Mexico City – Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Friday that Mexico won’t respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat of coercive tariffs with desperation, but instead will push for dialogue. A day after Trump’s threat to impose a 5% tariff — that could increase incrementally to 25% — on all Mexican imports, López [...]

Los Angeles – As the California Democratic Party State Convention opens on Friday, Fox News reports that proposed resolutions include some that link Israel with “virulent Islamophobia,” mandating Democratic officials to “nullify” US President Donald Trump’s Israeli policies, among them moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem. Fox said the document the station obtained is secret. [...]

Silver Springs, MD – CBD products have surged in popularity despite confusion around their legal status . Now U.S. regulators are exploring ways to officially allow the hemp ingredient in food, drinks and dietary supplements. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration held a hearing Friday to collect information about cannabis compounds such as CBD, which [...]

Washington – U.S. Attorney General William Barr said Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who led a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, could have reached a decision on whether President Donald Trump obstructed justice, but chose not to. Mueller said this week that he could not indict Trump because of a Justice Department [...]

West Bank – The U.S. blueprint to end the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, still in draft form after almost two years, is seen by Palestinians, and by some Arab officials and politicians, as a plan to finish off the Palestinian cause. The initiative, driven by Jared Kushner, Donald Trump’s son-in-law and White House [...]

Geneva – The U.N. atomic watchdog said Friday that Iran continues to stay within the limitations set by the 2015 nuclear deal with major powers, but reported its stockpiles of low-enriched uranium and heavy water are growing and raised questions for the first time about Iran’s adherence to a key provision intended to limit the [...]

Beijing – The Financial Times reported Friday that tech giant Huawei has ordered its employees to cancel technical meetings with American contacts and has sent home numerous U.S. employees working at its Chinese headquarters. The moves come amid growing U.S.-China tensions over trade and technology in which Huawei has been a main target. The newspaper [...]

Chicago – After President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on Chinese imports earlier this month, Francis O’Brien slapped a new 4% fee on every item of furniture he sells. The fee, said O’Brien, who owns two Furniture Market retail stories Modesto, California, will help him cover any added costs he will face due to Trump’s [...]

Vitkija – Lithuanian soldiers and officials attended the unveiling of a plaque honoring the late chaplain of what Nazi hunters say was a local unit of Holocaust-era murderers of Jews. The municipality of Vitkija hosted the unveiling of the plaque for Zenonas Ignatavičius, who was born in that town and served in 1941 in the [...]

Seattle – Amazon.com Inc is interested in buying prepaid cellphone wireless service Boost Mobile from U.S. carriers T-Mobile US Inc and Sprint Corp, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Amazon is considering buying Boost – currently one of Sprint’s prepaid brands – mainly because the deal would allow it to use the [...]