An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
A protester flashes victory signs as traffic slows during demonstrations in Hamedan, Iran, on January 1, 2026. The demonstrations erupted after shopkeepers in Tehran’s Grand Bazaar shut their businesses to protest the sharp fall of Iran’s currency and worsening economic conditions. (Getty Images)
An Air Force Global Strike Command unarmed Minuteman III ICBM launches during an operation test on February 23, 2021, at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. (US Space Force)
Workers set up the Huawei booth before the 2nd Zhejiang International Intelligent Transportation Industry Expo on December 5, 2019 in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province of China. The expo will be held in Hangzhou from December 6 to 8.
Chinese President Xi Jinping speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin via a video link, from the Great Hall of the People on December 2, 2019 in Beijing, China. (Noel Celis/Getty Images)
China Ocean Shipping Company, known as COSCO (COSCO Group), is the company in charge of transportation services in the biggest Port of Piraeus in Greece. COSCO undertook handles those operations in 2008.
Some 130 tons of protective gear is unloaded an Austrian Airline airplane arrived from China and bound for Italy at Vienna Airport in Schwechat, Lower Austria on March 23, 2020. (GEORG HOCHMUTH/APA/AFP via Getty Images)
Members of the Maryland Army National Guard work to set up a triage tent in the parking lot outside of the emergency room at Adventist HealthCare White Oak Medical Center on March 19, 2020 in Silver Spring, Maryland. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images)