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Pompeo brushed aside the comments Sunday, saying “if those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster,” and noting that the UN Security Council has been clear on what North Korea needs to achieve. He spoke in Tokyo with his Japanese and South Korean counterparts after two days of talks in Pyongyang. While his talks […]

Thai rescue teams arrange a water pumping system at the entrance to a flooded cave complex where 12 boys and their soccer coach have been trapped since June 23, in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai province, northern Thailand on Saturday, July 7, 2018. AP Updated 7:02 AM ET, Sun July 8, 2018 Thai rescue teams arrange […]

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It’s a tense time for the boys’ families who are waiting for news of their rescue. It’s a tense time for the boys’ families who are waiting for news of their rescue.Steve George/CNN For the families of the trapped boys, this is the day they’ve been waiting for — but it’s also one that fills […]Read More

At 10 a.m. local time, an international contingent of 13 specialist divers and five Thai Navy SEALs descended into the watery network of underground tunnels below the Mae Sai mountains, carrying with them the hopes of an entire nation. “Our readiness is at the highest today. Today is D-day,” said Chiang Rai’s governor, Narongsak Osotthanakorn, […]Read More

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China is killing my business. Now tariffs are too. The start of a trade war between the United States and China comes at an inconvenient time for the Chinese economy. In recent weeks, concerns have been mounting that growth in the world’s second-biggest economy is cooling faster than previously expected. Weaker Chinese growth will have […]

China is killing my business. Now tariffs are too. German automaker Daimler says its profits will fall this year, blaming the emerging trade war between the United States and China. Daimler (DDAIF), the parent company of Mercedes-Benz, said in a statement late Wednesday that “the decisive factor” for cutting its profit forecast was the expectation […]

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Can the US win a trade war with China? The fallout from a trade war between the United States and China will hurt other economies in Asia. President Donald Trump accuses China of unfair trade practices and is threatening to put new tariffs on as much as $450 billion of exports from China. The world’s […]

On Thursday night, when he mocked the #MeToo movement as his tour targeting red-state Democratic senators hit Montana, he showed that he thinks the same approach will stave off a GOP midterm election meltdown that could severely constrain his presidency. The President made his high-risk gamble at a raucous rally as he renewed his attack […]

After all, Pruitt is — or, maybe was — the subject of 14 separate probes into his conduct as EPA administrator. Fourteen! Separate! Probes! From almost the moment he was sworn in to lead the EPA, Pruitt has been caught — time and time again — apparently trying to enrich himself (and his wife and […]