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WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-In on Sunday agreed that North Korea “poses a grave and growing direct threat,” in a phone call one day after the United Nations Security Council backed fresh sanctions on the North. “The two leaders affirmed that North Korea poses a grave and growing direct threat to the United States, South Korea, and Japan, as well as to most countries […]
by Heather Scott Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The sanctions that President Donald Trump is poised to slap on China for stealing intellectual property from United States firms should earn broad support, allowing him to rebuild a power base in Congress sapped by the recent battle over health care. The administration is expected very soon to announce actions against China for failing to protect industrial and trade secrets of US companies, a […]
by Yanan Wang Agence France Presse BEIJING, China (AFP) — Finger-pointing over North Korea’s flourishing weapons program has pushed the world’s two biggest economies toward a high-stakes impasse, but observers warn that Trump-style outbursts are no way to get China to bend to the United States’ will. Washington and Beijing have long traded blame over the failure to rein in the North, but a breakthrough in missile technology has raised the specter of a strike […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump accused Syria’s leader Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday of committing “horrible” crimes against humanity and vowed to prevent his regime from carrying out any more chemical attacks. Speaking at a White House press conference with Lebanon’s Prime Minister Saad Hariri, Trump also called the Lebanese Shiite militia Hezbollah a threat to the entire Middle East. Trump pledged continued US military aid to Lebanon following his Oval […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump will meet Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri in Washington next week for talks on issues including refugees and combatting terrorism, the White House announced Friday. Analysts also anticipate US aid will be high on the agenda of the July 25th talks at the White House, which has made clear its intent to slash its aid budget for Lebanon, on grounds that national forces there have not […]
HONG KONG, China (AFP) — The dollar sank with most Asian equities Tuesday as two Republican senators rejected their party’s bill repealing Obamacare, effectively killing it and throwing Donald Trump’s economic agenda into doubt. Global markets soared for months after Trump’s November election on hopes his big-spending, tax-cutting policies would fire the world’s top economy. But an ongoing crisis surrounding the White House has hobbled the tycoon’s presidency, with opposition to his controversial health care […]
HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday said that Donald Trump’s hardline stance towards the country marks “a setback” in relations with the United States after ties were gradually restored in 2015. “The announcements made by the current president… mean a setback in bilateral relations,” Castro said in remarks, broadcast on state television, at the closing of the first session of Cuba’s Parliament. Castro criticized Trump’s partial rollback of his predecessor Barack […]
by Gina DOGGETT Agence France Presse PARIS, France (AFP) –President Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump marked France’s national day together on Friday at a military parade which clearly delighted the US leader and showcased warming relations between the two men. But the day was tinged with mourning, coming a year on from a jihadist massacre that claimed 86 lives in the southern city of Nice, where Macron led remembrances after the Paris ceremonies. Trump was […]
PARIS, France (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump is willing to invite Russian President Vladimir Putin to the White House, but not yet, according to official remarks released on Thursday. During a conversation aboard Air Force One flying into Paris, Trump said he was willing to engage the Russian leader despite controversy over the country’s involvement in the 2016 US election. Asked whether he would invite Putin, Trump said he would “at the right […]
by Paul Handley Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – High-flying criminal lawyer Christopher Wray took a big step Wednesday toward becoming the next director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation as he told lawmakers he would resign rather than bow to political interference. Nominated by Donald Trump after the president fired FBI chief James Comey in May, Wray told a confirmation hearing he would be ready to step down as head of the […]
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump made no promises to each other to form a joint group on cyber security, but they stated their readiness to work in this direction, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday (July 10). The Kremlin also does not know the Russian lawyer who allegedly met Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, last […]
by Simon Sturdee and Hui Min Neo HAMSBURG, Germany (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin engaged in a “very robust exchange” over claims Moscow meddled in America’s elections, during their first face-to-face talks Friday at a fractious G20 summit marred by violent street protests. From the outset of the blockbuster encounter, the US property tycoon fired the key question that has weighed on his presidency, pressing the ex-KGB agent […]
