China responded harshly to Trump's attacks on its economic and security positions, signaling a potentially more adversarial relationship between Beijing and the U.S.

The president-elect said he will nominate retired neurosurgeon and former rival Ben Carson as HUD secretary.

A Trump spokesman said the incoming administration backs the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Trump met with Gore, as the president-elect's children urge him to seize on conservation as an issue.

Italy's president accepted Renzi's resignation as premier and is likely to back a caretaker government.

A South Carolina judge declared a mistrial in the trial of a police officer for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man.

The U.S. is pushing to preserve the alliance of Kurdish and Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State in Mosul.

Libyan forces backed by U.S. airstrikes retook the coastal city of Sirte from Islamic State.

Aleppo civilians said their situation is growing increasingly desperate as Syrian forces advance.

Japan's Abe will visit Pearl Harbor to pay tribute to the victims of the attack, the first Japanese leader to do so.

French Premier Valls declared his candidacy for the presidency.

Mumps outbreaks in the U.S. have nearly tripled this year from 2015.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

December 06, 2016 02:47 ET (07:47 GMT)

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