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US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is being treated for prostate cancer, the Pentagon says, after he faced criticism for waiting days to inform the White House about his extended hospitalization. SOUNDBITE
Russian President Vladimir Putin will succeed in his bid to seize Ukrainian territory if the United States halts support for Kyiv, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says at a Senate hearing on supplemental funding for national security priorities including Ukraine, for which $44.4 billion has been requested. "I can guarantee you that without our support, Putin will be successful," Austin says. SOUNDBITE
A US destroyer "operating in the northern Red Sea" shot down three missiles and several drones launched by Houthi forces in Yemen, Pentagon spokesperson Pat Ryder announces during a press conference. SOUNDBITE
A US contractor was killed and five American service members, plus another US contractor were injured after a drone struck a military base in northeast Syria, the Pentagon says. "A US contractor was killed and five US service members and one additional US contractor were wounded after a one-way unmanned aerial vehicle struck a maintenance facility on a coalition base near Hasakah in northeast Syria," says Press Secretary Brigadier General Pat Ryder. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announces that "20 countries" have offered new arms packages for Ukraine, calling them "welcome announcements" during a briefing from the Pentagon. SOUNDBITE
Jack Ma's Chinese online marketplace Alibaba surged as much as 7% in Wednesday trades. According to Business Insider, the bump came on the news that Americans wouldn't be banned from investing in the e-commerce behemoth. Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent were among a number of Chinese-based companies being eyed by the US Defense Department. The DOD has a list of firms that it believes support China's military, intelligence, and security services. Chinese telecom stocks like China Mobile had been added to the Defense Department list, and trading in the US-listed stock shuttered on Monday.