| North Korea: Pompeo had ‘regrettable’ attitude in talks Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:29 AM PDT  Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrapped up two days of talks with North Korean officials, describing the discussions as "productive".
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| Panel: Paper trail 'should not be disqualifying' for Supreme Court pick Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:40 PM PDT  Susan Page, Mark Murray, Dany Pletka and Eugene Robinson join the Meet the Press panel to talk about the leading contenders for President Trump's next Supreme Court nominee.
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| Former GOP Leader Bill Frist Calls On Republican Senate To Protect Mueller Posted: 07 Jul 2018 03:59 PM PDT  Former Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) is calling on the chamber's
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| State of emergency in parts of California as wildfires blaze amid high temperatures Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:43 AM PDT  More than 2,000 people have been evacuated near Santa Barbara as the flames destroyed dozens of buildings. Across the West, nearly 60 fires blaze across 13 states.
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| California police draw attention to cold case, in tweets Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:39 PM PDT  LOS ANGELES (AP) — A California police department is drawing attention to a 45-year-old murder case by tweeting about the crime as if it just happened, in the voice of the 11-year-old victim.
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| Conditions 'perfect' for evacuation of Thai boys in cave Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:22 PM PDT  Conditions are "perfect" to evacuate a young football team from a flooded Thai cave in the coming days, the rescue mission chief said Saturday, although a brief downpour late in the evening underscored the huge threat posed by further monsoon rains. The plight of 12 Thai boys and their coach from the "Wild Boar" football team has transfixed Thailand since they became trapped in a cramped chamber several kilometres inside the Tham Luang cave complex on June 23. Rescuers have conceded that evacuating the boys is a race against time, with monsoon rains expected to undo days of round-the-clock drainage of the deluged cave.
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| North Korea says resolve for denuclearisation may falter after talks with U.S.: KCNA Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:20 AM PDT ![North Korea says resolve for denuclearisation may falter after talks with U.S.: KCNA]( "North Korea says resolve for denuclearisation may falter after talks with U.S.: KCNA") SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said on Saturday its "firm, steadfast" resolve to give up its nuclear programs may falter after the United States demanded unilateral denuclearisation during two days of talks in Pyongyang, state media said. The North's official KCNA news agency said the result of talks with the delegation headed by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was "extremely troubling," accusing it of insisting on complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation. ...
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| Comic book great and Spider-Man co-creator Steve Ditko dies at age 90 Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:38 AM PDT  Ditko co-created Spider-Man alongside writer Stan Lee. He brought numerous other characters to life throughout his career, including Marvel's Dr. Strange.
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| Trump's lawyers called former FBI director James Comey 'Machiavellian' and dishonest in memo to Russia investigation Posted: 07 Jul 2018 12:42 PM PDT  Donald Trump's legal team reportedly launched a withering attack on former FBI Director James Comey in a letter to the special counsel probing Russian interference in the election, calling him "Machiavellian" and "dishonest". In a memo provides a window into the way the president's lawyers have been seeking to undermine the credibility of Mr Comey, a letter dispatched to Special Counsel Robert Mueller by Marc Kasowitz, then the president's lead lawyer, described him as "unbounded by law and regulation". The letter, obtained by the Associated Press, was sent in June 2017, shortly after Mr Mueller was appointed to lead the investigation into alleged Russian interference and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
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| One dead as western US heat wave stunts firefighting efforts Posted: 06 Jul 2018 09:27 PM PDT  The western US was in the midst of a record heat wave Friday, with one dead in California as massive fires forced hundreds to evacuate. "Large fire activity is spread across the country from Florida to Alaska," the National Interagency Fire Center announced, as temperatures spiked above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius) in some places. California's fire agency, Cal Fire, said on Twitter that one person had died as a result of the "Klamathon" fire in Siskiyou County, near the border with Oregon.
