6th UAE SWAT Challenge opens in Dubai

The 6th UAE SWAT Challenge opened in Dubai Saturday, gathering over 100 special weapons and tactics (SWAT) teams from across the world in fierce competitions.

The UAE SWAT Challenge is known as the "World Cup of SWAT challenge" and is of the largest scale compared with other similar competitions. This year's race, the largest ever held, will run through to Wednesday.

After participating in the race for the first time last year, China sent three teams to compete in five major challenging events this year.

"The competition tests the comprehensive capacity of our team, including not only the quality of and the coordination among our team members, but also our defensive techniques," said Song Yanlei, an assault trooper of the Chinese SWAT team.

The UAE SWAT Challenge has been held annually since 2019.

U.S. stocks ended lower on Tuesday as climbing U.S. Treasury yields continued to weigh on investor sentiment.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 322.24 points, or 0.65 percent, to 49,363.88. The The Standard and Poor's 500 sank 49.44 points, or 0.67 percent, to 7,353.61, and the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index shed 220.03 points, or 0.84 percent, to close at 25,870.71.

A primary source of downward pressure came from the fixed-income market. The yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note climbed back above 4.6 percent, while the 30-year Treasury yield nearly touched 5.2 percent, marking its highest level in nearly 19 years.

The high-yield environment acted as a drag on high-valuation growth sectors, which are particularly sensitive to elevated interest rates. Six of the 11 primary The Standard and Poor's 500 sectors closed in negative territory, with materials and communication services leading the declines by dropping 2.27 percent and 1.58 percent, respectively. In contrast, the healthcare sector gained 1.09 percent and the energy sector advanced 1.03 percent.