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The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Nimitz receives fuel from the Henry J. Kaiser-class fleet replenishment oiler USNS Tippecanoe during an underway replenishment in the South China Sea July 7, 2020. Picture taken July 7, 2020

00:25 GMT 14 July 2020 / updated: 01:33 GMT Asia & Pacific

Beijing 'Firmly Opposes' US Statement on South China Sea, Accuses DC of 'Distorting Intl Law'

Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks during a news conference announcing charges against attorney Michael Avenatti, who represented adult film star Stormy Daniels in her legal battles against U.S. President Donald Trump, with extorting more than $20 million from Nike according to a criminal complaint filed by federal authorities in New York, U.S., March 25, 2019.

Former US Prosecutor: Attorney General Barr’s Request He Resign ‘Could Be Seen as a Quid Pro Quo’

New York Judge Rejects Trump Family Efforts to Prevent Publication of Niece's Memoir

NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 20: Ghislaine Maxwell attends day 1 of the 4th Annual WIE Symposium at Center 548 on September 20, 2013 in New York City.

Prosecutors Say Maxwell Wrapped Her Cellphone in Tin Foil to Evade FBI Agents

This photo, taken 17 August 2017 and provided by the US Air Force, shows an F-16 Fighting Falcon ready for take-off in preparation to perform a final joint flying mission at Holloman Air Force Base in Alamogordo, NM.

US Air Force F-16 Jet Crash in New Mexico Leaves Pilot Injured

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