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| Brazil judge orders Lula to remain in prison overturning earlier ruling to release former president Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:52 PM PDT  A Brazilian appeals court judge on Sunday quashed a fellow judge's bombshell ruling ordering the release of jailed former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in a day of legal tumult that comes just months before the South American country's presidential vote. Though he is serving a 12-year sentence for corruption, the wildly popular leftist Lula, 72, continues to lead opinion polls ahead of October's election and has vowed his name will be on the ballot. In his Sunday afternoon ruling, Judge Pedro Gebran Neto overturned a shock order to free Lula, which dropped just hours earlier from Judge Rogerio Favreto at an appeals court in Porto Alegre - the same one that had ordered the ex-president's arrest. Mr Favreto, the weekend duty judge, had ruled in favour of several deputies of Lula's Workers' Party, who on Friday submitted a habeas corpus application on the former president's behalf, arguing he had been illegally imprisoned. On the heels of the first ruling, top anti-corruption judge Sergio Moro - who originally sentenced Lula in July 2017 - said Mr Favreto did not have the power to secure the leftist's release. Supporters of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva demonstrate outside the Federal Police where he is detainee in Curitiba Credit: Franklin De Freitas/AFP Gebran Neto followed suit, instructing federal police at a prison in Curitiba to keep Lula behind bars. Lula has been imprisoned since April following his conviction for accepting a seaside apartment as a bribe from Brazilian construction company OAS. He has insisted on his innocence and branded the corruption accusations a political conspiracy aimed at thwarting his electoral aspirations. After ruling Brazil from 2003 to 2011, Lula left office with sky-high ratings following an economic boom and widely praised social programs to reduce poverty. "Lula free now!" read the popular politician's Twitter account after Favreto's order, praising the short-lived hope for "the end of the illegal imprisonment of Lula." But even if released, Lula could see his candidacy invalidated by the South American country's electoral court. Lula livre já! https://t.co/uYQbEDioaI— Lula (@LulaOficial) July 8, 2018 Brazilian courts have repeatedly stifled his many efforts to secure release. Just last month the South American country's Supreme Court withdrew Lula's appeal from its agenda, after a lower appeals court ruled the prison sentence could not be referred to the top bench. The lower court said the top chamber should only handle cases related to possible constitutional violations, a standard which Lula's request did not meet. Lula's fall from grace Prosecutors in May filed new graft charges against Lula, his ex-economy minister and two other political figures allegedly promised $40 million by the Odebrecht conglomerate, which is also linked to corruption scandals elsewhere in Latin America. The charges are part of operation "Car Wash," Brazil's biggest ever anti-graft crackdown.It has targeted several former presidents, current President Michel Temer and politicians from all major parties. Federal Deputies Paulo Pimenta and Wadi Damous who filed the Habeas Corpus petition to release the former Brazilian president Credit: Franklin De Freitas/AFP Investigators discovered that politicians and their parties were allegedly taking money from Odebrecht and other big companies in exchange for political favours and contracts with state oil company Petrobras. Yet Lula and his supporters remain steadfast in their goal to take back control of Brazil's executive branch. Just last week the former president - who had been writing football commentary from jail, which a veteran Brazilian sports journalist and leftist sympathizer then read on air - ceased commenting on the World Cup to comply with electoral rules forbidding potential candidates from making television and radio appearances after June 30.
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| Suspect drunk driver smashes into Houston police officer's patrol car Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:26 AM PDT  A Houston police officer was involved in a crash with a suspected drunk driver Sunday morning.
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| Twitter rooting out fake accounts at record rate: report Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:19 AM PDT  Twitter has been suspending more than one million fake and dubious accounts per day, according to The Washington Post, in an aggressive bid to stem the flow of false information. The social media platform has more than doubled its crackdown rate since late last year, the Post said, when testimony from Twitter, Facebook and Google revealed startling new data showing many more millions of Americans were exposed to fake news than previously thought. Russia-linked fake accounts are believed to have fired off false tweets in an effort to sway the 2016 US presidential vote.
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| Full Blunt: 'I hope the president sticks with the sanctions' on North Korea Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:24 PM PDT  In an exclusive interview with Meet the Press, Sen. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) tells Chuck Todd that "there's nothing wrong with talking to the Russians" ahead of President Trump's summit with Vladimir Putin.
