Criticism of Beijing’s North Korea Policy…

The speech was a strikingly bold public challenge to Chinese policy, which remains unwilling to risk a break with North Korea even as its nuclear program raises tensions in northeast Asia and beyond. The controversy over Mr. Shen’s views in China has distilled a renewed debate about whether the government should abandon its longstanding patronage of North Korea. Continue reading the main story China’s “traditionalist view that views the U.S. as a much greater threat than North Korea is deeply entrenched,” Bonnie S. Glaser, an expert on Chinese foreign policy at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, said in an email. “But the proponents of change are vocal, too. They argue that North Korea is a growing…
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Cardinal Health buys three units from…

Marla Rose The Columbus Dispatch @MarlaMRose DUBLIN – Dublin-based Cardinal Health has agreed to buy three medical-supply units from Medtronic for a total of $6.1 billion, marking one of Cardinal’s biggest medical products acquisitions to date. The announcement this morning was accompanied by a new earnings-per-share forecast for fiscal 2017 at the low end of its previous $5.35 to $5.50 range, and the company’s shares fell sharply, down about 11 percent in mid-morning trading. A Cardinal spokeswoman said in a statement that the deal “provides … strategic value for Cardinal Health including … expanded presence in post-acute settings and additional geographic breadth.” She added that Cardinal is “excited to welcome the great talent of more than 10,000 employees who will…
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16-year-old Auli’i Cravalho from Disney’s ‘Moana’…

How far will she go? All the way to ABC Studios! 16-year-old Auli’i Cravalho was a special guest on Monday’s “Dancing with the Stars,” taking to the famous stage to perform her breakout song from Disney’s “Moana.” As she sang “How Far I’ll Go,” competitor Simone Biles and pro partner Sasha Farber nailed a contemporary routine set to the number. Although she was singing Moana’s song, Cravalho stayed out of character for the evening, instead letting Biles channel the Disney heroine. Biles played up the island vibes in a coral sequin top and fabric headband — and even rocked Moana’s signature long wavy hair! The result? Biles and Farber earned two 9s and two 10s for a total score of…
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’13 Reasons Why’ faces backlash from…

Metro’13 Reasons Why’ faces backlash from the suicide prevention advocacy groupsABC NewsA suicide prevention advocacy group is speaking out about the new Netflix original series, “13 Reasons Why,” saying that the teen drama — centered around a high school student who kills herself — does “more harm than any good.” The show, based on a …13 Reasons Why takes a voyeuristic lens to rape and suicide, with complicated resultsVoxWhy Every Adult In America Should Watch The Hit Teen Drama 13 Reasons WhyGOOD Magazineall 99 news articles »
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President Trump reportedly hiring more officials…

Despite his rhetoric against Washington insiders, President Donald Trump appears to be recruiting more officials from George W. Bush’s administration to fill open positions. Politico reports, based on inside sources, that “there’s been a concerted outreach to some old Bush hands to serve as the ‘adults’ at some of the top agencies.” Trump’s senior officials Counselor to the President: Kellyanne Conway REUTERS/Joshua Roberts Veterans Affairs Secretary: David Shulkin (Photo credit DOMINICK REUTER/AFP/Getty Images) Transportation secretary: Elaine Chao (Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call) Energy secretary: Rick Perry (Photo credit KENA BETANCUR/AFP/Getty Images) Secretary of State: Rex Tillerson  REUTERS/Daniel Kramer Secretary of Defense: Retired Marine General James Mattis (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) Chief of staff: Reince Priebus (JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Chief strategist: Steve Bannon…
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Three simple ways to stop the…

The giant Creators Update to Windows 10 will get pushed to your PC before the end of the month, and if you’re not careful the software will come your way at the worst possible time.Maybe you’re facing a drop dead deadline, or about to board a flight – and Windows will make you stop what you’re doing and order you not to turn off your machine. Or maybe the gigabytes of code will come when you’re using your smartphone as a hotspot, and they’ll eat up every bit of your data allotment, costing you real money.But there are ways to avoid, or at least manage, this process. Here are three steps you can take right now.Change active hoursSince the Anniversary…
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United Airlines’ Earnings Get Cheers From…

Is it too soon to say United (UAL) has moved on from the week-ago incident when the overly aggressive removal of a belligerent and erratic passenger was captured on Twitter and replayed a million times? The stock market doesn’t think it’s too soon. United shares closed Monday at $70.77, just 11 cents lower than the close on Friday, April 7, the last trade before the incident went viral. Share closed April 10 at $71.52, then declined for three days, reaching a low of $69.07 at the close on Thursday April 13 before Monday’s recovery. Optimism about United’s first-quarter earnings, reported after the market closed on Monday, obviously prompted the gain and turned out to be justified. United beat analysts’ estimates….
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United Airlines Issues New Rules to…

Watch TV shows, movies and more on Yahoo View, available now on iOS and Android. Airline crews must now be booked on a flight at least an hour prior to departure to avoid bumping passengers at the last minute. ABC World News Tonight With David Muir World News brings the latest information and analysis of major events from around the country and the world.
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UK election talk builds ahead of…

By Associated Press By Associated Press April 18 at 5:34 AM LONDON — British Prime Minister Theresa May is due to make an unexpected statement in Downing Street, triggering speculation that she plans to call an early election. May’s office says she will speak at 11:15 a.m. (1015GMT) Tuesday, after the weekly meeting of her Cabinet. Such statements are generally reserved for major news, such as resignations and election calls. May, who took office in July after predecessor David Cameron stepped down, could be tempted to go to the polls to secure her own mandate as she negotiates Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union. But she has previously said she will stay in office until the next scheduled national election,…
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What can we expect to hear…

CLEVELAND, Ohio – Sashi Brown and Andrew Berry are expected to meet the media Wednesday. What should we expect to hear? Nothing particularly revealing for sure, given the draft is approaching and NFL teams pride themselves on making the CIA look transparent. But that doesn’t mean these kinds of press conferences can’t be predictable. That’s why my nomination for the most likely used phrase is — as always seems to be the case in Berea — “it’s a process.” The Browns stripped the roster to its bones in 2016, a year that was spent in “asset accumulation.” If that’s another common term used this week it had better be to announce the end of asset accumulation and the beginning of…
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