Russia and China have blocked a US initiative at the United Nations aimed at halting deliveries of refined oil to North Korea as Washington attempts to keep up economic pressure on Pyongyang, a policy that is blamed for a halt in the diplomatic process between the two sides. Diplomatic sources ...
US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter Tuesday that Patrick Shanahan has withdrawn from consideration for the post “so that he can devote more time to his family.” A 2011 incident involving Shanahan’s son beating his mother with a baseball bat and fracturing her skull was earlier cited as a ...
