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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Tokyo stocks eased Friday morning with focus turning to a weekend G20 finance ministers’ meeting, but Toshiba rebounded on reports the government may help fund the embattled firm’s turnaround. Automakers dragged the main indexes down with investors retreating to the sidelines ahead of a long holiday weekend in Japan. Markets are also awaiting news from the G20 gathering in Germany that brings together finance ministers from the world’s most powerful economies, […]
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) — Saudi Arabia’s powerful Deputy Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman left for the United States on Monday to meet President Donald Trump, state media said. Prince Mohammed, who is seeking foreign investment in an economic reform plan, is the highest-ranking Saudi official to hold talks with Trump since the US leader took office in January. The visit, which officially begins Thursday, focuses on the “strengthening of bilateral relations… and regional issues of […]
by Andrew Beatty, with Laurent Thomet in Mexico City Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US-Mexican relations were rocked Thursday as Donald Trump’s administration suggested taxing imports from the southern neighbor to fund a border wall and Mexico’s president scrapped a meeting with the US leader. Trump had been scheduled to receive Pena Nieto at the White House on Tuesday, for their first meeting since the inauguration. Instead, the Republican president is managing […]
(Eagle News)– President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday (September 12) revealed that he skipped the meeting between Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) with the United States (US) on purpose last Thursday (September 8). “I purposely did not attend the bilateral meeting between the ASEAN and the US. Talagang ini-skip ko iyan. The reason is not that I am anti-West. It is simply a matter of principle,” Duterte admitted in his speech. Last week, Palace officials […]
(Eagle News)– The White House announced on Monday that United States President Barack Obama plans to meet President Rodrigo Duterte on September 6. The talks are expected to center on human rights and security concerns. “We absolutely expect that the president will raise concerns about some of the recent statements from the president of the Philippines,” White House Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes told reporters when asked about Duterte’s controversial remarks on women, journalists […]
WASHINGTON D.C., United States (Reuters) — Actress Angelina Jolie joined U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for meetings regarding the plight of migrants on World Refugee Day on Monday (June 20). “We cannot ignore or turn our backs on” the more than 65 million people displaced by conflict, Jolie, a Special Envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said. Jolie met with several refugees at the State Department in Washington and participated […]
