White House criticises China for $3bn tariffs on US imports
The White House has criticised China after it imposed retaliatory tariffs against the US on a range of goods, including pork and wine.
Beijing put duties of up to 25% on 128 American imports following President Donald Trump's decision to slap taxes on imports of steel and aluminium.
China said the move was intended to safeguard its interests and balance losses caused by the new tariffs.
US stocks fell sharply and Asian shares traded lower as trade war fears mount.
On Wall Street, the S&P 500 Index lost 2.2%, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1.9%.
'The wars will never stop' - millions flee bloodshed as Congo falls apart
Justin Kapitu is dying. He does not know it yet, and the doctors treating the 22-year-old rebel fighter are unlikely to tell him soon, but his chances of surviving more than a few months are virtually non-existent.
Kapitu was wounded in a clash between his rebel group and a rival faction in December. Even in the remote green forested valleys and hills of the far east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where the battle took place, few paid much attention. Such scrappy, bloody confrontations have become an almost daily occurrence.
10 killed as widespread Indian caste protests turn violent
Updated 0741 GMT (1541 HKT) April 3, 2018
The death toll from violent protests in India has risen to 10, after another two protesters from the Dalit community died in the Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh state.
District administration chief Ilayaraja T., who confirmed the deaths, said paramilitary troops were deployed to the district on Monday and continued to patrol the area on Tuesday, as authorities try to contain the situation.
State Police Director General, Rishi Kumar Shukla described the situation as "calm and under control."
German prosecutors seek extradition warrant for Catalonia's Carles Puigdemont
The former Catalan leader has been detained in Germany since March 25. Prosecutors have asked the regional court in northern Germany to permit the extradition of Puigdemont to Spain.
The public prosecutor for Germany's northern state of Schleswig-Holstein announced on Tuesday that it had requested the extradition of former Catalan President, Carles Puigdemont.
Puigdemont is being charged in Spain with rebellion and misuse of public funds, for his involvement in the Catalan referendum of October 2017. The ex-premier was living in a self imposed exile in Belgium and was in Finland on March 24, when Spain reactivated the European arrest warrant against him.
Why the US undervalues nuts and bolts diplomacy at its peril
PATTERNS OF DIPLOMACY
Many policy experts support President Trump's aims on North Korea and Iran. But the weakening of behind-the-scenes legwork to achieve them may generate counteractions and unintended consequences. A biweekly column.
It wasn’t exactly Air Force One. But the heavily armored green-and-yellow train that clunked its way into Beijing last week didn’t just bring the prospect of a high-stakes nuclear summit between North Korea’s Kim Jong-un and US President Trump a step closer. It highlighted the critical importance, in what comes next, of an increasingly undervalued part of every successful attempt to avert military conflict since World War II.
It’s old-fashioned, nuts-and-bolts diplomacy, and the many thousands of often unheralded men and women who have made it work. They haven’t just been undervalued of late. Some of Mr. Trump’s most vocal cheerleaders have denigrated them as part of a “deep state,” suggesting they’re somehow plotting to frustrate and hobble him on the world stage.
U.S. to deploy CV-22 Ospreys to Yokota base this week ahead of schedule
The U.S. forces in Japan said Tuesday that five Air Force CV-22 Osprey aircraft will arrive at Yokota Air Base in Tokyo later this week, with their planned deployment brought forward from the previously announced U.S. fiscal year through September 2020.
The tilt-rotor aircraft will conduct training around the region for the next few months. When they return from training, they will continue to operate from Yokota and a total of 10 Ospreys will be assigned to the air base in stages over the next several years, the U.S. forces said.
According to the Japanese Defense Ministry, the five Osprey aircraft will arrive in Yokohama by ship later Tuesday.
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