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Iran Blames Israel for Blast on Container Ship in Mediterranean

Arsalan Shahla | Bloomberg | 03/15/2021

Iran said Israel was likely behind an explosion that damaged an Iranian container ship in the Mediterranean last week, as the longtime foes trade accusations of attacks at sea. “The…

China’s arms sales drop as ‘other nations buy American’

Minnie Chan | SCMP | 03/15/2021

China’s arms exports have dropped over the past five years, a declin...

GM builds pickups without certain modules due to global chip shortage, hurting fuel economy

Ben Klayman | Reuters | 03/15/2021

DETROIT (Reuters) – General M...

US remains top arms exporter and grows market share

BBC | 03/15/2021

The US has increased its global share of arms exports to 37% during the last five years, acco...

Watchdog: Mideast Arms Imports Grew by a Quarter in a Decade

Associated Press | 03/15/2021

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Arms imports to the Middle East rose by a quarter in t...

U.S. condemns China at UN rights forum for abuse of Uighurs, Tibetans

Stephanie Nebehay | Reuters | 03/12/2021

GENEVA (Reuters) – The United States on Frida...

Grapes Could Soon Be Hard to Find at U.S. Grocers

Kim Chipman | Bloomberg | 03/12/2021

Grape lovers in North America and beyond may have a tough time finding thei...

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