ANCHORAGE—Governor Bill Walker announced Monday Alaska exported more than $5.15 billion of goods in 2014—the second highest year ever for Alaskan exports, and a 13.8 percent increase over the previous year. Nationally, exports rose 2.8 percent in 2014. “Alaskans across the state support the industries whose exports strengthen our economy,” Governor Walker said. “Our Alaskan […]
In his trip to Asia next week, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to discuss with Beijing and Tokyo ways they can help degrade and defeat the Islamic State extremists, a senior State Department official said. Blinken, a former deputy national security adviser to President Barack Obama, is to be received at […]
WASHINGTON—The United States has disavowed any advance knowledge of a controversial New Year’s Day ceremony involving the raising of the Taiwan flag over the residence of the Taiwan representative to Washington. China’s Foreign Ministry denounced the ceremony and urged the United States to prevent similar events from happening again. U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki […]
North Korea has called on the United States to apologize for implicating Pyongyang in the hacking of Sony Pictures and threatened to fight back in a variety of ways, including cyberwarfare. The National Defense Commission for Pyongyang said in state media late Sunday that the U.S. government was wrong to blame North Korea for the […]