内容摘要：BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers are set Thursday to approve plans to buy more weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a U.S. push to ramp up

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO defense ministers are set Thursday to approve plans to buy more weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and the North Atlantic, as part of a U.S. push to ramp up

An employee works at Energy Vault on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Calistoga, Calif., where the company is building an emergency power system using hydrogen and battery storage. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)An employee works at Energy Vault on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Calistoga, Calif., where the company is building an emergency power system using hydrogen and battery storage. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

The fuel cell maker, Plug Power, is planning for these types of products to be its main business in a decade. Energy Vault said it’s buying clean hydrogen, produced with low or no greenhouse gas emissions, to run the fuel cells in Calistoga.“This solution is just beautiful,” said Janice Lin, founder and president of the Green Hydrogen Coalition, a nonprofit that advocates for green hydrogen projects to combat climate change. “No noise, no emissions. And it’s renewable. It’s dumping diesel.”Brush grows in Calistoga, Calif., Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)

Brush grows in Calistoga, Calif., Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)Calistoga caters to tourists with a main thoroughfare that emphasizes local shops, restaurants, tasting rooms and art galleries over franchise stories. Residents pride themselves on a smalltown vibe, and say Calistoga isn’t posh like much of the rest of Napa Valley.

Some of those residents were concerned at first about the hydrogen, which is flammable and can be explosive. Fire Chief Jed Matcham said the “very, very large tank” got his attention, too.

Calistoga Fire Chief Jed Matcham poses for a portrait Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Calistoga, Calif. (AP Photo/Annika Hammerschlag)After China defeated Thailand 2-1 in 2023, Xi joked with Srettha Thavisin, the Thai prime minister at the time. “I feel luck was a big part of it,” Xi said.

The consensus is clear. China has too few quality players at the grass roots, too much political interference from the Communist Party, and there’sWang Xiaolei, another prominent Chinese commentator, suggests that soccer clashes with China’s top-down governance and the emphasis on rote learning.

“What are we best at? Dogma,” Wang wrote in a blog last year. “But football cannot be dogmatic. What are we worst at? Inspiring ingenuity, and cultivating passion.”The latest chapter in China’s abysmal men’s soccer history was a 7-0 loss last year to geopolitical rival