The US embassy and consulates in China have canceled appointments for immigrant and nonimmigrant visas for the week that began on Monday, the agencies said on their websites, adding that they "are unable to provide a specific date" when services can be resumed.
The US administration's recent actions against short video-sharing app TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ByteDance, the tightening regulatory scrutiny of Chinese companies listed in the US, and some news of individual companies delisting from the US stock market, have all boosted discussions on the reported US initiative to decouple from China in the financial services sector.
The US trade representative's office released a final tariff list on Tuesday targeting 279 product categories from China. Only five products including floating docks were omitted from what the office initially proposed on June 15.
The United States has set new world records for COVID-19 core metrics, including hospitalizations, seven-day average case and death increases, as the total number of confirmed cases topped 15 million on Tuesday.
The United States' top diplomat, as well as its president and much of his Republican Party, have not accepted the results of the US election, and the unusual circumstances were likely to overshadow the issues.
The US-dollar debt was issued under "144A/Reg S" terms, which involved international rating companies and allowing institutional investors in the US to buy in for the first time.
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The U.S. is currently struggling to respond to multiple natural disasters that scientists say are being made worse due to climate change, including the West Coast’s wildfires that are destroying homes and filling skies with smoke and the flooding caused by Hurricane Sally in the Southeast.
The US also recently designated Iran's Revolutionary Guard as a terrorist group, the first ever for an entire division of another government.
The US Department of Homeland Security had issued a government-wide notification after McCain's death to lower flags at US facilities but rescinded it on Monday, leaving the decision to staff at individual sites, according to an official.
The US media outlet quoted the planned remarks of US National Security Advisor John Bolton as saying that "the (US President Donald) Trump administration will not keep the office open when the Palestinians refuse to start direct and meaningful negotiations with Israel".