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UK defense lab: No ID yet for source of nerve agent

LONDON - The British military facility analyzing the nerve agent used to poison a spy said on Tuesday it could not prove the substance was made in Russia, as Russian President Vladimir Putin put his hopes in a meeting with the world's chemical weapons watchdog.

Three shot in YouTube office attack

SAN BRUNO, California - Gunfire erupted at YouTube's offices in California on Tuesday, leaving three people wounded by gunshots and sparking a panicked escape before the suspected shooter - a woman - apparently committed suicide.

Trump to send military to Mexico border

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump's strategy for the border with Mexico includes mobilizing the National Guard, the White House said on Tuesday, after Trump had earlier spoken publicly to reporters about "guarding our border with the military" to stop illegal immigrants until his "big, beautiful wall" is erected.

Turkey-Russia ties on fast track

ANKARA - Turkey and Russia held a high-level cooperation council meeting on Tuesday, attended by the presidents of both countries, at which signed four agreements.

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Troublemakers are still trying to cloud waters

Troublemakers always seek to stir up trouble, as can be seen from the words and actions of some countries from outside the region that are trying to foment discord in the South China Sea now that China and its neighbors have successfully calmed the waters.

Taiwan separatists will hit a brick wall if they carry on

Instead of beating about the bush on the question of Taiwan's status, Taiwan's executive head Lai Ching-te recently explicitly declared himself a "worker for Taiwan independence" and claimed that Taiwan is a "sovereign and independent country".

US criticisms on IPR belie its real motive

If a Beijing-Washington trade war does break out, it will be because the United States has been continuously taking unwarranted unilateral measures in the hope of reducing its trade deficit with China as well as accusing China of using improper measures to "acquire" US technologies and intellectual property.

People and Party striving together for national rejuvenation

A series of three comments under the pen name Xuan Yan was published on the front and the second page of People's Daily, the official newspaper of the Communist Party of China, on Jan 15, Feb 24 and April 2, expounding the Party's views on the opportunities and challenges China faces in a new era.

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China will hit back again, if US keeps punching

The tariffs that China imposed on 128 US imports, effective on Monday, were its first blow in retaliation to the recent US tariff hikes.