Chinese top diplomat Yang Jiechi and US national security adviser Jake Sullivan are preparing for a crunch meeting on core national security concerns, per South China Morning Post (SCMP). The news also mentioned sources familiar with the matter as saying, “But the two sides remain deeply divided on protocol and agenda items.” The key US

“Inflation rose by more than most economists, including me, expected and of course it’s our responsibility with the Fed to address that. And we will,” US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in CNBC interview late Thursday. Additional quotes If the US is successful in controlling the pandemic she sees inflation easing over the course of