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by Sara KAMOUNI Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – US President Donald Trump Tuesday announced he was firing Rex Tillerson, capping months of speculation the secretary of state was on the verge of being pushed out. Here is a roundup of the numerous points of friction between the pair during Tillerson’s 14-month tenure — on everything from North Korea to climate change: – Iran deal’s future – Trump has blasted the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — aimed at […]
WASHINGTON D.C., (Eagle News) – Seven thousand pairs of shoes were placed on the United States Capitol lawn by activist group Avaaz early Tuesday morning to represent the lives lost by gun violence in schools since the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting. “Behind me are seven thousand empty pairs of shoes that represent the kids who have been killed by gun violence since Sandy Hook in 2012,” said Emma Ruby-Sachs, Avaaz representative. “It’s at the […]
by Alex PIGMAN Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium – The EU on Monday said Europe would not waver against trade “bullies” as a row with US President Donald Trump over controversial steel and aluminium tariffs deepened. The jab from Brussels came after the US tycoon singled out Europe in the surging trade dispute, threatening to tax German cars if the European Union doesn’t lower barriers to US products. European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said that in some places, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — At least two people died late Sunday when the helicopter they were riding in crashed into Manhattan’s East River, local media reported. New York police confirmed the accident ahead of a press conference scheduled for 9:00 pm (0100 GMT), but without indicating a toll. New York 1 television, citing police sources, reported that five of the six people flying in the helicopter had died, with only the pilot surviving. […]
by Jim MANNION Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump deployed his spy chief Sunday to sell his snap decision to engage North Korea’s Kim Jong Un in momentous nuclear talks that the president himself predicted would be a “tremendous success” but others warn carry big risks. CIA director Mike Pompeo portrayed North Korea as buckling under the pressure of US-led international sanctions and insisted there would be no let-up for the […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France Presse MOON TOWNSHIP, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump predicted “tremendous success” Saturday in upcoming groundbreaking talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and suggested the reclusive state wants to “make peace” despite a years-long nuclear standoff. The comments came after the American leader said he has received encouragement from the leaders of China and Japan, and assurance that North Korea had promised not to shoot missiles in […]
by Alex Pigman Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump renewed his demand Saturday that the European Union halts its trade barriers to US products in order to spare his allies new steel and aluminum tariffs. The American president made his comments after crunch talks in Brussels between EU negotiators and US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer in an effort to defuse a bitter row that many fear could turn into an all-out trade […]
by Alex Pigman © Agence France-Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — The EU and Japan held crunch talks with their US counterparts in Brussels on Saturday hoping to get “clarity” on President Donald Trump’s controversial new steel and aluminium tariffs. Trump’s announcement of duties of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminium has stung the European Union and triggered warnings of an all-out international trade war. Brussels has prepared a list of US products […]
by Catherine Triomphe Agence France-Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Martin Shkreli, once dubbed the most hated man in America for ratcheting up the price of an HIV drug, was sentenced to seven years in prison Friday on charges of defrauding investors. The disgraced former pharmaceutical executive and hedge fund manager was convicted in August of conspiracy to commit securities fraud and two counts of securities fraud. Shkreli, who once led Turing Pharmaceuticals, became […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump will make his Latin America debut next month, visiting Peru and Colombia after harsh rhetoric towards Hispanic migrants and neighbors to the south. Trump will travel to Peru to attend the Summit of the Americas in Lima on April 13-14, a gathering of leaders from across the Western Hemisphere. From there he will visit Colombia, White House officials told AFP. The announcement ends […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump enlisted Friday the help of China’s Xi Jinping to keep sanctions pressure on North Korea, amid fears that an audacious diplomatic gambit by the US president could lead to backsliding. In an evening tweet, Trump praised a possible future agreement with the communist North as “very good” for the international community as a whole, after the US leader stunned the world by accepting […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The White House confirmed Thursday that President Donald Trump has agreed to meet with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to seek a deal on denuclearization while stressing US sanctions will remain in place. “President Trump greatly appreciates the nice words of the South Korean delegation and President Moon,” press secretary Sarah Sanders said in a statement following the announcement made by South Korea. “He will accept the invitation to meet […]
