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Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappé has issued a public apology following commercial boycotts and backlash over a talk show comment.

The Department of Homeland Security ordered all civilian federal agencies to remove DeepSeek AI technology due to national security concerns.

The Trump administration issued a directive requiring federal civilian employees and vendors to remove all artificial intelligence products created by DeepSeek from government IT devices and systems.

Federal prosecutors arrested a 34-year-old California woman at LAX for allegedly acting as an unregistered foreign agent surveilling Taiwan leader's son.

US Ambassador to China David Perdue stated that President Trump asked Chinese President Xi Jinping if he would like to purchase U.S. arms. The State Department and White House subsequently denied any plans to sell weapons to China, citing legal prohibitions.

A new bill targets Russia's energy and defense sectors, granting President Trump discretionary power to impose secondary tariffs on countries importing Russian energy.

The U.S. Space Force is preparing for potential conflicts between Earth and the moon following the first public acknowledgment of on-orbit space control weapons.

The U.S. has acknowledged the operational presence of kinetic and non-kinetic space control weapons designed to defend against hostile actions in orbit.

Twenty-five people have died after a blaze broke out on a Liberian-flagged cargo ship at a state-owned shipyard in Qingdao. President Xi Jinping has ordered an investigation into the tragedy.