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by Jenny VAUGHAN / Richard CARTER / with Jerome Cartillier Aboard Air Force One Agence France Presse HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — The United States and North Korea on Friday put forward starkly different accounts over the breakdown of a high-stakes summit in Hanoi, with Pyongyang warning it would not put more on the table. After weeks of building expectations and with a signing ceremony ready to go, President Donald Trump abruptly ended his second-ever meeting […]
(Eagle News) – US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ended a second summit that started warmly in Vietnam without a signed deal on denuclearization, with Trump saying he’d “much rather do it right than do it fast.” Trump said that the deal could have been done that day, as all the papers were ready for signing. But he said that the agreement would not be “right” and “appropriate.” Kim […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — Asian markets mostly fell Thursday, led by Seoul, as a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un ended abruptly without an agreement. Equities had been fluctuating through the day on tempered optimism over China-US trade talks, weak factory data from Beijing and fresh geopolitical tensions in Kashmir. But they took a decisive turn south after an expected lunch and signing ceremony between the US and North Korean leaders was […]
by Richard CARTER / Sebastian Smith Agence France Presse HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — The nuclear summit between US President Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un in Hanoi ended abruptly without an agreement Thursday, the White House said after the two leaders cut short their discussions. The second meeting between the two leaders was supposed to build on their historic first summit in Singapore but they failed to bridge their differences and did not sign […]
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — US President Donald Trump said Thursday he was “in no rush” during talks on North Korea’s nuclear programme, saying that results would be achieved over the longer term. “Speed is not that important to me,” added Trump, saying it was more important to “do the right deal” over dismantling the North’s nuclear arsenal. © Agence France-Presse
HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — North Korea’s Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump met for a second day of talks in Hanoi Thursday aimed at building on their last meeting eight months ago. That first historic summit in Singapore produced little more than a vaguely worded document committing to “complete denuclearisation” and observers say concrete steps will need to be laid out at their second meeting in Hanoi. But Trump appeared to temper expectations of […]
These images showed US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the start of their second historic meeting on denuclearization in Vietnam on Thursday, February 27. In Hanoi, the two leaders talked comfortably and warmly, clasping hands and appearing to share jokes as reporters shouted questions. Trump described Kim as a “great leader” and said his country had “tremendous economic potential, unbelievable, unlimited” as he vowed to “help” North Korea achieve […]
by Richard CARTER / Sebastien BERGER HANOI, Vietnam (AFP) — After warm greetings and a “social dinner”, US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un get down to business Thursday, with formal summit talks aimed at breaking the deadlock over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme. The two men who once traded personal insults and threats of destruction are holding their second meeting in eight months, with analysts warning it needs to produce more substance […]
Washington’s chief trade negotiator on Wednesday said there remained much to do before reaching a new trade agreement with China despite “real progress” so far. After months of negotiating with Beijing, “now we are making real progress,” US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said in congressional testimony. However, “Much still needs to be done both before an agreement is reached, and more importantly after it is reached if one is reached.” Citing progress toward a new […]
The Chinese and Russian foreign ministers voiced their opposition to military action in Venezuela on Wednesday, as President Nicolas Maduro faces increasing pressure from the United States to step down. Russia and China, which have had close relations with Maduro over the years, have repeatedly warned against any foreign interference in Venezuela, while Washington has backed the opposition leader. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov repeated Moscow’s assertion that the United States was using aid deliveries […]
by Elodie CUZIN Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Michael Cohen called the president a conman, a cheat and a racist in explosive testimony prepared for a hearing in Congress Wednesday. He said Trump directed him in an illegal scheme to pay hush money to a porn star, and knew in advance in 2016 that WikiLeaks would publish dirt on Hillary Clinton, despite Trump’s denials of both. He also said Trump directed negotiations for a Trump […]
by Sebastian Smith US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un smiled, shook hands and dined Wednesday in Hanoi, expressing optimism that their highly personal brand of diplomacy will lead to a deal on the totalitarian state’s nuclear weapons. At the start of around two hours of talks and dinner at a luxury hotel in the Vietnamese capital, Trump predicted a “very successful” summit, now due to resume Thursday. The two-day get-together […]
