Oct 18 China’s economic growth drops again By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China's economic growth slipped to 6% in the three months ending in September, down from the previous quarter's 6.2%. Continue reading
Oct 16 Chaos as Hong Kong lawmakers thwart leader’s annual address By John Leicester, Associated Press Calling her "the mother of the mafia police," yelling pro-democracy lawmakers twice forced Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam to stop delivering a speech laying out her policy objectives Wednesday. Continue reading
Oct 15 LeBron James angers Hong Kong protesters with ‘free speech’ comments By John Leicester, Associated Press "Yes, we do have freedom of speech," James said. "But at times, there are ramifications for the negative that can happen when you're not thinking about others, when you only think about yourself."… Continue reading
Oct 15 IMF downgrades world’s economic outlook, citing trade wars By Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press The International Monetary Fund predicts that growth this year will be the weakest since the 2008 financial crisis. Continue reading
Oct 15 Hunter Biden says he did not have an ‘ethical lapse’ By Associated Press In an ABC News interview, Hunter Biden concedes he may have underestimated the political repercussions of his foreign work in Ukraine and China but he did not make an ethical mistake. Continue reading
Oct 14 U.S.-China truce leaves big issues unresolved By Paul Wiseman, Dave Kolpack, David Pitt, Associated Press Closer inspection suggests there isn't much substance, at least not yet, to the temporary truce President Donald Trump announced Friday at the White House after the U.S. and China wrapped up their 13th round of trade talks. Continue reading
Oct 11 Watch 8:56 News Wrap: U.S. and China reach partial trade deal In our news wrap Friday, the U.S. and China reached a partial trade deal after 15 months of disagreement. President Trump agreed to suspend a tariff hike scheduled to go into effect Tuesday, and China pledged to buy up to… Continue watching
Oct 11 What Trump’s tariffs have cost the U.S. economy By Kathryn Russ, Econofact The tariffs that are already in place and the threat of a renewed escalation present enormous costs to Americans. Continue reading
Oct 11 U.S. suspends China tariff hike in trade war cease-fire By Paul Wiseman, Kevin Freking, Associated Press The tariffs on $250 billion in Chinese imports was set to rise Tuesday from 25 percent to 30 percent. Continue reading
Oct 10 Watch 7:17 How 2 arrested Giuliani associates are connected to Trump impeachment inquiry In a surprising twist within the impeachment inquiry of President Trump, two associates of Rudy Giuliani who were to appear before Congress this week were instead arrested at the airport on charges of violating campaign finance law. According to law… Continue watching