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| Violent protests erupt in Haiti as fuel prices spike Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:23 PM PDT  PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Major protests erupted Friday in Haiti as the government announced a sharp increase in gasoline prices, with demonstrators using burning tires and barricades to block major streets across the capital and in the northern city of Cap-Haitien.
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| Defense lawyers ask to move Manafort trial, cite publicity Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:39 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for Paul Manafort, President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman, asked a federal judge Friday to relocate a criminal trial starting later this month because of pretrial publicity.
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| Raw video: Driver fleeing police crashes into house Posted: 07 Jul 2018 01:47 PM PDT  Police in Pennsylvania say a driver fleeing police lost control of the car and crashed into a house.
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| Indian police charge five in death of rape victim's father Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:18 AM PDT  By Nigam Prusty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police on Saturday charged five people, including the brother of a lawmaker from the ruling party, in relation to the death of the father of a teenage girl raped last year. Atul Singh Sengar, the brother of the arrested lawmaker, along with four others were accused of brutally assaulting the rape victim's father who "sustained serious injuries", federal police said in a statement. More than 100 rapes are reported in India every day, but strong political overtones have crept into this particular case.
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| Canada woman breaks silence on PM groping allegation Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:27 PM PDT  A former journalist broke her silence on Friday to stand by her allegation that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau groped her nearly two decades ago, when he was not politically involved. "I issue this statement reluctantly, in response to mounting media pressure to confirm that I was the reporter who was the subject of the Open Eyes editorial, published in the Creston Valley Advance in August of 2000," Rose Knight said in a statement to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC). Mr Trudeau did apologize the next day.
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| Russian Bots Linked To Viral Twitter Attacks On 'Hateful' Dems Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:32 PM PDT  In what may be an early onslaught of Kremlin-linked Twitter attacks ahead of
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| Syrian refugee girl who used tin cans for legs cries as she gets first prosthetic limbs Posted: 08 Jul 2018 04:52 AM PDT  The 8-year-old Syrian girl, quietly crying in an Istanbul clinic, was overwhelmed by the new set of prosthetic legs she had just received and taken aback by the cameras pointed at her by journalists attending the fitting. Maya Meri has been in the spotlight since images of her plight hit social media last month. She was filmed in a camp for the displaced in Syria's northwestern Idlib province walking around on contraptions her father made from tuna cans, plastic tubes and fabric. "I thought of doing something that would protect her while on the ground from stones and other things, so I made these limbs for her," said her father, Mohammed. Maya Meri adjusts her prosthetic leg as she sits on her dad Mohammed's lap at a rehabilitation clinic in Istanbul. Credit: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP Maya was born without legs because of a condition called congenital amputation. Her story moved one Turkish prosthetics specialist to reach out to Turkey's largest humanitarian organization, which evacuated her from Syria. Maya is now in Istanbul with her father, who shares the same disability. On Thursday, as journalists looked on, prosthetics specialist Mehmet Zeki Culcu took off Maya's makeshift legs. He first wrapped her limbs in protective layers of fabric and then placed her in temporary prosthetics. Camera shutters clicked as Culcu lifted Maya up and she stood in her purple and pink sneakers, which looked a few sizes too big. Maya waited for years for proper prosthetics Credit: OSMAN ORSAL/Reuters Originally from Aleppo province, the Meri family had to move to escape the fighting. "We fled to an area that has not witnessed bombardment but it was difficult to live there in a tent on a mountain," said Mohammed, who has five other children still in Syria with their mother. Maya Meri is guided by a prosthetic specialist as she tries out her new legs. Credit: Lefteris Pitarakis/AP In the