North Korea claims nearly 3.5 million volunteer for its army as tensions rise

North Korea said on Saturday that nearly 3.5 million workers, party members and soldiers volunteered to join or rejoin its army to resist new U.N. sanctions and to fight against the United States in the current geopolitical tension between Pyongyang and Washington....

China’s Xi tells Trump in call: A peaceful resolution is needed for North Korea crisis

A peaceful resolution of the North Korean nuclear issue is needed, Chinese President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Saturday, and called on the “relevant side” to exercise restraint, state television said. It is in the...

Trump reportedly plans to call for China intellectual property probe on Monday

President Donald Trump will call on Monday for his chief trade adviser to investigate China’s intellectual property practices, Politico reported, citing an unnamed administration official. Trump had been expected to call for a so-called Section 301 investigation...

Elon Musk issues a stark warning about A.I., calls it a bigger threat than North Korea

Tesla CEO Elon Musk fired off a new and ominous warning on Friday about artificial intelligence, suggesting the emerging technology poses an even greater risk to the world than a nuclear conflagration with North Korea. Musk—a fierce and long time critic of A.I....