Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Friday that US sanctions on Turkey showed Washington was “very serious” in demanding the release of an American pastor whose detention has sparked a diplomatic crisis. Andrew Brunson, who led a Protestant church in the Aegean city of Izmir, was placed under house arrest ...
China’s top envoy called on the United States to remain “cool-headed” Thursday as Washington threatened to raise the tariff rate on the next $200 billion of Chinese imports. Slapping additional tariffs on Chinese imports — 60 percent of which are made by foreign firms, including American companies — will only ...