WORLD
Vietnam President Tran Dai Quang dead at 61 due to illness
Quang last public appearance was at a Politburo meeting of the ruling Communist Party and a reception for a Chinese delegation on Wednesday. He looked frail on the state-run Vietnam Television broadcast.
BUSINESS
China's premier Li Keqiang appeals for free trade amid tariff battle
Speaking at a business conference, Li made no direct mention of the dispute but appealed to governments to resolve disputes through negotiation and reject unilateralism.
BUSINESS
5 ways Trump's tariffs on $200B in China goods could be felt
But what's clear is that the latest fight in the escalating trade war is likely, one way or another, to affect consumers, companies, markets, the economy and the political landscape.
BUSINESS
OPEC chief: Cartel must stay together as US sanctions Iran
Mohammed Sanusi Barkindo also said an agreement between OPEC and non-members that cut production and helped bring prices back up from lows of $30 a barrel in January 2016 was now "a permanent feature."
WORLD
Typhoon Mangkhut pounds China after mud buries dozens in Philippines
More than 2.4 million people had been evacuated in southern China's Guangdong province by Sunday evening to flee the typhoon, state media said.
WORLD
Monster typhoon barrels toward north Philippines, China
More than 4 million people are at risk from the storm, which the Hawaii-based Joint Typhoon Warning Center categorizes as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane.
WORLD
Evacuation underway as huge typhoon nears Philippines, China
More than 4 million people live in areas at most risk from the storm, which the Joint Typhoon Warning Center in Hawaii categorized as a super typhoon with powerful winds and gusts equivalent to a category 5 Atlantic hurricane.
BUSINESS
Taliban say they're ready for second round of talks with US
One of the officials said the meeting ended with a plan to meet again in September.
BUSINESS
Afghanistan official: Death toll in suicide bombing rises to 68
Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor, says Wednesday that 165 others were wounded in the attack a day earlier.
WORLD
China puts off licenses for US companies amid tariff battle
The disclosure Tuesday is the first public confirmation of US companies' fears that their operations in China or access to its markets might be disrupted by the battle over Beijing's technology policy.
WORLD
Trump rollback would ease rules on climate-changing methane
The Environmental Protection Agency formally released its proposed substitute for a 2016 Obama administration rule that aimed to step up detection and elimination of methane leaks at well sites and other oil and gas facilities.
WORLD
US relationship with international court crashes under Trump
National security adviser John Bolton denounced the legitimacy of The Hague-based court, which was created in 2002 to prosecute war crimes and crimes of humanity and genocide in areas where perpetrators might not otherwise face justice.
BUSINESS
Alibaba's Jack Ma to step down as chairman in September 2019
Ma, a former English teacher, founded Alibaba in 1999 in an apartment in the eastern city of Hangzhou to connect Chinese suppliers with foreign retailers.
WORLD
China's trade surplus with US hits record $31 billion
Exports to the United States rose 13.4 percent to $44.4 billion, ticking up from July's 13.3 percent growth, according to customs data. Imports of US goods rose 11.1 percent to $13.3 billion, decelerating from the previous month's 11.8 percent.
WORLD
US Defense secretary James Mattis makes surprise visit to war-weary Kabul
Washington would seem to be ramping up efforts for a negotiated end to Afghanistan's war.
WORLD
China's Xi Jinping plans to meet Vladimir Putin on visit to Russian port city
The summit will take place during Xi's working visit to Russia's far-eastern port city of Vladivostok on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry said Friday.
WORLD
Advisers say Joe Biden to decide on a 2020 run by January
Both have proclaimed their innocence. The Hunter investigation began in June 2016, according to the indictment. The indictment into Collins lays out behavior from 2017. He was also under investigation by congressional ethics officials.
WORLD
Donald Trump says Sessions' DOJ has placed GOP in midterm jeopardy
Trump did not have any public events Monday. He briefly exited the White House to a waiting motorcade, but then went back inside without going anywhere.
WORLD
Tariff fight adds to China's economic challenges
Communist leaders who are trying to engineer slower, more self-sustaining growth clamped down last year on a bank lending boom that encouraged businesses and families to borrow and spend beyond their means.
WORLD
US ports fear tariffs could reduce ship traffic and jobs
Since March, the US has applied new tariffs of up to 25 percent on nearly $85 billion worth of steel and aluminum and various Chinese products, mostly goods used in manufacturing. Trump said in a recent tweet, "Tariffs are working big time."
BUSINESS
Analysis : Yemen rebel threats to Dubai show danger looms
In November 2017, for instance, the hard-line Tehran-based newspaper Keyhan ran a headline asserting that Dubai was the "next target" for the Houthis after they launched a ballistic missile at Riyadh.
BUSINESS
Coca-Cola to buy Costa Coffee chain for $5.1 billion
James Quincey, Coca-Cola President & CEO, said Friday that Costa will give the company "new capabilities and expertise in coffee."
INDIA
Indian currency decree did little to root out 'black money'
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's currency decree, which was designed to destroy the value of billions of dollars in untaxed cash stockpiles, caused an economic slowdown and months of financial chaos for tens of millions of people.
POLITICS
CNN stands by story about whether Donald Trump knew of meeting
CNN, in its story on Tuesday, quoted Davis as saying, "I should have done a much better job of speaking with more suspicion than certainty, and I regret my mistake."
