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by Paul Handley © Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) – US Defense Secretary James Mattis arrived in Beijing on his first ever visit to China on Tuesday, aiming to find room for military cooperation as security tensions between the two superpowers edge higher. With Washington and Beijing locked in an escalating trade war, and the Pentagon alarmed over China’s placement of weapons on disputed islands in the South China Sea, Mattis said he would seek […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday denounced media reports detailing plans to impose restrictions on Chinese investment in US companies and on tech exports to China. The reports were widely cited Monday as helping to spark a global stocks selloff, with investors increasingly gloomy about the prospects of de-escalation in the emerging US-China trade war. The White House in late May announced plans to impose steep tariffs on Chinese […]
By Melissa Sarmiento Allen EBC Florida Bureau LAKELAND, FL (Eagle News) — The future remains bright for the Lakeland Tropics as a 55-minute rain delay did not dampen the spirits of loyal fans, who witnessed their team’s 3-1 victory over FC Miami City at Bryant Stadium late Saturday night. Tropics Head Coach Eoghan Conlon was very pleased with his team’s performance and credited the whole team for the win. “They performed well individually and collectively […]
A Vatican court on Saturday jailed for five years an Italian priest who worked as a diplomat for the See of Rome’s Washington embassy, for possessing and sharing child pornography. Monsignor Carlo Alberto Capella pleaded guilty on Friday, the opening day of the court hearing, saying he had gone through a “personal crisis” and felt “useless” as a counsellor at the embassy. The 51-year-old told the three lay Italian judges at the tiny courtroom in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump threatened Friday to impose a 20 percent tariff on cars imported from the European Union, after the bloc’s additional tariffs on dozens of American products took effect. “Based on the Tariffs and Trade Barriers long placed on the U.S. by the European Union, if these Tariffs and Barriers are not soon broken down and removed, we will be placing a 20% Tariff on all of their […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Washington remains committed to working diplomatically with other countries to solve problems, despite its decision this week to withdraw from the UN Human Rights Council, a US ambassador said Friday. “Multilateralism works, and we are engaged across the board in a number of international organizations and entities,” Robert Wood, the US ambassador to the Geneva-based Conference on Disarmament, told reporters. His comment came days after Washington withdrew from the UN’s […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – US charities are “straining” to cope with chaos on the ground provoked by America’s family separation crisis at the Mexican border, without immediate prospect of reuniting several thousand children with their parents. US authorities have split more than 2,300 children from adult relatives who illegally crossed the border since May 5, placing them in tent camps and other facilities, with no way to contact their relatives. Wendy Young, president […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — North Korea has already begun its denuclearization, US President Donald Trump said Thursday, after many observers greeted with skepticism the results of his historic meeting with the North’s leader Kim Jong Un. “They’ve already blown up one of their big test sites. In fact, it was actually four of their big test sites. And the big thing is, it will be a total denuclearization, which is already starting,” Trump said at a cabinet […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Several US states are suing the Trump administration over its “zero tolerance” policy that led to thousands of migrant children being split from their families on the US border with Mexico. Although President Donald Trump reversed course, signing an executive order on Wednesday to end the practice following domestic and international outrage, Washington State on Thursday said it will lead a coalition of states legally challenging “the policy of forced […]
by Paul Handley © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump ordered an end to the separation of migrant children from their parents on the US border Wednesday, reversing a tough policy under heavy pressure from his fellow Republicans, Democrats and the international community. The spectacular about-face comes after more than 2,300 children were stripped from their parents and adult relatives after illegally crossing the border since May 5 and placed in tent […]
MASAYA, Nicaragua (AFP) — Nicaraguan police and pro-government paramilitaries moved to reassert control over the city of Masaya by force Tuesday after residents of the opposition bastion declared themselves in rebellion against President Daniel Ortega. Bursts of gunfire resounded in three neighborhoods, including the main entrance to the city, where government forces have gained control, the head of the Nicaraguan Human Rights Association Alvaro Leiva said. Three people were killed in this unrest in Masaya, […]
by Dave Clark / with Carole Landry at the United Nations © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States | AFP The United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, condemning the “hypocrisy” of its members and its alleged “unrelenting bias” against Israel. The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, came to Washington to announce the decision alongside President Donald Trump’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. Both insisted the United States […]
