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WASHINGTON—The Senate confirmed Katherine Tai as the top U.S. trade envoy in an overwhelming bipartisan vote on Wednesday. She will be the first Asian American and first woman of color to hold the position. Tai is considered a problem-solving pragmatist, and her nomination by President Joe Biden to be U.S. trade representative drew support from […]

NEW DELHI—India is constructing 57 roads, refurbishing 32 helipads, and developing 47 outposts and 12 staging camps for its ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) along its border with China. The country is also building a standalone road of critical significance along the border in Ladakh, the region at the northern tip of India where it has

The California Coastal Commission has approved Dana Point Harbor’s marina development permit, allowing the $330 million harbor revitalization plan to proceed. The nod by the coastal commission was a victory for Bellwether Financial Group, the regional developer, global marina builder and operator who worked to garner approval of the mixed-use waterfront project. The permit allows

WASHINGTON—Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday proposed an increase of $12 billion in the country’s foreign affairs budget, hoping to prod President Joe Biden to boost funding for diplomacy after years of flat spending. Sens. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Reps. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) and Ami Bera (D-Calif.) said the 20 percent

Facebook’s drive to register 4.5 million voters swayed the November election to President Joe Biden, opined a Facebook executive in hidden camera footage. The executive, Benny Thomas, expressed grim views of the giant tech company, but counted the voter drive among the positives of Facebook while secretly being recorded earlier this year by reporters with

TORONTO—Moderna says upcoming clinical trials for its COVID-19 vaccine will include Canadian children. The company announced details of its Phase 2/3 study of COVID-19 earlier this week. It’s expected to involve 6,750 healthy pediatric participants aged six months to 12 years. Moderna says initial participants are based in the United States but that Canadian sites

Santa Ana has become the first Orange County city to allow non-U.S. citizens without legal immigration status to serve on its commissions and boards. City council voted unanimously March 15 to amend the language of an ordinance that allows non-registered voters to run for board and commission seats. The term “qualified elector of the city” was changed to “resident of

STOCKHOLM—Nokia on Tuesday announced plans to cut up to 10,000 jobs within two years to trim costs and invest more in research capabilities, as the Finnish telecoms group seeks to step up its challenge to Sweden’s Ericsson and China’s Huawei. After taking over the top job last year, Chief Executive Pekka Lundmark has been making

STANTON, Calif.—Burmese citizens in Orange County, California, say they’re heartbroken by the ongoing situation in Myanmar following last month’s military coup, and are urging U.S. officials to become more actively involved in restoring the country’s democracy. The city of Stanton is home to Orange County’s largest Burmese community and the county’s only Burmese restaurant, Irrawaddy

Inflation has displaced the CCP virus as investors’ top worry, as Wall Street looks beyond the pandemic to the impact of the tidal wave of stimulus and the unleashing of pent-up demand as the economy recovers, a new Bank of America survey shows. The Bank of America’s most recent Global Fund Manager Survey (FMS) indicates