Novice to Lead Italian Populist Cabinet

Italy's prime minister-designate, Giuseppe Conte, is due to start putting together a new government drawn from two Euro-sceptic political parties.

North Korea has declared that it is up to the United States whether the two countries now meet at the negotiating table -- or engage in a nuclear showdown.

The US Commerce Department says that -- at the request of the president -- it's opened an investigation into whether imports of foreign cars, trucks and automotive parts represent a threat to America's national security.