The US military is posting the lowest recruitment numbers in decades, with the army doing worse than all the other service branches. An op-ed on Monday carefully blamed an “antiquated” recruitment system and the recent “woke” ads as the main culprits, proposing an overhaul of both.

US-based companies Westinghouse Electric and Bechtel will build the first nuclear power plant in the EU state The Polish government has signed an agreement with two US companies to build the country’s first nuclear power plant. Previously, Warsaw also expressed interest in joining NATO’s Nuclear Sharing Program to potentially host American nuclear weapons.

By praising president-elect Lai Ching-te, US and its allies are encouraging “separatist forces,” China’s foreign ministry has said China’s foreign ministry has condemned Western governments for venerating Taiwan’s pro-independence president-elect, following his recent electoral victory. The West, Beijing warned, should not “interfere in China’s internal affairs.”