WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – A United States warship sailed near a reef claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea on Thursday, a US official said, the first such operation by US President Donald Trump’s administration in the disputed waterway. The USS Dewey sailed “less than 12 nautical miles” from Mischief Reef — part of the Spratly Islands — early Thursday morning local time, the official said on condition of anonymity. The guided-missile destroyer’s […]