The public identification this week of more than 300 suspected agents of Russia’s military intelligence service, the GRU, is being dubbed by security analysts the largest intelligence blunder in Russian post-Cold War history. And the cause for the bungling comes down, they say, to the simple “human factor” of wanting to avoid traffic fines, including […]
The death toll from the earthquake-tsunami disaster in Indonesia has more than doubled, rising to 832, with 540 injured people, according to Indonesian officials. Authorities have said they expect the death toll to rise. “The casualties will keep increasing,” said national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, whose agency announced the jump in the toll […]
BEIJING — China has rejected accusations from President Donald Trump that Beijing is meddling in the upcoming U.S. elections, with some Chinese media calling the suggestion “crazy talk” and others noting the remarks were just “campaign strategy.” Trump made the rare and very public accusations Wednesday during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council. After […]
BEIJING — China says it has no choice but to retaliate to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 10 percent tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods, risking a further escalation of trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies. On Tuesday, China announced a tariff hike on $60 billion of American products. In a brief statement […]