ Afghanistan withdrawal in 2021

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called for the Pentagon to launch an investigation and detailed review into the botched Afghanistan withdrawal that transpired during the Biden administration in 2021.