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by Damien Stroka Agence France Presse BERLIN, Germany (AFP) — Germany unleashed a volley of criticism Monday against United States President Donald Trump, slamming his “short-sighted” policies that have “weakened the West” and hurt European interests. The sharp words from Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel came after Trump concluded his first official tour abroad which took him to Saudi Arabia, Israel, Brussels and then Italy for a G7 summit. They followed Chancellor Angela Merkel’s warning on […]
by Jennie Matthew Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Hillary Clinton launched a stinging attack on Donald Trump Friday, obliquely comparing him to former president Richard Nixon, who resigned in 1974 to escape impeachment, and savaging the Republican assault on fact-based politics. The defeated Democratic presidential nominee made her remarks in a commencement address at her alma mater Wellesley College, a women’s liberal arts college in Massachusetts, 48 years after […]
by Bryan McManus / Danny Kemp Agence France Presse BRUSSELS, Belgium (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Thursday launched an extraordinary broadside at North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies for failing to pay their fair share of the defense bill. The billionaire leader used the highest possible profile platform of his first NATO summit in Brussels to accuse members of the alliance of owing “massive amounts of money.” Unveiling a memorial to the 9/11 […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump called North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un a “madman with nuclear weapons” during a telephone call with Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, according to a transcript of the conversation released by US media Tuesday. A White House readout of the April 29 call characterized it as a “very friendly conversation.” Days after the conversation, Trump said publicly that he would be “honored” to meet with Kim. But in the […]
by Jerome Cartillier with Sarah Benhaida in Bethlehem Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Undefined – US President Donald Trump called on Israelis and Palestinians to make compromises for peace Tuesday as he wrapped up a closely watched visit, but offered no specifics on how he would resolve the decades-old conflict. In a speech toward the end of his visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories, Trump offered a forceful defence of the Jewish state and pledged to […]
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday condemned the “evil losers” behind a bomb attack at a pop concert in the British city of Manchester that killed at least 22 people. “So many young, beautiful, innocent people living and enjoying their lives murdered by evil losers,” Trump said after meeting Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas in the occupied West Bank. “I won’t call them monsters because they would like that term. […]
BETHLEHEM, Palestinian Territories (AFP) — President Donald Trump arrived for talks with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas in Bethlehem in the occupied West Bank on Tuesday as they seek ways to renew Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Trump arrived at the presidential palace in the West Bank city, located only about a 20-minute drive from Jerusalem but across Israel’s controversial separation wall. On Monday, Trump held talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem.
FLORIDA, United States (Reuters) — A sinkhole appeared on a road directly in front of United States President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Repair crews, on Monday (May 22) put up barricades around the small hole that measured about four feet by four feet (1.2 x 1.2 meters), local media reported. City workers believe the sinkhole formed near a newly-installed water main and will conduct an exploratory excavation later in the day. Trump, […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AFP) – US President Donald Trump spoke of a “rare opportunity” to bring stability to the region as he landed in Israel on Monday to seek ways to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts. Trump also hailed the “unbreakable bond” between the United States and Israel as he spoke at a brief ceremony at the airport in Tel Aviv after landing. “On my first trip overseas as president, I have come to this sacred […]
by Mike Smith Agence France-Presse JERUSALEM, Israel (AFP) – US President Donald Trump visits Jerusalem Monday to seek ways to achieve Israeli-Palestinian peace, a goal that has eluded his predecessors but which he says could be easier than “people have thought”. Trump’s visit is part of his first trip abroad as president and follows an initial stop in Saudi Arabia, where he urged Islamic leaders to take a stand against violence committed in the name […]
by Jerome Cartillier Agence France-Presse From Riyadh to Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Rome, Brussels and Sicily, Donald Trump leaves a swirl of domestic woes behind Friday to embark on a first foreign trip that will be closely watched in capitals the world over. Trump’s first trip — six stops in eight days, and countless face-to-face meetings from Saudi King Salman to Catholic Pope Francis via France’s new leader, Emmanuel Macron — is fraught with perils for the […]
by Michael Mathes / Paul Handley Agence France-Presse A former Federal Bureau of Investigation chief was tasked Wednesday with leading a beefed-up investigation into whether United States President Donald Trump’s team colluded with Russia to tilt the 2016 election in the president’s favor. Trump responded by once again denying any links to Moscow, but the appointment of a special counsel with sweeping powers dramatically raises the stakes in a crisis threatening to paralyze his presidency. The […]
