China has the largest navy in the world by hull count, with over 370 ships and submarines, including two aircraft carriers that are currently in service, with a third one being tested.
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Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
The doc uncovers the harrowing 1942 incident in which an American submarine torpedoed a Japanese transport ship carrying over 1,800 British prisoners of war off the Chinese coast.
The family film, co-starring Olivia Colman, Keegan-Michael Key and Hugh Grant as an Oompa-Loompa, centers on the early days of Willy Wonka and takes place long before a poor boy named Charlie Bucket wins a golden ticket to tour the world-famous and heavily guarded chocolate factory.
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Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
18 Feb. 2024
Sports is play Growing up as a poor boy in the Italian neighborhood of The Hill in St. Louis, Yogi played street hockey with newspapers taped to his shins and hit bottle caps with a broomstick.
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