Trial begins for US citizen accused of acting as Chinese agent
Trial begins for US citizen accused of acting as Chinese agent
FILE – The U.S. Department of Justice building is pictured in Washington, March 21, 2019.
Trial begins for US citizen accused of acting as Chinese agent
FILE – The U.S. Department of Justice building is pictured in Washington, March 21, 2019.
Chinese women beat reigning Olympic champion US in volleyball
Li Yingying of China spikes the ball as Chiaka Ogbogu and Andrea Drews of the United States try to block her during the group A women’s volleyball match between the United States and China at the 2024 Summer Olympics, July 29, 2024, in Paris.
Macron warns Iran against support of Russia’s Ukraine war
France’s President Emmanuel Macron, left, gives a speech during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, July 27, 2024. Macron urged his new Iranian counterpart Masoud Pezeshkian, July 29, 2024, to not support Russia’s “war of aggression” against Ukraine.
For Cuban journalists, exile no protection from Havana’s threats
FILE – Cuban journalists Hector Valdez and Esteban Rodriguez, both reporters with independent news website ADN Cuba, walk out of El Salvador International Airport in San Luis Talpa upon their arrival as they were expelled from Cuba and denied entry to Nicaragua, Jan. 5, 2022.
Biden says he’s ‘passing the torch’ to unite nation
President Joe Biden addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, July 24, 2024, about his decision to drop his Democratic presidential reelection bid. (Pool via AP)
Iran sentences woman activist to death
This undated photo of Pakhshan Azizi is circulating on social media on July 24, 2024. The Iranian Kurdish civil activist has been sentenced to death.
Gaza cease-fire negotiations are in closing stages, senior US official says
FILE – Families and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7 set out on a protest march from Tel Aviv toward Jerusalem in an attempt to pressure their government to negotiate a deal to release their loved ones, July 10, 2024.
Namibia bemoans popularity of lab-grown diamonds on global market
A still image from an Aug. 15, 2016, video shows colored synthetic diamonds on display at De Beers’ International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research in Maidenhead, England. (Reuters/Reuters TV)
North Korea seen unlikely to engage US after fall election, regardless of winner
FILE – North Korea’s Kim Jong Un looks inside a jet cockpit at a Russian plant that builds fighter jets in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Russia, Sept. 15, 2023. Analysts see the growing Pyongyang-Moscow partnership giving Kim less reason to engage with U.S. leaders.
Blinken heads to Asia after Thursday’s meeting between Biden, Netanyahu
Secretary of State Antony Blinken Secretary of State Antony Blinken at the State Department in Washington, July 23, 2024.