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President-elect Donald Trump spoke last Friday with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen. In her first public comments, Tsai said Tuesday that observers should not read too much into the conversation. "I do not foresee major policy shifts in the near future," she told Western journalists.

Taiwan's President: Phone Call With Trump 'Doesn't Mean A Policy Shift'

In her first comments since her talk with Donald Trump, President Tsai Ing-wen says she does not foresee "major policy shifts." She spoke with Western journalists, including NPR's William Dobson.

The mummified remains, show in a 2014 exhibition in Museo Egizio Turin.

Researchers Confident Mysterious Pair Of Mummified Knees Belonged To Queen Nefertari

Italian archaeologists found a pair of mummified knees in Nefertari's tomb in 1904. For the first time, tests indicate that the knees belonged to the great queen herself.

Fake U.S. Embassy In Ghana Operated For A Decade, State Department Says

Turkish and Ghanaian organized crime rings are said to have issued legitimate and counterfeit visas for $6,000 to people from across West Africa. They bribed corrupt officials to look the other way.

Copies of local Chinese magazines at a news stand in Shanghai on Nov. 14, almost a week after Donald Trump was elected president.

In Trump's Taiwan Kerfuffle, Beijing Has Been Uncharacteristically Measured

Some are in an uproar over President-elect Donald Trump's phone call to Taiwan's president. Yet the Chinese leadership has shown no interest in escalating the matter.

President-elect Donald Trump has spoken with Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, pictured earlier this year, a conversation that may irritate the Chinese government.

China's Foreign Minister: Trump-Taiwan Call 'A Small Trick'

Trump's conversation is thought to be the first between a U.S. president or president-elect since 1979. China's foreign minister says he believes the call will not change U.S. policy toward China.

President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands with retired Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis as he leaves Trump National Golf Club Bedminster clubhouse in Bedminster, N.J., Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016.

Trump’s Pick For Defense Secretary Led Camp Pendleton Marines In Iraq

President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday he will nominate retired Gen. James Mattis, former commander of the San Diego-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, to be his secretary of defense.

President-elect Donald Trump, seen here on Nov. 22, spoke with Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday. Trump showered praise on Sharif despite the tensions between the two countries in recent years.

Trump Gushes About Pakistan In Call With Its Prime Minister

The U.S. and Pakistan have had strained relations for years. But in a phone call between Donald Trump and Pakistan's leader, the president-elect was full of effusive praise.

State Says High School Dropout Rates Down

Numbers released today show high school dropout rates are down in California. But state education officials say – they’re not down far enough.

Hotel employees watch Donald Trump following a ribbon cutting ceremony at the new Trump International Hotel Oct. 26, in Washington, D.C.

Trump's Loans From Troubled German Bank Pose Conflict Of Interest

His new hotel's $200 million renovation was financed by Deutsche Bank. The Justice Department is set to impose a multibillion-dollar fine on the bank. And Trump will oversee the Justice Department.

Women walk past the African Renaissance Monument near Dakar, Senegal, in 2009, shortly before it was finished by North Korean workers. Critics complained about the $27 million cost.

For Autocrats In Need Of Statues, North Korea Is No Longer An Option

New United Nations sanctions against North Korea ban the export of monuments. The impoverished Asian nation has made millions by building statues for African nations.

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