The United States signed a trade agreement Thursday with Taiwan over opposition from China, which claims the self-ruled island democracy as part of its territory.
Quarter of all children in USA are Latino (Third column, 2nd story, link)
U.S. Indo-Pacific Command: USINDOPACOM Statement on Unprofessional Intercept of U.S. Aircraft over South China Sea — U.S. Indo-Pacific Command Public Affairs — A People's Republic of China J-16 fighter pilot performed an unnecessarily aggressive maneuver during the intercept of a U.S. Air Force RC-135 aircraft, May 26, 2023.
U.S. economic activity is showing persistent resilience to rising interest rates and high inflation ahead of the debt-ceiling deadline that threatens the expansion.
Mackenzie Gray / Global News: Chinese warship nearly hits U.S. destroyer in Taiwan Strait during joint Canada-U.S. mission — Exclusive video captures Chinese warship nearly hitting U.S. destroyer in Taiwan Strait — A Chinese warship came within 150 yards of hitting American destroyer USS Chung-Hoon …
Taiwan and the United States will sign the first deal under a new trade talks framework on Thursday, both governments said, boosting ties between the two at a time of heightened tensions with China over the democratically-governed island.
While the deal to raise the debt ceiling and cut spending are “positive considerations,” Fitch said “repeated political standoffs" over the federal government's borrowing limit "lowers confidence in governance on fiscal and debt matters.”
Emma Raducanu, the 2021 U.S. Open champion, will no longer work with Sebastian Sachs, who had been her fifth coach in the past two years.
A pair of U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers flew low over Sarajevo and several other Bosnian cities on Tuesday as a sign of support amid continued secessionist threats by the staunchly pro-Russia Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik.
The U.S. on Monday signed a security pact with Papua New Guinea, a strategically important Pacific Island nation of nearly 10 million people north of Australia, where Washington and Beijing are competing for influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Biden signs debt ceiling bill that pulls US back from brink of unprecedented default By CHRIS MEGERIAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling, averting an unprecedented default on the federal government’s debt. It was a decidedly low-key…
With just two days to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation on Saturday that lifts the nation’s debt ceiling, averting an unprecedented default on the federal government’s debt.