Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist of Indian-Tamil origin, and former U.N. human rights chief whose career has spanned from defending the rights of an imprisoned Nelson Mandela to leading a panel that found that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for her efforts to promote international law as it comes under attack.
Trump honors Microsoft’s CEO after Vance drops an H-1B visa hammer on the company
President Donald Trump celebrated tech billionaires for their contributions to America on Thursday only hours after a company run by one of them, Microsoft, was accused by his vice president of abusing the visa system to bring in more foreign workers.
US and China release reciprocal $30 billion product lists for tariff cuts after Trump-Xi meeting
The United States and China released Monday reciprocal lists of products worth about $30 billion each that will see tariff cuts, from American hair products to Chinese toys, in a deal expected to boost bilateral trade.
Trump’s state dinner for Xi to feature sea bass and a long list of tech titans
A tech-heavy guest list, the fashion choices of those on it, who sits where, their body language throughout the night and what’s on the menu: these are the softer—often and glitzier—details of diplomacy.
Xi heads into Trump visit after making China into a global force since 2015
When Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Washington for a state visit in 2015, he sought to calm the growing unease among the Americans about his country’s rapid ascent.
More Southeast Asians deported under Trump’s second term than at any other point in history
Less than two years into President Donald Trump’s second term, the federal government has already deported more Southeast Asians from the United States than at any other point in history.
Trump says he’s nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he is nominating acting Navy Secretary Hung Cao for the permanent job, giving the Navy combat veteran the nod as concerns have emerged that some sailors have been stretched to the limit during the Iran war.
Chinese foreign minister calls for US and China to ‘overcome obstacles’ ahead of presidential summit
China’s foreign minister said his country and the United States should overcome obstacles between the nations ahead of an expected summit next month between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“They want us to … destroy the non-compliant envelopes”: WA joins new suit against Trump order targeting mail-in voting
Washington has joined a new, multi-state lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s order targeting and restricting mail-in voting.
Trump orders Pentagon to scale back joint exercises with South Korea
President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon on Sunday to scale back annual joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the ally declined to help with the war against Iran and citing his good relationship with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.
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