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Taiwan scrambled fighter jets on Friday, May 20, 2022, in response to 14 Chinese warplanes entering its air defense identification zone, including an H-6 bomber, as shown in this file photo from the Taiwan Ministry of National Defense.

China sends 14 warplanes into Taiwan’s air-defense zone as Biden arrives in Asia

Taiwan scrambled fighter jets Friday in response to 14 Chinese aircraft entering its air defense identification zone, an incursion coming the first day of President Joe Biden’s five-day visit to Asia.

Fort McCoy Commissary Store Manager Kim Graham demonstrates how to fill an order July 26, 2021, for the CLICK2GO online ordering and curbside service at the Fort McCoy Commissary at Fort McCoy, Wis. The Fort McCoy Commissary began using the service to provide another option of service and support to their customers. Commissary CLICK2GO’s features include improved navigation and search functions to help customers plan healthy meals and take care of their family’s needs; enhanced product information; robust recipe features; featured sales and promotions; upgraded mobile-friendly experience, to include seeing order history for ease in reordering desired products; and online payment. Information on how the service works and the rollout status is found on commissaries.com with dedicated sections such as “How CLICK2GO Works.” First-time customers will need to create an account. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

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U.S. Black Hawk helicopters take part in the Swift Response 22 military exercise at the Krivolak army training polygon in the central part of North Macedonia, on Thursday, May 12, 2022.

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War in Ukraine casts shadow on land forces symposium in Hawaii

Air Force

Air Force Museum opens exhibit celebrating 75 years of technical, social changes

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Colorado senators urge Air Force secretary to review findings of decision to move US Space Command

Navy

Friends and family members wave goodbye as the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan sets out for patrol from Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan, Friday, May 20, 2022.

USS Ronald Reagan departs Japan for a routine mission in a complicated region

Navy ship to be named for Filipino sailor Telesforo Trinidad

US Navy drawing up plans for fleet operations facility in Italy

Space Force

This video image provided by SpaceX, a SpaceX Falcon 9 mission to launch 53 Starlink satellites to low-Earth orbit from Space Launch Complex 4 East (SLC-4E), takes off from Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., on Friday, May 13, 2022.

SpaceX launches Starlink satellites from California

Senators introduce legislation to create Space National Guard under Space Force

Lawmakers fight to keep US Space Command in Colorado Springs

Coast Guard

A time-lapse image shows the trajectory of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket lifting off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station over the Orlando Science Center observatory at dusk, Jan. 31, 2022.

Space launches vs. cruise lines: Coast Guard concludes investigation into Royal Caribbean ship

55 Cuban migrants stopped at sea off the Florida Keys in a week, Coast Guard says

Vice President Kamala Harris tells Coast Guard Academy graduates their importance in ‘unsettled world’

Marine Corps

Okinawa police said a Marine was killed May 14, 2022, after his car veered off Route 58 and crashed into a light pole and pedestrian fence near Camp Foster.

Marines identify corporal killed in single-vehicle crash on Okinawa

Another Okinawa-based Marine gets suspended sentence for drug smuggling

Marines unveil force structure update amid opposition from retired generals about service’s direction

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Theresa Haske sorts through debris from what was her garage after a tornado tore through Gaylord, Mich., Friday, May 20, 2022.

Rare northern Michigan twister kills 1, injures more than 40

San Francisco archbishop says Rep. Nancy Pelosi is not entitled to receive Communion

Disinformation board's ex-leader faced wave of online abuse

Europe

The facilities of the oil refinery on the industrial site of PCK-Raffinerie GmbH are illuminated in the evening in Schwedt, Germany, Wednesday, May 4, 2022. Crude oil from Russia arrives at the oil refinery via the "Friendship" pipeline. The Russian energy company Rosneft took over a large part of the refinery last year. Rosneft is Russia's largest oil producer. According to its own information, the plant in the Uckermark region processes 12 million tons of crude oil annually, making it one of the largest processing sites in Germany. (Patrick Pleul/dpa via AP)

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Asia-Pacific

U.S. President Joe Biden, disembarks from Air Force One on his arrival at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Friday, May 20, 2022.

Ukraine aid bill hitching ride to Seoul for Biden signature

China sends 14 warplanes into Taiwan’s air-defense zone as Biden arrives in Asia

Biden: South Korean chip plant a model for deeper ties to Asia

Middle East

Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Pakistani Foreign Minister Bhutto Zardari at United Nations headquarters, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. (Eduardo Munoz/Pool photo via AP)

New Pakistani foreign minister seeks better ties with US

Biden weighs meeting with Saudi de facto ruler in sign of thaw

Militant attacks hurt Pakistan relations with Afghan Taliban

Africa

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African scientists baffled by monkeypox cases in Europe, US

Britain, Rwanda defend asylum-seekers plan at UN agencies

Americas

Members of the press put up signs in front of the offices of the nation's general prosecutor as part of a nationwide protest over the recent killings of reporter Lourdes Maldonado and photographer Margarito Martínez Esquivel, Jan. 26, 2022, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. (Raquel Natalicchio/Zuma Press/TNS)

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A future U.S. Navy destroyer will be named the USS Telesforo Trinidad in honor of a Filipino sailor who rescued two crew members when their ship caught fire more than a century ago.