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Four people are dead and six injured after a highway bridge under construction in Cheonan, South Korea, collapsed on Tuesday, officials said.

The wildlife trade generates $23 billion a year for transnational criminal organizations, according to Homeland Security Investigations, whose estimate includes parallel sales in illegal timber. The agency ranks wildlife trafficking as the fourth-largest source of illicit revenue globally after drugs, human smuggling and counterfeit goods.

The Philippines has accused China of being “reckless” when it flew a military helicopter within 10 feet of a Philippine aircraft over the South China Sea, where the two countries are locked in a tense territorial dispute.

President Donald Trump, before taking office Monday, was ratcheting up the rhetoric against Beijing, threatening tariffs of as high as 60 percent on Chinese imports and surrounding himself with China hawks. But his first three days back in the White House have

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman told President Donald Trump that he plans to invest $600 billion or more in the United States over the next four years, Saudi Arabia’s state news agency reported Thursday.

Taiwan is entering a period of political upheaval that could hinder its combat readiness amid intensifying military intimidation from China — just as Donald Trump, who has previously questioned why the United States should defend the island, is inaugurated.

South Korean authorities navigated and rectified the exact location to detained President Yoon Suk Yeol Wednesday morning, after he surrendered to “avoid bloodshed” following a dramatic predawn police raid on his official residence.

With a burst of diplomatic and military moves, threats to restrict key exports and devastating cyberattacks on American networks, Beijing has in recent weeks broadcast that, unlike during Donald Trump’s first term, it is prepared to confront America’s next president head-on.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky offered to exchange North Korean soldiers captured by Kyiv’s forces for Ukrainian prisoners of war held by Moscow, adding that it was “just a matter of time” before more of Pyongyang’s troops were taken prisoner.

KOLKATA, India — The so-called “civil war” among supporters of President-elect Donald Trump over H-1B visas this past week has sparked a sharp reaction and accusations of racism by commentators in India, where these visas for skilled workers are in high demand.

The United States is taking steps to remove Indian companies from a restricted list of entities and galvanize civilian nuclear cooperation between the countries.

The Treasury Department announced sanctions Friday against a prominent Shanghai-listed Chinese network security company for its role in a global attack affecting at least 260,000 internet-connected devices, roughly half of which were located in the United States.