NK leader says nuclear deterrence will guarantee national safety permanently
TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2020
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country's nuclear deterrence will permanently guarantee national security, as he marked the anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported Tuesday.
Already wracked by war, Middle East now must confront coronavirus, too
TUESDAY, MARCH 17, 2020
BEIRUT - The Middle East is shutting down as the novel coronavirus accelerates its spread across a part of the world where war, famine, financial collapse and political unrest threaten to compound the impact of the disease.
U.S. launches strikes in Iraq against Iranian-backed militias after attack that killed coalition troops
FRIDAY, MARCH 13, 2020
The United States launched airstrikes against an Iranian-backed militia in Iraq early Friday, responding to a rocket attack on a military base that killed one British and two U.S. service members in a new round of escalating tensions.
China, US agree at Xi-Trump meeting to restart trade talks: Xinhua
SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Donald Trump agreed on Saturday to restart fractious China-US trade negotiations, with Beijing saying Washington agreed not to slap new tariffs on its exports, according to Chinese state media.
It has become almost an article of faith that the US and China are stumbling into a tech cold war – a superpower slugfest for mastery of future technologies and, with them, the global economy.