China-US trade deal a blip in seismic shifts of Asian trade
The trade agreement signed by President Donald Trump and Beijing’s lead trade envoy comes amid seismic shifts in supply chains and investment hastened by the tariff war that began in 2018 …
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China welcomes US deal, says ‘core concerns’ must be met
China has welcomed an interim trade deal with Washington and said the two sides need to address each other’s “core concerns …
Gravely wounded Minnesota officer makes steps to recovery
The pastor of a southern Minnesota police officer who was shot in the head says he is showing small signs in his fight for recovery …
Mississippi: Wide search for new leader of troubled prisons
Mississippi is looking nationwide for a new prisons director …
Confident consumers lift US retail sales in December
Confident consumers lift US retail sales in December …
Watchdog: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid
The federal government’s watchdog agency says the a White House office violated federal law in withholding security assistance to Ukraine aid …
Starbucks expands presence in low-income communities
Starbucks is expanding a program that tries to help low-income communities by opening coffee shops in them and hiring local workers …
Longtime Caribbean journalist Bernard Diederich dead at 93
Bernard “Bernie” Diederich, a longtime journalist in the Caribbean region who braved dictators and disasters, has died in his adopted homeland of Haiti …
3 African nations reach preliminary deal in Nile dam dispute
Officials from Egypt, Ethiopia and Sudan say they have reached a preliminary agreement that should help clear the way for the filling and operation of a $5 billion dam project on the Nile River …
Pressure building on rural north Mississippi dam
Mississippi authorities hoping to prevent the failure of a dam in the rural northeastern part of the state are working to lower the water level of a rain-swollen lake …