Idlib camp, Maya and her father had to crawl on the bare earth to get anywhere. He said the little girl would be in pain because of the rugged terrain as she made her way to school. The homemade prosthetics allowed her to move about more easily, and helped her learn how to balance, shortening a two-week process to a single day when she was fitted with her new legs. Culcu, who took on her case pro-bono, thinks it will take about 2 1/2 months for her to be fully fitted. "If Maya continues to learn so fast and be so enthusiastic, it might be completed in a shorter time," he said. Maya walks on legs made of tin cans in a refugee camp in Idlib Credit: AAREF WATAD/AFP Maya practices taking steps with the aid of a walker. In time, Culcu said her trial socket prosthetics will be lengthened with a knee joint and then extended below the knee. She grimaces with pain after an hour with her synthetic limbs, but the technicians said that's to be expected and worked to adjust them. Culcu said Maya has become a "child symbol" and he hopes the world will be moved by her plight to put an end to the civil war in Syria. "There are hundreds of thousands of people living with disabilities, and among them are tens of thousands of children, who unfortunately need prosthetics," he said. Turkey, which shares a lengthy border with Syria, has become entrenched in the Syrian conflict. The country hosts more than 3.5 million Syrian refugees, and its agencies and non-governmental organizations work across the border to provide aid. Maya Meri waits to be fitted with her new legs Credit: OSMAN ORSAL/ REUTERS Turkish troops and allied Syrian fighters have seized territory in northern Syria from the Islamic State group and U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters. Turkey, which supports the Syrian opposition, has negotiated local cease-fires with Iran and Russia, which are allied with the government. The Turkish Red Crescent is sponsoring Maya and her father's stay in Turkey. Culcu has pledged to provide prosthetics for the elder Meri after he receives an operation to prepare his limbs for the fitting. A while after trying her new prosthetics, Maya sat on her father's lap, exhausted and silent as he mused about their future. "Life is good if I can live here in Turkey, where someone can help us live a good life, because I cannot work," he said.
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| Suppliers Say Porsche Cross Turismo To Hit The Market Late 2021 Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:00 PM PDT  Tesla has three more years to prepare for its greatest rival.
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| Man dies after being pulled from rough surf off the coast of North Carolina Posted: 07 Jul 2018 05:28 PM PDT  A 62-year-old swimmer died in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina, after being swept away from shore by a current on Saturday.
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| President Trump’s first UK visit expected to be met with protests and support Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:02 AM PDT  As the city of London braces for protests during Trump's first official visit, NBC News' Lucy Kafanov talks to those who support the president.
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| This Week: PepsiCo results, consumer prices, bank earnings Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:11 PM PDT ![This Week: PepsiCo results, consumer prices, bank earnings]( "This Week: PepsiCo results, consumer prices, bank earnings") A look at some of the key business events and economic indicators upcoming this week:
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| Three-Door 2019 Hyundai Veloster Delivers Fun at a Budget Price Posted: 08 Jul 2018 03:06 AM PDT  At a time when automakers are doubling down on SUVs and moving away from coupes, Hyundai rolls out a new Veloster. This distinctive sportster has been redesigned for 2019, bringing subtle improve...
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| Subasic plays through injury, comes up big again for Croatia Posted: 07 Jul 2018 04:20 PM PDT  SOCHI, Russia (AP) — Croatia goalkeeper Danijel Subasic was the star against Denmark for the three saves he made in the penalty shootout that put the team into the World Cup quarterfinals.
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| Syrian state media says air defenses hit Israeli plane, thwart missile strike Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:22 PM PDT  Syrian military air defenses struck an Israeli warplane and shot down Israeli missiles targeting the T4 air base in Homs province in response to an act of "aggression" on Sunday night, Syrian state media said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said Israel does not comment on foreign reports. Israel has grown deeply alarmed by the expanding clout of its arch enemy Iran during the seven-year war in neighboring Syria.
