Jonathan Ernst/Reuters A US trade delegation arrived in China on Thursday for talks on tariffs, with state media saying China will stand up to US bullying if need be and hit back, but it prefers to negotiate. A breakthrough deal to fundamentally change China’s economic policies is viewed as highly unlikely during the two-day visit, […]
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North Korea issues statement applauding South Korea’s hospitality toward its delegates at the Winter Olympics
KCNA via REUTERS North Korea’s state-sponsored news agency issued a rare press release that congratulated South Korea’s efforts to accommodate its delegates at the Winter Olympics. The regime has pursued warmer relations with South Korea in recent weeks. Some foreign-policy observers have expressed skepticism about the North’s overtures. The South Korean president Moon Jae-in took […]
Trump Delegates
WASHINGTON — After years of tight White House management, the Pentagon will now have a freer hand in deciding how many of its troops are deployed in the war against ISIS and when they are sent there, BuzzFeed News has exclusively learned. President Donald Trump has delegated new authorities to Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis […]