U.S. Health Secretary to Visit Taiwan, in a Move Likely to Anger Beijing
TAIPEI, Taiwan — The United States’ top health official, Alex M. Azar II, will lead a delegation on a trip to Taiwan, a rare high-level...
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More U.S. Troops Will Leave Afghanistan Before the Election, Trump Says
President Trump said that there would be fewer than 5,000 American troops in Afghanistan by Election Day in November, signaling that the United States would...
TikTok, Trump and an Impulse to Play C.E.O. to Corporate America
WASHINGTON — President Trump campaigned on a promise to run the economy like his business empire. And for almost four years, he has unabashedly wielded...
In Showdown Between China and the West, HSBC Gets Caught in the Middle
HONG KONG — Like Hong Kong, HSBC has long sat at the crossroads between East and West, a big global bank based in Britain that...
U.S. Small Business Bailout Money Flowed to Chinese-Owned Companies
WASHINGTON — President Trump has blamed China for the coronavirus pandemic and the ensuing economic crisis, but as the White House looks to stabilize small...
U.A.E. Becomes First Arab Nation to Open a Nuclear Power Plant
BEIRUT, Lebanon — The United Arab Emirates became the first Arab country to open a nuclear power plant on Saturday, raising concerns about the long-term...
Iran Will Expand Nuclear Program and Won’t Talk to U.S., Ayatollah Says
Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has said in a televised address that Iran will expand its nuclear program and will not negotiate with the...
Lawmakers ‘Alarmed’ by Reports U.S. Envoy Told Brazil It Could Help Re-elect Trump
RIO DE JANEIRO — Members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee said Friday they were “extremely alarmed” by assertions that the American ambassador in Brazil...
Trump Still Defers to Putin, Even as He Dismisses U.S. Intelligence and the Allies
WASHINGTON — On the eve of accepting the Republican nomination for president four years ago, Donald J. Trump declared that he would pull out of...
American Accused of Blasphemy Is Killed in Pakistan Courtroom
The United States urged Pakistan on Thursday to overhaul the country’s harsh blasphemy laws a day after an American citizen accused of violating them was...