The U.S. on Wednesday ordered China to close its consulate in Houston, citing efforts to protect American intellectual property. The move marks the latest in a series of increasing escalation between Washington and Beijing over trade, human rights, technology and national security. While the Trump administration did not provide details behind the reason it is…
Asia Pacific|U.S. Orders China to Close Its Houston Consulate in 72 HoursBREAKINGThe Trump administration told Chinese diplomats in Texas to clear out by Friday. China warned it would retaliate.The Chinese consulate in Houston.Credit...Steve Campbell/Associated PressJuly 22, 2020Updated 4:44 a.m. ETThe United States ordered China to close its diplomatic consulate in Houston, the Chinese foreign ministry…
China on Wednesday condemned what it called an “unprecedented escalation" by the United States and threatened to retaliate after it was ordered to close the Chinese consulate in Houston.Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said in a daily news briefing that the government had been told without warning Tuesday to close the consulate.He said the consulate had been operating…
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week will deliver a major speech on the shortcomings of American foreign policy toward China, arguing that the record clearly supports President Trump’s new and tougher approach to Beijing. The policy speech, set for Thursday at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum near Los Angeles, will be the…
U.S.|Grand Juror in Breonna Taylor Case Says Deliberations Were MisrepresentedThe Kentucky attorney general’s office said it would release the panel’s recordings after a grand juror contended in a court filing that its discussions were inaccurately characterized.Breonna Taylor's family and the lawyer Ben Crump, right, said the charges a Kentucky grand jury agreed upon in the…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…