Machado is on the staff of Catholic New York, newspaper of the Archdiocese of New York. Contributing to this story was Kurt Jensen in Washington. . , Sri Lanka . ..…

The security officials had violated their transit visas by traveling to New York from Washington in seeking to pressure dissident Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui into returning to China and keeping silent about high-level Chinese government corruption. . ..…

The move by Washington to impose new tariffs on Chinese goods came after a breakdown in trade talks. According to the New York Times: “The United States and China were nearing a trade deal that would lift tariffs, open the Chinese market to American companies and strengthen..…

WASHINGTON NEW YORK - bill passed by Alabama legislators that would outlaw all abortions in the state is the strictest such measure in United States. ..…

WASHINGTON NEW YORK - bill passed by Alabama legislators that would outlaw all abortions in the state is the strictest such measure in United States. ..…

The abrupt trip staged by US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to Brussels to push Washington’s hard line against Iran, combined with the deployment of still more US military assets to the Persian Gulf, point to Washington’s calculated escalation of a war crisis in the region. . Late Monday, the..…

Earlier, American and Saudi official said Washington and its allies do not know. The New York Times reports on new planning for the contingency of deploying number of American troops to be to the region. ..…

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