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| Longtime rivals Ethiopia and Eritrea restore relations as they meet for the first time in nearly two decades Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:21 AM PDT  Ethiopia and Eritrea agreed to reopen embassies and borders signalling an end to two decades of conflict between the neighbours as their leaders met for the first time in nearly two decades yesterday. Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed, who has pushed through reforms which have taken the region by surprise, was warmly greeted by Eritrea's President Isaias Afwerki as he stepped off his plane in Asmara in scenes that would have been unimaginable just months ago. The unexpected thaw between adversaries deadlocked for two decades has come after Ethiopia agreed to abide by a 2002 United Nations boundary ruling and cede contested land to its neighbour. The pair met for private talks on how to end one of Africa's longest running conflicts. A potential reconciliation has raised hopes of reforms inside Eritrea itself, where government brutality has greatly added to Europe's migrant crisis. Mr Isaias has used the conflict as an excuse for repression and in turn created an exodus. The country is on a permanent war footing and has lengthy universal conscription that is little better than slave labour. Scenes of the two leaders hugging would have been unthinkable two months ago Credit: ERITV Eritreans have made up one of the largest groups heading to Europe in recent years and in 2015 accounted for the biggest number of asylum applications made in the UK. "Reconciliation would deprive President Isaias of an excuse for maintaining his country in a permanent state of military readiness" that has blocked Eritrea from developing any form of democracy, said Martin Plaut, a senior research fellow with the Institute of Commonwealth Studies at the University of London. The visit comes only three months after Mr Abiy took power. Since then he has led a dramatic agenda of reforms, including freeing journalists and opposition figures from prison and opening up the state-run economy. In May the Briton Andargachew "Andy" Tsege, one of the Ethiopian government's most outspoken dissidents, was released after four years on death row. But Mr Abiy's decision to fully accept a peace deal that ended a border war between the two East African nations has been most surprising of all. Ethiopia and Eritrea have not had diplomatic ties since the two-year war that killed 80,000 began in 1998. Skirmishing has continued. Mr Abiy's chief of staff, Fitsum Arega, said on Twitter that the visit aimed to "further deepen efforts to bring about lasting peace." He shared photos of the leaders' meeting and said Abiy, 42, was "very warmly received" by the 72-year-old Mr Isaias. "Our two nations share a history and bond like no other," he said. "We can now overcome two decades of mistrust and move in a new direction." Ethiopia's foreign ministry called the visit "part of efforts to normalize relations with Eritrea" and said Mr Abiy was expected to talk with Eritrea's leadership about "how to mend fences." Eritrea was once a province of Ethiopia that comprised its entire coastline. It voted to leave in 1993 after a bloody independence struggle and relations between the neighbours degenerated into war five years later. Mr Abiy has already said Ethiopia's national airline would soon begin flights to Eritrea, and has expressed interest in his landlocked country having access to Eritrean ports. But his radical reforms have caused protest from some partners in his ruling coalition and last month he survived a grenade attack at a massive public rally in support of his agenda.
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| Dogs ‘Write’ Note to Mail Carrier Apologizing For Eating Her Lunch: 'Thank You For Sharing!' Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:23 AM PDT  Brothers Bear and Bull, black lab-mastiff mixes with a zeal for adventure, had been caught red-handed devouring their mail carrier's lunch.
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| Two US destroyers sail into Taiwan Strait: Taiwan gov't Posted: 07 Jul 2018 02:58 PM PDT  Two United States warships entered the Taiwan Strait on Saturday at a time of heightened tensions between Washington and Beijing. The destroyers USS Mustin and USS Benfold sailed into the waterway separating Taiwan and China on Saturday morning, Taiwan's defence ministry confirmed. "US Navy ships transit between the South China Sea and East China Sea via the Taiwan Strait and have done so for many years," he told AFP.
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| Cost of one of those 'expensive' U.S.-South Korea military exercises? $14 million Posted: 06 Jul 2018 06:31 PM PDT  By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A joint military exercise between the United States and South Korea scrapped after President Donald Trump griped about "tremendously expensive" military drills would have cost around $14 million, U.S. officials told Reuters on Friday. The Pentagon announced last month that it was indefinitely suspending the Freedom Guardian military exercise in support of the Singapore summit between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
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| AP Explains: Immigration protests before 'Abolish ICE' Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:28 AM PDT  ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Several people were arrested this week after they placed a banner on the Statue of Liberty's pedestal on the Fourth of July calling for abolishing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Protesters forced the closure of the ICE building in Portland, Oregon, and more Democratic politicians have been embracing an "abolish ICE" message as the midterm elections approach.
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| Tyler Perry gifts Tiffany Haddish brand new Tesla Posted: 07 Jul 2018 11:01 AM PDT  THE BEST BOSS! Tyler Perry gifts Tiffany Haddish a Tesla for all of her work
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| Bentley Taking Pikes Peak Bentayga To Goodwood Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:29 AM PDT  And a pair of Continental GTs too.
