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SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea said on Thursday its patience has limits and it could reverse steps to build trust with the United States, as it criticized a U.N. Security Council call for it to cease its weapons programs and denounced a U.S. missile test. The five European members of the U.N. Security Council met…

Click:全国楼凤论坛 SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea threatened again Thursday to resume nuclear and long-range missile tests, accusing the U.S. of having instigated some members of the U.N. Security Council to condemn its recent weapons tests. The warning by Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry followed the weekend breakdown of North Korea-U.S. nuclear negotiations in Sweden, the…

New York (AFP) – As the General Motors strike grinds on, more auto suppliers and contractors are sending workers home, adding to the economic drag on Michigan and other US midwestern car manufacturing hubs. The idling affects companies that supply parts, computer systems and raw materials to GM at the 31 striking plants in the…

We are long-retired public relations directors of the United Automobile Workers. We know something about its institutional code of silence. That ethos is not serving the union now. We cannot, in good conscience, continue to mutter privately while biting our tongues publicly, as many of our former and current UAW colleagues are doing. We know…

By Jarrett Renshaw (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday will hold his first campaign rally since Democrats launched an impeachment inquiry against him, choosing a large arena in a Democratic stronghold in Minnesota to mount his latest public defense. Supporters of the Republican president will gather inside the 20,000-seat Target Center in Minneapolis…

Explaining the Pelosi-Trump standoff over a full House vote on an impeachment probe originally appeared on abcnews.go.com As House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and President Donald Trump faced off over the Democrats’ impeachment effort — creating a potential constitutional crisis — Pelosi’s next move remained unclear on Wednesday as the White House and congressional Republicans demanded…

Donald Trump “is finished”, says his former press secretary Anthony Scaramucci, as the latest impeachment polling turns against him and news emerges that the president has taken to calling Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell up to three times a day to complain about disloyalty among Republican senators. The GOP has been conspicuous by its absence…

Key Point: Tehran has many missiles it could use to hit U.S. forces or bases. Like the rest of the Iranian Armed Forces, the Iranian Air Force was crippled by postrevolution purges. Although numerically and technologically superior to the Iraqi Air Force, Iran was unable to achieve air superiority and unable to accurately strike targets deep…

Editor’s note: This story is free to all readers as a public service. Please consider subscribing to support local news.  Homes and businesses across California went dark on Wednesday as utilities shut off power to millions of customers in preparation for hot, dry wind expected to tear across the state. Not even one year out from the deadly…

HONG KONG, Oct 10 (Reuters) – China’s mainland army and police are not part of Hong Kong police operations, the city’s government said on Thursday, responding to rumours the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) and mainland police were involved in trying to quell pro-democracy unrest. “In response to rumours on the internet saying that there were…