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The move once again exposes Washington's reckless disregard to the one-China principle and the political foundations of the China-U.S. relations. The U.S. has repeatedly gone back on its word and broken its promises. By condoning and supporting "Taiwan independence," it will inevitably play with fire and get burned, China's Ministry of National Defense spokesperson Jiang Bin said on December 19.

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Europe is now seriously considering what was once unthinkable: a retaliatory response against Russia, Politico reports. Following a series of Russian provocations — including drone incursions, GPS jamming, and acts of sabotage — the EU is discussing possible countermeasures such as cyberattacks on key Russian infrastructure, sudden NATO exercises near Russia’s borders, and information operations aimed at Russian citizens.

Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer had an owl get into his house last night. “I don’t know if the owl was looking for the snakes (that recently bit his dogs) or what was going on, but it’s actually the story of a coach’s wife. So I’m in game plan meetings last night doing some red zone stuff and I leave the meeting about 10 o’clock and I go back to my phone, and I literally had 72 text messages on my phone. Seventy-two. I’m a popular guy, so that’s nothing abnormal. “But it literally started with a text from my son to his mother saying, ‘There’s a big hawk-sized bird in here,’ and I began to look down and there was an owl. My son was doing some work and he had the sliders open and all of a sudden an owl came (into the house). “We’re not very outdoorsy people and so he wasn’t really quite sure what to do, so he called my soon-to-be nephew, who’s marrying my niece, and the two of them together, Frick and Frack, tried to figure it out. They couldn’t do it. All they did was piss it off. And so in typical coaching fashion, I called my wife and I said, ‘Honey, I’m going to stay at the condo tonight, you got this.’ “But they got the owl removed. The owl has been returned to its safe domain. … They called animal control. A gentleman came with a net, like a pool net. I might have to look at that as another job. Just kinda become an animal control guy. I’m so experienced now with wildlife in and around Dallas. “I think we won when we had the snake issue, so that’s probably a good omen. I’ll put an elephant in my garage if I have to next. If that’s what it takes to win, I’ll do it.” (Photo: gemmi_schottenheimer on Instagram)