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by Aidan Jones Parties aligned with Thailand’s powerful Shinawatra clan staged major rallies Saturday ahead of a court ruling that could deal a gut punch to their prospects in national elections later this month. Public gatherings were taking place across the country — including in the Chiang Mai hometown of divisive billionaire ex-premier Thaksin Shinawatra. Shinawatra-linked Pheu Thai party members addressed throngs of supporters in a stadium in Chiang Mai as the sun went down, […]
by Kang Jin-kyu The US and South Korea announced Sunday an end to key annual large-scale military exercises in support of diplomatic efforts to persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. The decision comes days after the conclusion of US President Donald Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, which ended without a formal agreement but with both sides suggesting they would keep talking. There are close to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The US military and South Korea are planning to “discontinue” annual large-scale military exercises as President Donald Trump pursues efforts to improve ties with North Korea, a US official told AFP Friday. The comment from the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, came shortly after the conclusion of Trump’s second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, which ended without a formal agreement but with […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Friday urged China to abolish tariffs on agricultural products imported from the United States — adding that trade talks between the rival powers were going well. “I have asked China to immediately remove all Tariffs on our agricultural products (including beef, pork, etc.),” the president wrote on Twitter. He said his request was based on the fact that negotiations with China were “moving along […]
by Michel Comte Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) — Canada on Friday launched the extradition of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou to the United States — the latest move in a case that has roiled relations between the North American neighbors and China. Beijing was quick to react, saying Ottawa’s action amounted to a “severe political incident.” The 47-year-old businesswoman was changing planes in Vancouver in December when she was detained at Washington’s request […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid tribute to Vietnam’s late revolutionary leader Ho Chi Minh on Saturday before starting his long journey home through China, after his Hanoi summit with US President Donald Trump ended without a nuclear deal. Kim boarded his olive green armoured train at the Dong Dang border station in Vietnam before it rolled northward toward China en route to Pyongyang, kicking off a marathon 4,000-kilometre (2,500-mile) journey expected to take […]
by Michael Blum Agence France Presse JERUSALEM (AFP) — Like other Holocaust survivors who left France for Israel, Samy Gryn has watched with a sorrow a resurgence of anti-Semitism in the country where he was born. “The situation in France reminds me of the 1930s. I’m really worried,” says Gryn, 78, one of the few survivors of a notorious roundup of Jews in Nazi-occupied Paris. Anti-Semitic acts in France rose by 74 percent in 2018, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in insisted Friday the Hanoi summit between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump had made a “meaningful progress”, despite it breaking up without a nuclear deal. “The two leaders had conversations at length, enhanced mutual understanding and built more trust,” Moon said in a speech commemorating the 100th anniversary of the March 1 Movement against Japanese colonial rule. Both North […]
JERUSALEM (AFP) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday called corruption allegations a “witch hunt” meant to topple him after the attorney general announced plans to indict him. Speaking in a televised statement a couple of hours after the attorney general’s announcement, Netanyahu said he planned on being prime minister for a long time to come despite the allegations. “The left knows it cannot beat us at the polling booth, so for the […]
(Eagle News)–The Department of Foreign Affairs on Friday, March 1, said it was exhausting all “diplomatic avenues and legal remedies” to save a Filipina who was sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia. The DFA issued the statement after the Saudi Court of Appeals affirmed the sentence of the Filipina on Thursday, Feb. 28, for killing her employer in Makkah three years ago. The Filipina, who was a minor when she was deployed to Saudia Arabia in […]
JERUSALEM (AFP)– Israel’s attorney general announced Thursday he intended to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on charges of bribery, fraud and breach of trust in a decision just weeks ahead of April elections. Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit said in a statement that he intended to charge the premier pending a hearing, where Netanyahu would be given a chance to defend himself before charges are filed. The announcement comes ahead of April 9 elections in […]
by Sebastien BERGER Agence France Presse HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — North Korea on Friday promised further negotiations with the US, as both sides sought to hold open the door while staking out their positions after their Hanoi summit spectacularly failed to produce a nuclear deal. The meeting between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump broke up in disarray Thursday, with a signing ceremony canceled and no joint communique issued. Each […]
