This French Navy nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine Le Temeraire is seen during President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to the Île Longue base in Crozon, France, on March 2, 2026. (Getty Images)
President Donald Trump watches a demonstration by Special Operations soldiers at the Holland Drop Zone on June 10, 2025 in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. (Getty Images)
The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company’s Fab 20, which specializes in the production of 2-nanometer advanced chips, in Hsinchu, Taiwan, on March 28, 2026. (Getty Images)
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Arrested Pakistani bodyguard Malik Mumtaz Hussain Qadri wearing a garland leaves the court in Islamabad on January 5, 2011 a day after the assassination of the governor of Punjab province Salman Taseer. (AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)