Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Tuesday the U.S. holds a substantial advantage over China as the two nations exchange threats in a burgeoning trade war. “I think it was a big mistake, this Chinese escalation, because they’re playing with a pair of twos,” Bessent said during an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “What do we…
New Zealand’s commerce minister Andrew Bayly has resigned as a government minister after he “placed a hand” on a staff member’s upper arm last week, in what he described as “overbearing” behaviour. Bayly said on Monday that he was “deeply sorry” about the incident, which he described as not an argument but an “animated discussion”….
EPA It is not known how Shiri, Kfir and his brother Ariel – if confirmed – died Hamas is to transfer to Israel the bodies of four hostages who have been held in Gaza since being taken alive in the group’s attack on Israel on 7 October 2023. It has said they include a mother…
