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Internationally acclaimed author Wilbur Smith died at his home in South Africa on Nov. 13 after a decades-long career in writing, his office said. He was 88.

With 49 titles under his belt, Smith became a household name, his swashbuckling adventure stories taking readers from tropical islands to the jungles of Africa and even Ancient Egypt and World War II.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross will visit Beijing next week to resume talks with Chinese officials, state media said on May 25, as the two sides seek to avoid a trade war.

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross said on May 10 he hopes to see progress to reduce large differences with China in trade talks where hundreds of billions of dollars in commerce are at stake.