South Korea meeting thrusts North’s Kim into the limelight

In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, meets South Korean National Security Director Chung Eui-yong,... . In this Monday, March 5, 2018 photo, provided by the North Korean government on March 6, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, front right, shakes hands with South Korean National Security Director Chu... .

McDonough stands by Obama admin response to Russia

Former White House chief of staff Denis McDonough on Sunday defended the Obama administration's response to suspected Russian interference in the 2016 election, rebuffing the continued criticism former President Barack Obama has sustained on the issue. "We took a series of painstaking steps, including the President directly confronting President Putin," McDonough said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

China weighs whether to retaliate over Trump’s tariff hikes

In this Aug. 1, 2016 photo, laborers work in the steel market in Yichang in central China's Hubei province. China has expressed "grave concern" about a U.S. trade policy report that pledges to pressure Beijing but had no immediate response to President Donald Trump's plan to hike tariffs on steel and aluminum.

The Latest: Trump addresses possibility of US-NKorea talks

Trump is speaking at a White House meeting with the nation's governors. He says then-President Barack Obama told him that North Korea is the "single biggest problem" facing the U.S. A North Korean envoy sent a message through South Korea on Sunday saying the North has "ample intentions" of holding talks with the U.S. The U.S. and other world powers are pressuring North Korea to give up its nuclear and missile programs.

Trump announces new sanctions on N Korea

Washington D.C. , Feb 24 : United States President Donald Trump on Friday announced new sanctions on North Korea, specifically targeting the country's shipping and trading companies, in a fitting response to further isolate the communist country economically. Announcing the new sanctions at the Conservative Political Action Conference here, Trump imposed sanctions against 27 entities and 28 ship vessels either registered or flagged in several countries, including North Korea, China and Singapore, the CNN reported.

U.S. prepares high-seas crackdown on N. Korea sanctions evaders – sources

The Trump administration and key Asian allies are preparing to expand interceptions of ships suspected of violating sanctions on North Korea, senior U.S. officials said. Officials said this plan could include deploying U.S. Coast Guard forces to stop and search vessels in Asia-Pacific waters.

Trump Announces New North Korea Sanctions

President Donald Trump announced Friday that the US Treasury Department is imposing new sanctions against North Korea specifically targeting the country's shipping and trading companies and vessels in an effort to further isolate the rogue regime. Senior administration officials told reporters on Friday that Trump would discuss new sanctions on North Korea during his speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference and touted the sanctions as the headline of the of the speech.

Trump says launching ‘largest-ever’ package of sanctions against North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday the United States would launch the "largest-ever" package of sanctions against North Korea, intensifying pressure on the reclusive country to giving up its nuclear and missile programmes. South Korean soldiers work on a barricade on the Grand Unification Bridge which leads to the truce village Panmunjom, just south of the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Paju, South Korea, January 19, 2018.

South Koreans call for skaters to be booted from games

Some of the high school students who traveled to Florida's state capital for protests after last week's mass shooting committed what may have been their young movement's first act of civil disobedience. Some of the high school students who traveled to Florida's state capital for protests after last week's mass shooting committed what may have been their young movement's first act of civil disobedience.

Obese man lost nearly seven stone in just over a year

Tearful Lindsey Vonn, 33, MISSES OUT on gold in the final solo race of her amazing Olympic career, then hits out at the 'savage abuse' she has taken from trolls for her strong anti-Trump views REVEALED: Woman who cared for Florida shooter filed court papers demanding control of the $800,000 inheritance he was due from his mother's estate just ONE DAY after the massacre California cops thwart mass shooting plot at a high school after investigators find arsenal of guns and ammunition at home of a 'disgruntled' student, 17 Trump tweets for Republicans AND Democrats to support stronger background checks, just hours after proposing banning bump stocks in new drive for gun control 'Just because she's a woman she has to show skin?': Social media users hit out at 'depressing and sexist' photo of Jennifer Lawrence in a plunging dress alongside her Red Sparrow co-stars at freezing cold promo event ... (more)

Middle school coach admits having sex with female student

Tearful Lindsey Vonn MISSES OUT on gold in the final race of her amazing Olympic career, then hits out at the 'savage abuse' she has taken from trolls for her strong anti-Trump views REVEALED: Woman who cared for Florida shooter filed court papers demanding control of the $800,000 inheritance he was due from his mother's estate just ONE DAY after the massacre Parkland shooting survivors break down in tears in the gallery as the Florida House votes AGAINST a ban on assault rifles, just six days after an AR-15 was used to shoot 17 dead BREAKING NEWS: California cops thwart mass shooting plot at a high school after investigators find arsenal of guns and ammunition at home of a 'disgruntled' student, 17 'Both kids are not students': Florida lawmaker's aide is FIRED over claims Parkland shooting survivors were 'actors who travel to various crisis when they happen' Trump tweets for Republicans ... (more)

China to expand production and use of ethanol; 2020 E10 mandate would …

Xinhua reports that China's State Administration of Grain said that China will expand production and consumption of bioethanol fuel this year as the country seeks more channels to use corn and grain stockpiles. Years of government support for corn farmers - paying Chinese corn producers more than twice the international price level until 2016 - have left China with a substantial stockpile.

China warns Trump over potential steel and aluminum tariffs

President Donald J. Trump greets Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross as he arrives in the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives to deliver the State of the Union address January 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. HONG KONG - China is warning President Trump that it will take action if he puts heavy tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum.