Some U.S. states are scrapping investments in Chinese companies amid tensions between countries with the world’s largest economies. Indiana, Florida and Missouri all have taken actions requiring their public retirement systems to divest from certain Chinese companies.

Ukraine’s foreign minister says he is seeking “common ground” in talks with his Chinese counterpart on ending his country’s war with Russia.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Thursday that the Defense Department has been tracking cooperation between Russia and China but spotting military aircraft from the two countries flying together near Alaska was new.

Some residents of Yokota Air Base in western Tokyo were left without air conditioning for nearly two days of peak summer heat after a powerful storm swept through the area.

Japan’s total population declined for the 15th straight year in 2023, dropping by more than a half-million people as the population ages and births remain low.

Taiwan has seen flooding in low-lying areas, along with landslides and damage to homes and shops after Typhoon Gaemi made landfall on the island. The storm swept up the western Pacific, leaving 22 people dead in the Philippines from flooding and landslides, and three in Taiwan, with more than 220 reported injured.

The USS Ronald Reagan and USS George Washington are primed to exchange hundreds of sailors and dozens of aircraft as the two aircraft carriers prepare to relocate later this year.

Due to public outcry, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has eased restrictions on dogs coming into the United States from countries with low or no risk of rabies. The new rules will still take effect Aug. 1, the tail end of the military’s busy season for permanent changes of duty stations.

Troops from Fort Bliss, Joint Base Lewis-McChord and Fort Drum will deploy to Europe, South Korea and the Middle East in the fall as part of regular troop rotations.

North Korea’s state media rebuffed comments that former President Donald Trump made about good ties with leader Kim Jong Un, saying “we do not care” and warned its nuclear arsenal stands ready for any U.S. leader.