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Commentary During the U.S.-China talks in Alaska on March 18 and 19, Yang Jiechi, a member of the CCP’s Politburo and director of the Foreign Affairs Office, gave a tough speech to U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken’s team. In his speech, there were several paragraphs on “international order,” which were key and revealed a […]

China and Iran signed a 25-year-long “strategic partnership” agreement on March 27, by which both states would cooperate to challenge the United States, such as against U.S. sanctions on selling oil from Tehran to Beijing. The deal covers politics, economy, and security, according to Chinese state-run CGTV. Iranian Tasnim reported the agreement also included judiciary,

The New York City Council has passed a series of measures that affect police operations, including a hotly debated one that makes it easier to sue officers for misconduct. The council voted last week to adopt five bills and three resolutions that it said are “designed to increase police accountability and reimagine public safety in our

Commentary The notification, when it arrived, seemed innocuous enough. It appeared, on first glance, to be an email notification of some change of status regarding my credit card, obtained many years ago through the Chase Bank. Normally, I don’t even read such notifications. Life is too short. But I happened to glance over this one,

JOHANNESBURG—Rebels fought the Mozambican army Sunday for the fifth straight day for control of the strategic northern town of Palma, as reports came in that dozens of civilians have been killed and bodies were littering the streets. The fate of scores of foreign energy workers was also unknown. Some of the dead had been beheaded,

LONDON—More than a fifth of small British exporters have temporarily halted sales to the European Union and 4 percent have done so permanently, a survey showed on Monday, highlighting problems that have followed the Brexit trade deal. A trade agreement between London and Brussels that came into force on Jan. 1 has caused disruption and

President Joe Biden said Sunday that he is confident that a gun control bill can pass through the Senate, coming after two mass shootings in March. “I’m the only one who has ever got them passed, man,” Biden told reporters on Sunday, referring to the 1994 “assault weapons” ban that he helped get passed in

OTTAWA—Canada is scheduled to receive a flood of new COVID-19 vaccine doses this week, with around 3.3 million shots due for delivery from different pharmaceutical companies over the coming days. The expected influx would mark the single-largest week of deliveries into Canada since the start of the pandemic, thanks to planned shipments from three different

MANILA—The Philippine military is sending light fighter aircraft to fly over hundreds of Chinese vessels in disputed waters in the South China Sea, its defense minister said, as he repeated his demand the flotilla be withdrawn immediately. International concern is growing over what the Philippines has described as a “swarming and threatening presence” of more

ANCHORAGE—Five people were killed and one injured in a helicopter crash at a glacier near Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said on Sunday. Searchers found the crash site and survivor late Saturday night after the chopper was reported overdue, the troopers said in a written statement. The injured person was reported to be in serious but