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SHANGHAI, China (AFP) — A senior Chinese envoy has met an aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un in Pyongyang, the two sides said Saturday, stressing longstanding ties despite deep divisions over the North’s nuclear activities. Song Tao is visiting on behalf of President Xi Jinping, ostensibly to brief the North’s officials on the recent Chinese Communist Party congress and other “issues of mutual interest”. The two communist neighbours, once said by Mao Zedong to […]
by Francesco Fontemaggi/ and Dave Clark © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The latest US and Russian bid to find enough common ground on which to build some hope for Syria is in trouble, just days ahead of talks that could make or break the peace process. A United Nations mediator has called on Bashar al-Assad’s regime and a beleaguered opposition coalition to send envoys to Geneva on November 28 to resolve the seven-year-old civil […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — Fugitive Caracas mayor Antonio Ledezma, a key opponent of President Nicolas Maduro, traveled to Madrid on Friday after escaping house arrest in the Venezuelan capital. Ledezma, 62, had hours earlier crossed the border into neighboring Colombia, saying he intended to fly to Europe to organize resistance against Maduro’s rule, which has left millions of Venezuelans facing food and medicine shortages. The opposition leader boarded an Avianca flight from Bogota to Madrid, where he […]
by Becky Davis Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — China is set to dispatch a special envoy to North Korea on Friday, a trip hailed as a “big move” by US President Donald Trump, who has urged Beijing to pile pressure on its nuclear-armed ally. Song Tao is officially traveling to the North to brief officials on the recent Chinese Communist Party congress and “other issues of mutual concern” on behalf of President Xi Jinping. But analysts […]
by Anuj Chopra and Valerie Leroux Agence France-Presse RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Lebanon’s premier Saad Hariri will travel to France “in the coming days, a French presidential source said Wednesday, after Beirut accused Saudi Arabia of detaining him following his shock resignation. International pressure has been mounting for Hariri to return to Beirut after his prolonged stay in the kingdom since he announced in a televised speech from Riyadh on November 4 that he would […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — French investigators searched the offices of French-Swiss cement maker Lafarge Tuesday, the company said, as part of an enquiry into financial links to jihadist groups in Syria, including Islamic State. “French investigators are in the process of investigating our offices,” a Lafarge spokeswoman told AFP, confirming a report to that effect by France Inter radio. “We are cooperating fully with investigators, but we cannot make any further comment on this ongoing inquiry,” she […]
(Eagle News) — United States President Donald Trump called Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte by his first name, thanking him for the “incredible hospitality” and congratulating him for the successful Philippine hosting of the ASEAN Summit. Trump made these remarks at the 5th ASEAN-US Summit commemorating the 40th anniversary of ASEAN-US dialogue relations. “Rodrigo, I would like to commend you on your success as ASEAN chair,” he said. “At this very critical moment in time, and […]
DANANG, Vietnam (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump said Sunday he backs US intelligence agencies who concluded Russia meddled in the 2016 US presidential election, but repeated his trust in the sincerity of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s personal denials. “As to whether or not I believe it or not, I’m with our agencies. I believe in our… intelligence agencies,” Trump told reporters in Hanoi. US intelligence chiefs have told congress Russia meddled in the […]
(Eagle News) — Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and Russian President Vladimir Putin had a bilateral meeting on Friday, November 10, on the sidelines of the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam, where they discussed issues on terrorism, trade, as well as cooperation for further development and strengthening of ties. The 72-year old Duterte met with the 65-year old Putin and thanked him for his timely assistance when the Philippine troops were fighting the war against […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the United States announced more than $250 billion in business deals during US President Donald Trump’s state visit to Beijing on Thursday. The deals range from billions in Chinese soybean and aircraft imports to major projects like the development and export of liquified natural gas from Alaska. The signing of more than a dozen deals did little to quiet Trump’s complaints about China’s “unfair” trade practices. President Xi Jinping acknowledged there has […]
SHARM EL SHEIKH, Egypt (AFP) — Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi said on Wednesday his country does not support a military escalation in regional tensions between Saudi Arabia and Iran, adding the region already faces enough crises. Sisi spoke at a wide ranging press conference in the resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh where he addressed regional disputes and his country’s efforts to tackle jihadist attacks and economic reforms. His comments came as Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned Saudi […]
by Laurent Thomet Agence France-Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Donald Trump and Xi Jinping will put their professed friendship to the test Thursday as the least popular US president in decades and the newly empowered Chinese leader hold tough talks on trade and North Korea. Trump will be treated to more pomp and ceremony on the second day of his first state visit to China, the crucial stop in his 12-day, five-nation tour of Asia. The two […]
