Mar 08 Watch 4:53 Lawmakers question intelligence officials about origins of COVID-19 By Nick Schifrin, Tommy Walters, Teresa Cebrian Aranda The country’s top intelligence officials testified in the Senate Wednesday, assessing Russia’s plans in Ukraine, the threat of TikTok and the origins of COVID, which was also the subject of its own hearing in the House. Nick Schifrin reports. Continue watching
Mar 08 Xi accuses U.S. of attempting to block China’s development By Joe McDonald, Associated Press Is the United States out to sabotage China? Chinese leaders think so. President Xi Jinping accused Washington this week of trying to isolate his country and hold back its development. Continue reading
Mar 08 WATCH: Senate Intelligence hearing on worldwide threats with heads of U.S. security agencies By Associated Press The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on worldwide threats with the heads of U.S. security agencies on Wednesday. Continue reading
Mar 08 Taiwan blames Chinese ships for cut internet cables By Huizhong Wu, Johnson Lai, Associated Press Residents of Taiwan's outlying islands near the Chinese coast have been without the internet for the past month. Continue reading
Mar 08 WATCH: House Oversight holds hearing on origins of COVID-19 By Associated Press The House Oversight Committee held a hearing on Wednesday on the origins of COVID-19 following a new report from the Energy Department that it had determined, with low confidence, that the novel coronavirus had escaped from a lab in China. Continue reading
Mar 07 Watch 5:02 News Wrap: Fed indicates robust economy, inflation could drive more rate hikes In our news wrap Tuesday, Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said high inflation and a robust economy may mean more interest rate hikes, Mexican officials confirmed two kidnapped Americans have been found dead, President Biden proposed raising taxes on those… Continue watching
Mar 07 WATCH: State Department holds news briefing as spokesman Ned Price announces plans to step down By Matthew Lee, Associated Press Price will take a job working directly with Secretary of State Antony Blinken later this month, the State Department said Tuesday, and will be replaced in the interim by his deputy, Vedant Patel, until a successor is named. Continue reading
Mar 05 German Chancellor Scholz warns of ‘consequences’ if China sends arms to Russia By Associated Press German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says there would be “consequences” if China sent weapons to Russia for Moscow's war in Ukraine, but he's fairly optimistic that Beijing will refrain from doing so. Continue reading
Mar 05 China sets 2023 target for economic growth at ‘around 5 percent’ By Joe McDonald, Associated Press China’s government announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy as its legislature opened a session Sunday that will tighten President Xi Jinping’s control over business and society. Continue reading
Mar 03 China accuses U.S. of wrongfully targeting Chinese companies by restricting U.S. technology By Joe McDonald, Associated Press Washington has accused China of trying to use civilian companies to obtain processor chips, aerospace and other technologies that can be used to make weapons. Beijing retorts that the U.S. government is trying to stop potential commercial competitors. Continue reading