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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in called for a “bold decision” by US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on denuclearisation Tuesday as the White House said it was planning another summit with Pyongyang. “The complete denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is an issue that should fundamentally be resolved between the US and North Korea through negotiation,” Moon told a cabinet meeting. “But until talks and communication […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump has received a “very positive” letter from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un seeking a follow-up meeting after their historic summit in Singapore, the White House said Monday. “It was a very warm, very positive letter,” White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said, adding that the message showed Pyongyang’s “continued commitment to focus on denuclearization” on the Korean Peninsula. “The primary purpose of the letter was to […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump saluted North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday for holding a massive military parade “without the customary display of nuclear missiles” to celebrate his country’s 70th anniversary. “This is a big and very positive statement from North Korea. Thank you To Chairman Kim. We will both prove everyone wrong!” he tweeted. “There is nothing like good dialogue from two people that like each other! Much […]
(Eagle News)—-President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, Sept. 7, blamed the high inflation rate on the tariffs imposed by US President Donald Trump on select products. In a speech before the Filipino community, Duterte clarified, however, that he was “not apologizing.” He said the government was “trying to control it.” Also on Friday, the Department of Finance released a list of measures it said would be implemented to arrest inflation, which the Philippine Statistics Authority pegged at […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump denied Wednesday having discussed wanting to kill Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad, a key claim in a new book by Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward. “That was never even contemplated,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office as he met with the emir of Kuwait. Trump’s comments came as he warned Damascus that “the world is watching” Syrian troops massing on the edges of the rebel-held province […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump left the door open Wednesday to meeting with his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly — even as the United States ramps up the pressure on a regime it accuses of destabilizing the Middle East. “It’s possible, anything is possible,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked about the possibility of a face-to-face with Rouhani during the gathering later […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Tuesday, Sept. 4, called US President Donald Trump his “idol,” noting that the US leader “walks the talk.” “When he says that I will do this, he does not care,” Duterte said. This was in contrast to his expressed disdain for former US President Barack Obama, who he said humiliated him when he criticized the Philippines’ war on drugs publicly. Duterte has since apologized for his statements against […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump on Monday warned Syria against launching an attack on the country’s last rebel stronghold with the help of Russia and Iran, saying the offensive could trigger a “human tragedy.” The warning came as Iran’s foreign minister Mohammad Javed Zarif met with Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad in a surprise visit to Damascus ahead of the looming offensive. Syrian forces are amassing around the northwestern province of Idlib, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump raised the spectre of violence around upcoming midterms Wednesday, saying he did not want to see “unnecessary” unrest days after he reportedly warned evangelical leaders of violent change if Republicans lose control of Congress. When asked by a reporter why he had on Monday suggested there would be violence around the November elections, Trump simply said “because that’s the way.” “If you look at what happens […]
by H eather SCOTT Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Canada and the United States appeared to be moving closer to a new regional free trade pact, as US President Donald Trump and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Wednesday touted the progress being made. As the crucial phase of talks continued in Washington to try to bridge the differences on a rewrite of the North American Free Trade Agreement, the optimism […]
by Maggy Donaldson Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump has warned the US economy would collapse if he were impeached, as legal chaos roiling the White House had experts saying his presidency is under threat. Speaking on the eve of a closely watched meeting of central bank chiefs Friday, Trump also took aim again at his Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, prompting a rare retort from the embattled justice department […]
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump seemed to jettison threats of impending war with Iran Monday, saying he was willing to meet the country’s leaders without precondition, a dramatic about-face by the enigmatic US president. Barely a week after warning Iran it would suffer untold “consequences,” Trump said he would meet the country’s leader Hassan Rouhani “any time” and without preconditions. “I would meet with Iran if they […]
