Oct 07 Wife says Interpol officer sent knife image as danger signal By John Leicester, Gillian Wong, Associated Press Less than an hour after she publicized the text from Interpol President Meng Hongwei, the disciplinary organ of China’s ruling Communist Party said it was investigating him. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 3:03 News Wrap: Unemployment hits nearly 50-year low in September; Indonesia mourns In our news wrap Friday, job gains in the U.S. slowed in September, is employers added a net of 134,000 jobs -- the smallest number in a year, and likely affected by Hurricane Florence. But unemployment hit its lowest level… Continue watching
Oct 05 Interpol president reported missing during visit to China By Elaine Ganley, Christopher Bodeen, Associated Press Meng Hongwei, Interpol's president, boarded a plane and arrived in China but has not been heard from since. Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 8:05 Why your recyclables might have no place to go By Paul Solman, Sarah Clune Hartman Until this year, China had been America's -- and the world's -- number one recycling market. But China has shut its doors to plastic waste, which could result by 2030 in more than 100 million tons of trash with nowhere… Continue watching
Oct 04 WATCH: Vice President Pence accuses China of meddling in U.S. By Deb Reichmann, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Vice President Mike Pence charged Thursday that Russia's influence operations in America pale in comparison with the covert and overt activities China is taking to interfere in the U.S. midterm elections and counter President Donald Trump's tough trade policies against… Continue reading
Sep 28 China, Russia cast themselves as defenders of internationalism as U.S. backs away By Jennifer Peltz, Frank Jordans, Associated Press In the wake of President Trump's proclamation that Americans "reject the ideology of globalism," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang's speech at the U.N. General Assembly sounded a note of rebuttal from a competing power. Continue reading
Sep 27 Watch 3:11 News Wrap: With Kavanaugh in the spotlight, Trump delays Rosenstein meeting In our news wrap Thursday, President Trump delayed meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein until next week. The White House said it’s to avoid conflicting with today’s senate hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Also, China dismissed the… Continue watching
Sep 26 Watch 5:31 Trump says U.S. will increase Iran pressure, accuses China of U.S. election meddling By Nick Schifrin At the UN Security Council, President Trump said the U.S. would pursue additional sanctions against Iran, declared support for the first time for creating a Palestinian state and accused China of meddling in the 2016 election. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Sep 26 WATCH LIVE: Trump holds news conference amid new sexual misconduct allegation against Kavanaugh By Joshua Barajas Trump is scheduled to speak at 5 p.m. EDT from the Lotte New York Palace hotel in New York. Watch his remarks here. Continue reading
Sep 26 WATCH: China rejects ‘unwarranted accusations’ of election meddling By Associated Press China's foreign minister says his country doesn't interfere in any other nation's internal affairs. His comments came at a U.N. Security Council meeting after President Donald Trump accused the Chinese of "attempting to interfere" in the November elections in the… Continue reading