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| Pope says walls, occupation and fundamentalism hamper Mideast peace Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:15 AM PDT  By Philip Pullella BARI, Italy (Reuters) - Pope Francis led a summit of Christian leaders on how to promote peace in the Middle East on Saturday and said building walls, occupying territories and religious fanaticism would not resolve conflict in the region. Francis also repeated his view that the "status quo" of the contested city of Jerusalem should be respected, and backed a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian dispute.
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| Miss America factions clash over decision to ditch swimsuit round Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:57 AM PDT  Former Miss Americas are rallying in support of Gretchen Carlson, another former winner brought in to reform the pageant, after state officials pushed for her resignation. Their move reveals deep divisions over the direction of an organisation that was rocked by a 2017 email scandal and is trying to modernise for the #metoo era. Ms Carlson, Miss America 1989 and an early figure in the #MeToo movement, announced last month that the pageant was dropping the swimsuit element of the competition. However, some former directors and state officials said they felt pressured to make the change or risk broadcasters dropping the pageant from television. Representatives from 22 state pageants signed a petition calling for the resignations of the new Miss America board, including Ms Carlson and Regina Hopper, its chief executive, according to The Press of Atlantic City. Gretchen Carlson leads the Miss America board of trustees Credit: Miss America Organisation But in a letter to the newspaper, 30 former Miss Americas said they "fully support" Carlson and the board members "who are and have been working tirelessly to move our programme forward". The Miss America organisation is regrouping after a December scandal in which emails surfaced in which its then chief executive and board members mocked winners' intelligence, looks and sex lives. They were forced to resign. Today, the organisation's top three posts are held by women and the new leaders have begun making changes. The petition from the state pageant officials expressed a vote of "no confidence" in the board of trustees. It cited a lack of transparency and adherence to best practices, The Press said. But the former Miss Americas said in their letter that they "hope the voices of our majority can and will be heard". Ms Hopper told The Press on Friday that "there are always those who disagree with or find it hard to accept change", but that the organisation welcomes anyone who wants to move forward with a revitalised programme dedicated to providing scholarships and opportunities to young women. Suzette Charles, Miss America 1984, said things had begun to "unravel" in the organisation. "There's been a lot of dismay with (Carlson's) leadership," she said. "We thought she would regard this program with reverence and keep this tradition alive."
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| After New York's electoral upset, eyes turn to Massachusetts Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:43 AM PDT  BOSTON (AP) — Ayanna Pressley knew it was going to be tough mounting a primary challenge to an incumbent Democratic congressman in Massachusetts, a state that often rewards politicians with near-lifetime jobs.
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| Indian army shoots dead three protesters in Kashmir Posted: 07 Jul 2018 08:33 AM PDT  Troops shot dead three stone-throwing protesters including a 16-year-old girl in Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday, as tensions rose ahead of the anniversary of the death of a popular rebel commander. Witnesses said soldiers opened fire in the southern Kashmiri district of Kulgam after hundreds of people angry at an army search operation for suspected militants gathered to protest, some hurling objects. "The three had bullet injuries and succumbed soon after their arrival at the hospital," the doctor at a sub-district hospital in Kulgam said on condition of anonymity.
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| Weapons of trade war: What might China have up its sleeve? Posted: 06 Jul 2018 07:32 PM PDT  The first shots have been fired in a trade war between China and the United States that experts say could be damaging for the world economy. While US President Donald Trump has brushed off warnings that trade frictions with powerful partners like China could harm the US, Beijing has other weapons in its arsenal beside tariffs to cause damage in a fight. Tom Cruise films, Starbucks coffee, the iPhone X and the Buick are all best-sellers in China and authorities could find all sorts of ways to make life difficult for them, says Louis Kuijs, Asia analyst at Oxford Economics.
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| Mexico's president-elect will propose amnesty law Posted: 06 Jul 2018 08:19 PM PDT  MEXICO CITY (AP) — The security advisers for President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that amnesty legislation aimed at lessening violence will be developed with the input of crime victims and presented to Mexico's congress.
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