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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump on Monday paid tribute to the 2,977 people killed on September 11, 2001, warning that “savage killers” who threaten the United States will find no haven on earth. On the 16th anniversary of the attacks, Trump’s first as president, he observed a moment of silence at a White House before laying a wreath and delivering remarks at the Pentagon, where 184 people died. His tone unbending […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump approved Florida’s request for emergency federal aid on Sunday to help with the recovery from destructive Hurricane Irma. The federal funding includes “grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of the disaster,” the White House said. © Agence France-Presse
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the end of the “Dreamers” program that allowed illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain in the country. That move threatens the futures of some 800,000 people, many now in schools, with jobs and families in the United States. What is the ‘Dreamers’ program? In a presidential order in June 2012, president Barack Obama launched DACA — Deferred Action […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Monday told his South Korean counterpart Washington was willing to approve arms sales worth “many billions of dollars” to Seoul following Pyongyang’s test of what it said was a miniaturized hydrogen bomb. President Trump “provided his conceptual approval for the purchase of many billions of dollars’ worth of military weapons and equipment from the US by South Korea,” said the White House, without providing […]
https://youtu.be/PKXPrgCXt8A World leaders, including United States President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, condemned the latest nuclear test conducted by North Korea on Sunday (Sept. 3), saying this action was “unacceptable” and should be punished. US President Donald Trump declared Sunday that “appeasement with North Korea” will not work, after Pyongyang claimed it had successfully tested a missile-ready hydrogen bomb. “North Korea has conducted a major nuclear test,” Trump said. “Their words and […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Thursday expressed “regret at the escalation of tensions” after the United States told Moscow to shut its consulate in San Francisco. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called Lavrov as Washington announced it was ordering Moscow to shut the consulate, the Russian foreign ministry said in a statement. “In response the minister expressed regret at the escalation of tensions in bilateral relations,” it said. “Moscow […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump vowed Monday that Mexico would be made to pay for the construction of a wall on the southern United States border, a key campaign pledge the president is struggling to finance. “One way or another, Mexico will pay for the wall,” the US president told a White House press conference. “It may be through reimbursement,” he said. “We may fund it through the United States, but ultimately Mexico […]
KABUL, Afghanistan (AFP) — A rocket landed in the heavily fortified diplomatic area of the Afghan capital Kabul late Monday, police said, hours before United States President Donald Trump was due to announce his long-awaited strategy for the war-weary country. It was the latest in a series of attacks in the city and it comes less than three months after a massive truck bomb ripped through the same area, killing about 150 and wounding around […]
by Tom Barfield Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Global stock markets on Monday failed to recoup last week’s losses, as traders warily eyed geopolitical uncertainty. Wall Street equities treaded water while markets in Europe and Japan slid, suffering from lingering concern over President Donald Trump’s volatile administration and unclear prospects for achieving economic reform. Worries over Trump’s stalled economic agenda and upcoming high-stakes Washington fights had hurt global stocks on Friday, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump will announce his decision on America’s strategy in Afghanistan in an address to United States troops and the nation Monday night, almost 16 years after the war began. The US leader will “provide an update on the path forward for America’s engagement in Afghanistan and South Asia” in an address to be delivered at 9 pm (0100 GMT Tuesday) from the military base at Fort Myer southwest […]
by Chris Lefkow and Jerome Cartillier Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Donald Trump parted ways with his controversial chief strategist Steve Bannon on Friday as the White House reeled from the fallout over the president’s much-criticized response to a violent white supremacist rally. But the 63-year-old — whose departure caps one of the most disastrous weeks of the already chaotic young Trump administration — vowed to keep pushing the president’s right-wing agenda, […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — US stocks fell sharply on Thursday as a deadly attack in Spain added to existing unease over President Donald Trump’s agenda amid the latest controversy and the split with business leaders. Wall Street stocks were in the red all session, initially due to anxiety over rumors White House economic adviser Gary Cohn would resign due to unhappiness over Trump’s response to a violent rally by racist groups over the […]
