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WASHINGTON, United States (Reuters) — U.S. President Donald Trump, who has attacked China on issues from trade to the South China Sea, held his first face-to-face talks with a member of the Chinese leadership on Monday (February 27), and the White House said it was a chance to discuss shared security interests and a possible meeting with President Xi Jinping. State Councilor Yang Jiechi, China’s top diplomat, met Trump briefly after talks with the new […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) –South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been impeached by parliament over her role in an influence-peddling scandal linked to her friend Choi Soon-sil, and now awaits a Constitutional Court review of that decision. The court has said it will conclude oral arguments on Monday (February 27). It has not said when a verdict will be delivered but, according to past practice, a decision could be reached after about two weeks. If […]
by Amelie BARON Agence France Presse PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Jovenel Moise was sworn in Tuesday as Haiti’s 58th president, ending a protracted electoral crisis that created a power vacuum in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Moise, a 48-year-old banana exporter who has never held political office and is not well known to the general public but ran as the candidate of the center-right Tet Kale Party (PHTK), took the oath at a ceremony at the […]
SAINT-CLOUD, France (Reuters) — Candidates fighting for the Socialist party nomination for French president said during a televised debate on Thursday (January 19) before presidential primaries at the weekend that the left could unite despite being squeezed by competition on all sides. The French left will start to pick which of the seven eligible candidates will represent it at presidential elections in the spring during a two-round contest which begins on Sunday (January 22). But […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President-elect Donald Trump wants health “insurance for everybody,” he told The Washington Post, no small feat in a country where millions are uninsured. The Republican has long lashed out at President Barack Obama’s signature health care law, the Affordable Care Act, campaigning on a pledge to repeal and replace it. But the billionaire developer had never said precisely with what. Now, however, he told the Post by phone late Saturday […]
by Ali Noorani Agence France Presse TEHRAN, Iran (AFP) — Former Iranian president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a pugnacious moderate who survived for decades despite challenging his own turbaned elite, died on Sunday after suffering a heart attack. Rafsanjani, who was 82, was a pivotal figure in the foundation of the Islamic republic in 1979, and served as president from 1989 to 1997. “Despite the efforts of the doctors he died” at Shohadaa Hospital in northern […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday huddled with top military commanders, urging a smooth transition of power and praising their respect for civilian rule. “We have to make sure that during this transition period that there is a seamless passing of the baton,” Obama said in remarks before a closed-door meeting with his Joint Chiefs of Staff and regional combatant commanders. Obama will leave the White House on January 20, when […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama will make a short but politically charged trip from the White House to Capitol Hill Wednesday, calling allied lawmakers to arms in defense of his signature healthcare reforms. Obama’s eight-year drive to extend medical coverage to tens of millions of Americans will come under sustained assault when President-elect Donald Trump takes office January 20 with Republican majorities in both house of Congress. In […]
MANILA, Jan. 4 (PIA)- The New Year brings renewed hope and vigor for Filipinos. With the 2017 National Budget in place, the government and its agencies are all set to take the country to its journey towards real change. The 2017 National Budget – the People’s Budget – was crafted parallel to the Duterte Administration’s 10-Point Socioeconomic Agenda. It concentrates on strong, sustained, and inclusive growth. Development will not be focused on already wealthy regions, cities, […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Jovenel Moise won Haiti’s presidential elections with 55.6 percent of the first round vote held on November 20, according to official results released Tuesday. The announcement by Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council puts an end to a protracted electoral process that began in October 2015 and paralyzed the Caribbean country’s politics for more than a year. Moise, a 48-year-old political neophyte, is due to take power February 7 to succeed Jocelerme Privert, […]
PEARL HARBOR, United States (AFP) — US President Barack Obama on Tuesday warned against the “urge to demonize those who are different” as he hosted the leader of foe-turned-ally Japan for a solemn visit to Pearl Harbor. Obama, who will leave office next month, also hailed the alliance between the two nations, saying it had “never been stronger.” In remarks that echoed with history and America’s current hypercharged politics, Obama told Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo […]
by Thomas Watkins Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — America must massively boost its nuclear capability until the “world comes to its senses,” President-elect Donald Trump said Thursday, hours after a similar vow by Russia’s Vladimir Putin. Trump made the statement on Twitter, without providing details or context, a day after meeting a group of Pentagon top brass, and shortly after Putin called for Russia to reinforce its own nuclear capabilities. “The United […]
