War crimes and done for. Us secretary of state lands in senegal the white house tries to convince african countries to take sides in the trade war between the u. S. And china. Doctors in china are reporting a slowdown in the number of new cases of corona virus for the 3rd successive day the World Health Organization thought those says its impossible to predict which direction the epidemic will take 142 deaths were reported on sunday along with 2000 more infections most arent who by province where the outbreak was 1st reported in december world wide 1669 people have died taiwans recorded its 1st fatality weiland out chinese tourist and fronts became the 1st to die in europe american passengers on board a quarantined cruise ship docked in japan are being evacuated its off to 70 more confirmed cases of course were reported on the diamond princess bringing the total number of infections to 355 canada south korea and hong kong are also sending aircraft to fly their citizens home lets go liv
To an end last month in 2017 saudi arabia the u. A. E. Behind and egypt cut all diplomatic and economic ties with cats are we are open to any genuine intention to resolve this problem and we have been we demonstrated this in fact when there was an opening. Here and november and of last year. And unfortunately these efforts didnt succeed and spears suspended at the beginning of january but. Remain at the same position that we are often the 4 blockading countries accused katz of supporting terrorism which its repeatedly tonight its also rejected a list of 13 demands which include closing a Turkish Military base downgrading ties with iran and shutting down the aljazeera media network. In december cats are sent its highest representation since the blockade then Prime Ministership. Then e to the annual Gulf Cooperation Council summit in saudi arabia at the time capsule had said theyd been positive talks with saudi leaders his attendance came after the National Football teams of saudi behind
Shanghai and tokyo were moderately lower the nikkei finished down by almost 0. 9 . The shanghai was down by twothirds of a percentage point. This comes as we were getting manufacturing data out of china showed theyre still contracting. It was better than anticipated the number was 49. 7. That was better than the 49. 6 anticipated. Still below 50 in hong kong, the hang seng was down 1. 3 . Trading was cut short there because of an impending tropical storm. Markets were normally close at 4 00 p. M. Were suspended for the second half of the day this morning there are a mixed picture. The dax is up. The cac is up slightly the ftse is down a bit finally look at whats happening here in the treasury markets the tenyear right now ahead of that fed meeting, 2. 054 lets look at whats happening with gold. That could be a mover after todays fed decision gold is up more than 10 in the last three months. Apple big number of the week and its our top corporate story. Earnings and revenue topped estima
the top american spy, covertly travels to ukraine to share what the united states knows about russia s spring battle plan. the cia briefing comes as allies meet today to discuss new military aid and ukraine pleads for tanks. plus, the new special counsel is just getting started. but president biden lays down a marker. i think you re going to find there s nothing there. i have no regret, i m following what the lawyers have told me they want me to do. it s exactly what we re doing. there s no there there. today is the halfway mark of the biden term and the classified documents probe a cloud over his re-election ramp-up and nikki haley says why not me. she comes oh so close to announcing her 2024 presidential run and takes aim at a potential rival, swatting away the notion she plotted to boot mike pence from the 2020 ballot. were you trying to get mike pence off that ticket? no, and, you know, pompeo even says he s not sure if it s true. it s really sad when you re havin
Contemplating a biography. I had done a biography of my grandfather. I was guessing about for another idea. I am a field fiction writer and poet. Create, but i could explore and explain. I was talking with a friend of mine who said i keep running across his name. 1970professor back in published the first of what was supposed to be a twovolume of Arthur Vandenberg. The world does not need to w o two biographies of vandenberg. My friend said i have to thought my agenda. Why dont you come and talk about some episode in Arthur Vandenbergs life. I gave a little lecture on the debate over the repeal of the arms embargo in 18 in 1939, before world war ii. Eight weeks later, i get a call from the daughter of this professor who is said to be working on the second volume of his biography. Turns out he had a difficult life, had been very ill, and had died. His adult daughter was responsible for selling his house. He was teaching in chicago. She did not know what to do with all of his research for