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China pulls out of nuke talks; Romania buys F-35s as F-16s head for Ukraine

China said it had pulled out of nuclear arms-control talks with the United States to protest Washington’s sale of weapons to Taiwan.

Beijing and Washington resumed talks last November amid concerns about rapidly growing nuclear arsenals. The Pentagon warned in late-2022 that China was on track to triple its nuclear arsenal by 2035, giving it roughly 1,50…