South Korea said on Wednesday it was committed to deploying an advanced US missile defense system this year despite opposition from China, even as opposition lawmakers headed to Beijing with a different message. Seoul and Washington agreed to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system in the South, ...
Oil fell to a more solid dollar. Futures slipped on the first trading day of 2017 after rising 45 percent last year, the biggest annual gain since 2009. Prices touched an 18-month high earlier as output cuts by Kuwait and Oman signaled OPEC and its partners are delivering on their ...