While Austin’s appointment is not necessarily consequential for Biden’s China policy, it sends a clear signal within the broader context of the President-elect’s assembled foreign policy team.

Twitter Inc said users’ passwords weren’t stolen in a widespread digital attack on July 15, despite the fact that hackers were able to send tweets from several high-profile accounts.

World news today May 23: Former president Barack Obama seems to dip his toes into 2020 presidential campaign recently and is positioned to do more in the coming months as Joe Biden’s effort to defeat Donald Trump gathers steam. Meanwhile, South America has become a new COVID-19 epicenter. Besides, the identifying of the Pakistan plane crash, Hertz Files's filing for bankruptcy protection and gold prices also make headlines of Saturday (May 23).