Japan, South Korea move forward on trade issue before summit
ADVERTISEMENT Japan and South Korea agreed on steps toward resolving a trade dispute that has been one of the strains the nations’ leaders aimed to resolve at a highly anticipated…
Credit Suisse to borrow $54 billion from Swiss central bank
ADVERTISEMENT Swiss bank Credit Suisse said Thursday it will move to shore up its finances, borrowing up to $54 billion from the central bank after its shares plunged, dragging down…
Scientists: Largest US reservoirs moving in right direction
ADVERTISEMENT Parts of California are under water, the Rocky Mountains are bracing for more snow, flood warnings are in place in Nevada, and water is being released from some Arizona…
With Saudi deals, US, China battle for influence in Mideast
1 of 2 In this photo released by Nournews, Secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council, Ali Shamkhani, right, China's most senior diplomat Wang Yi, center, and Saudi Arabia's National…
Chinese businessman arrested in $1 billion fraud conspiracy
1 of 5 A Twitter page of Chinese exiled businessman Guo Wengui is seen on a computer screen in Beijing, Aug. 30, 2017. The self-exiled Chinese businessman long sought by…
North Korea launches ICBM before South Korea-Japan summit
A TV screen shows a file image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 16, 2023. North…
Honduras ditching Taiwan raises larger geopolitical concerns
Free Party presidential candidate Xiomara Castro acknowledges her supporters after general elections, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Nov. 28, 2021. Castro announced on Tuesday, March 14, 2023, that Honduras under her administration…
NY bank’s demise: Contagion or a problem with the business?
1 of 2 Customers do business at a branch of Signature Bank in New York, Monday, March 13, 2023. President Joe Biden is telling Americans that the nation's financial systems…
What can ChatGPT maker’s new AI model GPT-4 do?
Text from the ChatGPT page of the OpenAI website is shown in this photo, in New York, Feb. 2, 2023. The company behind the ChatGPT chatbot has on Wednesday, March…
Northeast digs out from winter storm, faces power outages
1 of 24 Central Maine Power Co. lineman John Baril works to restore electricity, Wednesday, March 15, 2023, in Lewiston, Maine. A late-winter storm dumped heavy, wet snow on parts…
Texas drove out Chinese firm, not the wind farm it planned
1 of 23 A paddler floats along the Devil's River, Friday, Feb. 17, 2023, near Del Rio, Texas. Some landowners along the Devil's River argue that proposed wind turbines would…
Late-winter storm pummels Northeast with heavy, wet snow
1 of 42 Plows, at right, try to pass nearly stopped traffic, due to weather conditions, on Route 93 South, Tuesday, March 14, 2023, in Londonderry, N.H. By the time…
Russia wants to recover debris of US drone from Black Sea
1 of 4 Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, right, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, attend a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, Wednesday,…
Honduras will seek ties with China, spurning Taiwan
1 of 3 Honduras' President Xiomara Castro waves during the swearing-in ceremony for Colombia's President Gustavo Petro in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Aug. 7, 2022. Castro announced on Tuesday, March 14,…
Putin hosts Assad, expected to focus on rebuilding Syria
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, visiting Syrian President Bashar Assad, left, and Mikhail Bogdanov, right, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia and Special…
Grand Canyon National Park planning a $208M waterline repair
A $208 million multi-year repair is planned for the Transcanyon Waterline that supplies water for the local community and millions of visitors to Grand Canyon National Park. National Park Service…
Musk brought internet to Brazil’s Amazon: Criminals love it
1 of 6 In this image provided by IBAMA, Brazil's Environmental Agency, Elon Musk's Starlink, providing a high-speed connection in Brazil's Amazon remote places, is visible, bottom right, in the…
Biden drawing contrast to Republicans on lower drug costs
President Joe Biden speaks about his administration's plans to protect Social Security and Medicare and lower healthcare costs, Feb. 9, 2023, at the University of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Biden…
‘Giant hairy crab’ built in East China
A building in the shape of a hairy crab is located on the eastern bank of Yangcheng Lake, Kunshan, east China's Jiangsu province. The three-story building is 75 meters in…
Full Text: Report on the Work of the Government
The following is the full text of the government work report delivered to the first session of the 14th National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China on March…