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(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Wednesday said he would talk to United States President Donald Trump about three things: trade, extremism and terrorism, and the South China Sea. Duterte made the revelation when asked by a reporter at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport prior to his departure for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit in Vietnam. After the APEC summit, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit will be held in the Philippines. […]
by Jerome Cartillier Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea poses a worldwide threat that needs worldwide action, President Donald Trump said in Seoul Tuesday, but insisted “we are making a lot of progress” in reining in the rogue state. The US leader, standing alongside his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In, reiterated he was prepared to use the full range of American military might to halt Pyongyang’s march towards becoming a full-fledged […]
MANILA, Philippines — President Rodrigo Duterte is set to meet United States President Donald Trump ahead of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit, as the Philippine leader flies to Vietnam for the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) this week. Foreign officials have yet to confirm if there are going to be a bilateral meetings between the two leaders. But Department of Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary Leo Herrera-Lim said there would be “several opportunities” for […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — US President Donald Trump arrived in Seoul Tuesday vowing to “figure it all out” with his South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-In, despite the two allies’ differences on how to deal with the nuclear-armed North. As tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons program have soared, the US president has traded personal insults and threats of war with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, but the South’s capital and its 10 million inhabitants would […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Donald Trump’s marathon Asia tour moves on Tuesday to South Korea, another key ally in the struggle with nuclear-armed North Korea, but one with deep reservations about the US president’s strategy for dealing with the crisis. As tensions over Pyongyang’s weapons program have soared, the US president has traded personal insults and threats of war with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, but his next stop, Seoul — and its 10 million inhabitants […]
QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Malacañang welcomed the news that United States President Donald Trump will extend his visit in the Philippines. This was after the White House confirmed that President Trump decided to extend his visit to attend the East Asia Summit scheduled on November 14. Presidential Communications Secretary Martin Andanar said that this will be a good opportunity to build better relations between the Philippines and the US. “The Palace welcomes the announcement of […]
HONOLULU, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump paid a somber visit to Pearl Harbor ahead of his first official trip to Asia, also meeting with military officials overseeing US operations in the Pacific region. Trump and his wife Melania tossed white pikake flower petals into the waters at the USS Arizona memorial, where hundreds of US service members died when Japan launched a surprise attack in 1941, triggering the US entry into […]
by Rob Lever Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Twitter said it had boosted security measures Friday in response to a rogue employee’s move cutting off Donald Trump’s account, an 11-minute outage which drew mocking praise from the president’s critics but also warnings of a dangerous precedent. The US social network initially said the account had been “inadvertently deactivated due to human error” after the outage late Thursday but subsequently indicated it […]
US President Donald Trump has decided at the last minute to extend a marathon trip to Asia, after criticism that he was expected to miss an East Asia regional summit. “We’re actually staying an extra day in the Philippines,” Trump said on departure Friday, a decision that was confirmed by senior White House officials. President Trump departed Washington for an almost two week trip to Asia Friday. Trump left Joint Base Andrews bound for […]
by Sébastien BLANC Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Thursday called for the death penalty for the Uzbek national charged with carrying out the New York truck attack, demanding swift justice. But the death penalty remains a rare sentence — and typically it takes years to be carried out. A legal possibility Sayfullo Saipov, a 29-year-old immigrant from Uzbekistan, is accused of killing eight people in Tuesday’s onslaught on […]
United States President Donald Trump will prioritize issues in the Korean peninsula, especially North Korea’s nuclear threat, in his visit to China. President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China is hoping that the US can provide a guide to solve the Korean peninsula problem. President Donald Trump will visit Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines from Nov. 5 to Nov. 14 — his first official visit to Asia as the […]
