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China slams 'inhumane' treatment of arrested Huawei executive
China on Monday ratcheted up its protest over the arrest of an executive of telecom giant Huawei on a U.S. warrant in Canada, calling reports of her treatment "inhumane" as she seeks her release on bail for health reasons. China's latest tirade over the case ...
As Morocco prepares to host the signing of a landmark global migration agreement, hundreds of migrants are languishing in a Casablanca camp rife with hunger, misery, lice and filth. These sub-Saharan Africans who dream of going to Europe are a symbol of the problems world ...
Climate talks hit standoff as battle over bid to block key science report looms
A diplomatic standoff over a single word could set the stage for a bigger showdown during the second half of this year's U.N. climate summit. Negotiators took time out Sunday to rest after the first week of talks ended on a sour note the previous ...
Buyers seek out works by emerging black artists at America's biggest contemporary art fair in Miami
Wilbur Ross inspected a pair of hands in cuffs sticking out from a wall and clutching a wad of U.S. currency. The sculpture, "Made Off," was inspired by Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, created by Swiss artist Fredy Hadorn and priced at $11,000. Ross asked the ...
Concerned about health issues, Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou seeks bail in Canada
Meng Wanzhou, the chief financial officer of China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., argued that she should be released on bail while awaiting an extradition hearing, citing her long-standing ties to Canada, properties she owns in Vancouver and fears for her health while incarcerated, court ...
Russia is now the world's No. 2 arms producer, surpassing Britain, think tank reports
A Swedish think tank said Monday Russia has emerged as the world's second-largest arms producer after the United States. Russia surpassed Britain, which had held the spot since 2002 and remains Western Europe's No. 1 arms maker. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute said in its ...
For U.S. allies dismayed by Trump's antics, Jim 'Mad Dog' Mattis is the last adult in the room
And then there was one. Since Donald Trump assumed office almost two years ago, U.S. allies in Europe, Asia and beyond have counted on a number of so-called adults in the room to constrain an unpredictable president. With the imminent departure of White House chief ...
Top U.S. envoy to North Korea can't get face time with counterparts
More than three months after Secretary of State Michael Pompeo picked Stephen Biegun to lead negotiations with North Korea, the former Ford Motor Co. executive has barely met officials from Pyongyang face-to-face. The standstill is a sign of how negotiations between the U.S. and North ...
Top House Democrats raise prospect of impeachment and prison for Trump
Top House Democrats on Sunday raised the prospect of impeachment or almost-certain prison time for President Donald Trump if it's proved that he directed illegal hush-money payments to women, adding to the legal pressure on the president over the Russia investigation and other scandals. "There's ...
U.S. calls March 1 'hard deadline' for trade deal with China
U.S.-China trade negotiations need to reach a successful end by March 1 or new tariffs will be imposed, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said on Sunday, clarifying there is a "hard deadline" after a week of seeming confusion among President Donald Trump and his ...
GOP senator doesn't know if Trump's U.N. pick is up to the job
A leading Republican senator on foreign policy issues says he doesn't know whether President Donald Trump's pick to be U.N. ambassador has the expertise and background to capably handle the job. Trump wants former Fox News reporter and current State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert (NOW'-urt) ...
China summons U.S. ambassador over Huawei exec's arrest in Canada
China summoned the U.S. ambassador on Sunday to protest the "extremely bad" arrest of telecom giant Huawei's chief financial officer in Canada and demand that the United States drop its extradition request. The arrest of Meng Wanzhou, who faces U.S. fraud charges related to sanctions-breaking ...
