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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — While slapping duties on steel and aluminum imports, President Donald Trump struck a more conciliatory tone towards China, pointing to negotiations underway to trim Washington’s soaring bilateral trade deficit with Beijing. “We’re negotiating now with China. We’re in the midst of a big negotiation. I don’t know that anything is going to come of it,” Trump said at the White House while rolling out the new trade barriers. “They have […]
by Paulina Abramovich Agence France-Presse SANTIAGO, Chile – Eleven nations signed a slimmed-down version of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement Thursday, moving to lower tariffs just as US President Donald Trump seeks to raise them after withdrawing from the deal. The TPP, which would have represented 40 percent of the global economy and nearly one-quarter of its trade, was left for dead after Trump pulled out to pursue his “America First” agenda. But the revamped deal, now […]
by Alvaro Villalobos Agence France-PresseMADRID, Spain – Spain marked International Women’s Day Thursday with an unprecedented strike in defense of their rights that saw hundreds of trains cancelled and countless protests held. Called by 10 unions to demand gender equality, particularly where salaries are concerned, the 24-hour strike dominated headlines with famous female presenters noticeably absent from radio or television shows. This should be a starting point to change things. We are far from real equality,” Maria Angels […]
by James Pheby Agence France-Presse LONDON, United Kingdom – Britain vowed Thursday to act “without hesitation” if a state is found responsible for a nerve agent attack on a former Russian double agent, as police said 21 people in total had received medical treatment following the incident. Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia remain unconscious in a critical but stable condition following the attack on Sunday in the sleepy south-western English city of Salisbury. Sergeant Nick Bailey, one […]
by Abdulmonam Eassa Agence France-Presse HAMMURIYEH, Syria – Syrian forces pursued a relentless air and ground offensive against Eastern Ghouta on Thursday, moving closer to retaking the rebel enclave but also depriving desperate civilians of vital aid. More than 900 civilians have been killed in the nearly three-week assault on the last rebel enclave outside the capital, where dozens suffered overnight from a suspected chlorine attack. On another front in Syria’s complex seven-year war, pro-Turkey rebels seized control […]
by Andrew Beatty and Margaret Donaldson Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States – US President Donald Trump on Thursday slapped deeply contentious trade tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum, swatting aside warnings of a global trade war and protests from allies in Europe and at home. The tariffs of 25 percent on imported steel and 10 percent on aluminum will come into effect in 15 days, the White House said. They will not apply to Canada and Mexico […]
PHILADELPHIA, PA (Eagle News) — The Northeastern Seaboard of the United States was covered with snow once again on Wednesday. This happened just as residents of Philadelphia were still recovering from last Friday’s snowfall that caused power outages throughout the region and made travel difficult. Residents of the city were bracing for up to 13 inches of snow. The National Weather Service reported that 6.1 inches fell at Philadelphia International Airport and up to 26 […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s team played down talk of a trade war Wednesday as it fought to limit a financial market sell-off, promising a quick decision on contentious tariffs that prompted a popular economic advisor to the president to quit. Administration big guns Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin rushed to the cameras to calm market jitters over proposed steel and aluminum […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Japan’s prime minister warned Thursday that North Korea’s offer of denuclearization talks with the United States could be a ploy to play for time and stressed the need for Pyongyang to take “concrete” steps. In his first public comments since an apparent diplomatic breakthrough between North and South Korea, Shinzo Abe said that talking for the sake of talking was “meaningless.” “I’ve repeatedly said that we have to create a situation […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The second winter storm in less than a week struck the northeastern United States Wednesday, with around 2,500 flights canceled as the region braced for heavy snow. Around 550 flights arriving and departing from John F Kennedy International Airport — nearly 42 percent of the total scheduled — were canceled by 7:00 pm (2400 GMT), along with 700 flights from New Jersey’s Newark airport and also from La Guardia, […]
by Alice Ritchie Agence France Presse LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — The Russian former double-agent who collapsed in a British town alongside his daughter was targeted with a nerve agent, while a responding policeman has also been hospitalized, police said Wednesday. “This is being treated as a major incident involving attempted murder by administration of a nerve agent,” Metropolitan Police assistant commissioner Mark Rowley told reporters. Scientific tests by government experts have identified the specific […]
by Andrew Beatty Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — North Korea’s surprise offer of nuclear talks has thrown Donald Trump the biggest global challenge of his administration — and prompted a rare show of restraint from the usually outspoken president. Perched in the Oval Office, the 71-year-old president was uncharacteristically cautious. “I don’t want to talk so much about things that we don’t know yet,” he said, holding out for clarity about […]
