China claims it "drove away" a U.S. destroyer in the South China Sea after it "illegally intruded" into an area near Scarborough Shoal. The U.S. denied Beijing's claim and said the ship was operating legally within international waters.

A U.S. Navy destroyer's FONOP at Scarborough Shoal brings Washington's presence to the Chinese-Philippine South China Sea flashpoint.

President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world’s two biggest economies. VA hospitals are finding it harder to fill jobs,

Donald Trump has extended a trade war truce with China for another 90 days, two US officials have said, just hours before his Tuesday deadline to steepen tariffs on the world’s biggest exporter. The US president’s move was widely expected because his government has been reluctant to reignite the fierce trade conflict with Beijing that rattled markets in April when US levies on Chinese imports rose up to 145 per cent.