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by Francesco FONTEMAGGI Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States announced Friday it would still take part in international climate change negotiations in order to protect its interests, despite its planned withdrawal from the Paris accord on global warming. Two months after President Donald Trump announced the United States would abandon the 2015 global pact, his administration confirmed it had informed the United Nations of its “intent to withdraw from the […]
by Carole LANDRY Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — The UN Security Council will vote Saturday on a US-drafted resolution toughening sanctions on North Korea, diplomats said Friday, a proposed ban on certain exports that could deprive Pyongyang of $1 billion in annual revenue. After a month of negotiations, the United States reached a deal with China, North Korea’s main trading partner and ally, on the measures aimed at ratcheting up […]
by Heather Scott Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The sanctions that President Donald Trump is poised to slap on China for stealing intellectual property from United States firms should earn broad support, allowing him to rebuild a power base in Congress sapped by the recent battle over health care. The administration is expected very soon to announce actions against China for failing to protect industrial and trade secrets of US companies, a […]
by Yanan Wang Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Finger-pointing over North Korea’s flourishing weapons program has pushed the world’s two biggest economies toward a high-stakes impasse, but observers warn that Trump-style outbursts are no way to get China to bend to the United States’ will. Washington and Beijing have long traded blame over the failure to rein in the North, but a breakthrough in missile technology has raised the specter of a strike […]
DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) — A Hypochlorite spill in the pool pump room at the YMCA in Durham, North Carolina, sent 23 people to local hospitals on Wednesday (August 2), authorities said. Many of the injured were taken to the hospital for breathing difficulties, an NBC affiliate station reported. Among the injured were six children who were reported to be in serious condition, according to local news outlets. A lifeguard detected a strong odor coming […]
OAKLAND, California (AFP) — Firefighters responding from various units worked quickly to extinguish a vegetation fire near Grizzly Park in Oakland on Wednesday (August 2). Firefighters said the fire had reached a two-alarm status in scale, but that no structures of lives were in danger. The fire was partially contained by late afternoon, a local CBS affiliate reported, citing a local fire department responding to the blaze. Crews were at the scene fighting the blaze […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — A man opened fire at the Chinese consulate in Los Angeles on Tuesday (August 1) morning and then took his own life, police said. There were no other injuries in the shooting, which took place at about 6 a.m. before the consulate was open for the day, said Officer Michael Lopez of the Los Angeles Police Department. Police say “Numerous rounds impacted the Chinese consulate,” and that the man was […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Washington is reviewing its options after the Kremlin ordered it to shrink its diplomatic mission in Russia, and President Donald Trump still intends to sign new sanctions into law. Questioned by reporters Monday, White House spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders had only a low-key response to President Vladimir Putin’s extraordinary demand that the embassy cut its local and American staff by 755. A State Department official has anonymously called the weekend’s […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Foul-mouthed spin doctor Anthony Scaramucci was axed as White House communications director Monday, just 10 days after being named to the post and hours after Donald Trump installed a new chief of staff. The 53-year-old New Yorker — whose profanity-laden rant against colleagues gained him global notoriety — was fired as four-star general John Kelly began his quest to impose order on an administration […]
LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) — Nine people were injured, one critically, in Los Angeles on Sunday (July 30) when a van that collided with a pickup truck jumped the curb and slammed into an outdoor dining area, authorities said, calling it a “complete accident.” Eight people were transported to hospitals after the incident on West Pico Boulevard, the Los Angeles Fire Department said on Twitter. A ninth person, an off-duty Los Angeles firefighter, was hurt […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States decries as “regrettable” Russia’s decision to cut 755 diplomatic staff, and is now weighing its options, a State Department official said Sunday. “This is a regrettable and uncalled for act,” the official said. “We are assessing the impact of such a limitation and how we will respond to it.” © Agence France-Presse
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US envoy to the United Nations Nikki Haley warned Sunday that Venezuela was taking a “step toward dictatorship” in its highly controversial vote championed by beleaguered President Nicolas Maduro to rewrite the nation’s constitution. “Maduro’s sham election is another step toward dictatorship. We won’t accept an illegit govt. The Venezuelan ppl & democracy will prevail,” Haley wrote in a tweet as the voting was marred by an escalation of […]
