May 17, Friday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Emma Howard and Ms. Sara Macdonald

  1. The New York Times says U.S. President Donald Trump told acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan that he does not want to go to war with Iran.
  2. Iran’s foreign minister is said to meet with senior officials in China to discuss U.S. sanctions against his country.
  3. President of Nissan Motor will hold on to his post under a new plan to shake up management at the scandal-plagued automaker.

May 16, Thursday, 2019 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Ms. Yuka Matsumoto and Ms. Hiroko Kitadai

  1. Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has discussed with his Japanese counterpart the growing tension in the Middle East.
  2. The U.S. State Department has ordered non-emergency government employees in Iraq to leave the country.
  3. U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin has disclosed that the United States and China will likely resume ministerial-level trade talks at an early date.