Trump to nominate envoy for North Korea to United Nations job
U.S. President Donald Trump plans to nominate the State Department’s deputy special representative for North Korea to a post at the United Nations, the White House said on Tuesday.
Another 39 people on Japan cruise ship test positive for coronavirus
Thirty-nine more people have tested positive for the coronavirus on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan, Health Minister Katsunobu Kato said on Wednesday.
Coronavirus patients in Wuhan dance to song about red flowers
With elaborate hand movements and swinging steps, medical staff in full protective body suits, gloves and masks led coronavirus patients at a makeshift hospital in Wuhan in a dance earlier this week to entertain them and keep their spirits up.
Coronavirus could impact Chinese purchases of U.S. farm goods: U.S. official
The coronavirus outbreak could reduce Chinese purchases of U.S. agricultural products this year under the Phase 1 trade deal signed by the countries, White House national security adviser Robert O’Brien said on Tuesday.
Venezuela’s Guaido returns home after diplomatic world tour
Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido returned home on Tuesday after a three-week whirlwind tour that spanned the World Economic Forum in Davos and the White House as he seeks to rebuild momentum to oust President Nicolas Maduro.
Duterte terminates Philippines troop pact, U.S. calls move ‘unfortunate’
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday announced the termination of a two-decade-old Visiting Forces Agreement with the United States (VFA), delivering on threats to downgrade an alliance important to U.S. interests.
Trump’s national security adviser says coronavirus could impact U.S.-China trade deal: CNN
U.S. President Donald Trump’s national security adviser, Robert O’Brien, acknowledged that the coronavirus outbreak could impact the Phase One trade deal between the United States and China, a CNN reporter said on Twitter http://bit.ly/31Lafhb on Tuesd…
New coronavirus cases lowest since Jan. 31 in China province at outbreak’s epicenter
The coronavirus outbreak in China may be over by April, the country’s senior medical adviser said on Tuesday, and the latest numbers of new cases may further feed that optimism.
Under pressure from Trump, U.S. seeks shorter sentence for his adviser Stone
Under pressure from President Donald Trump, the U.S. Justice Department on Tuesday abruptly moved to seek a shorter prison sentence for veteran Republican operative and long-time Trump adviser and friend Roger Stone, with all four prosecutors quitting …
U.S. charges five with conspiring to violate oil sanctions on Iran
The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it had charged five people in Texas and New York with conspiring to violate a law on international commerce by arranging to purchase sanctioned Iranian oil and sell it to a refinery in China.
