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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — North Korea has warned it will retaliate if the global community ramps up sanctions over its latest round of weapons tests. The warning comes as President Donald Trump threatened the United States was prepared to go it alone in bringing Pyongyang to heel if China did not step in. The isolated state has quickened its missile program in recent months, with a volley of tests it says are putting it […]
by Andrew BEATTY WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump set human rights scandals aside to welcome Abdel Fattah al-Sisi to the White House Monday, the first such visit from an Egyptian president in almost a decade. Greeting Sisi warmly in the Oval Office, Trump heaped praise on the former general’s leadership as he sought to mend ties strained by crackdowns, revolution and counter-revolution. “You have a great friend and ally in […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump predicted an upcoming meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping would be “very difficult” Thursday, laying out an adversarial tone ahead of a high-profile summit. “The meeting next week with China will be a very difficult one,” Trump tweeted, in apparent reference to the Mar-a-Lago meeting “We can no longer have massive trade deficits… and job losses. American companies must be prepared to look at other […]
(Eagle News) — Why didn’t America stop China in the South China Sea then? This was the question President Rodrigo Duterte said he asked the United States ambassador to the Philippines Sung Kim when he spoke with him on Tuesday afternoon. “Sabi ko, ‘You know I’m surprised really Mr. Ambassador. Had America really wanted to avoid trouble early on, e di sana overflights, pinakita sa newspapers that there was something abrewing. There was something as if a runway […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A United States diplomat who allegedly took tens of thousands of dollars in cash and gifts from Chinese intelligence agents was charged Wednesday with lying to investigators over those contacts. The Department of Justice said Candace Marie Claiborne, 60, knew that the two Chinese men she had regular contact with while working for the US State Department in China and other countries were from the Chinese security services, and that the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Satellite images taken this week suggest North Korea could be in the final stages of preparations for a new nuclear test, United States-based analysts said Tuesday. The images, taken March 25, show up to four vehicles or equipment trailers continuously present at the entrance to the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site, with communications cables likely laid on the ground. “This equipment would likely be used to initiate the test, collect data […]
by Catherine TRIOMPHE Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — More than 100 countries on Monday launched the first United Nations talks aimed at achieving a legally binding ban on nuclear weapons, as Washington led an international boycott of a process it deems unrealistic. Before the conference had even begun, the United States ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, spoke out to reject the proposal in the light of current global security threats. “As […]
by Andrew Beatty and Michael Mathes Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump’s bid to repeal his predecessor’s signature health care law suffered a bitter blow Thursday, as opposition from within his Republican Party forced the delay of a crucial vote in Congress. “No vote tonight,” a House leadership source told AFP, signaling a stunning political setback for Trump — who prides himself on his dealmaking skills — to win […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — United States Special Representative for North Korea Policy, Joseph Yun, met with his South Korean counterpart Kim Hong-kyun in Seoul on Wednesday (March 22) to discuss a response to the North’s weapons program. The bilateral meeting comes one week after US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s first Asia trip to Japan, South Korea and China. Yun said Tillerson has delivered a strong message to Beijing that they are concerned about […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The row between Seoul and Beijing over the deployment of a United States missile defense system has seen China overtake even former colonizer Japan in the ranking of South Koreans’ least favored countries, a survey shows. Japan has consistently been the Southerners’ most disliked country after North Korea, mainly due to disputes over Tokyo’s wartime atrocities including the use of up to 200,000 Korean women as sexual slaves for Japanese […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (Reuters) — Passengers traveling on certain United States-bound foreign airline flights will have to check in electronic devices larger than a cell phone once US authorities formalize a new ban in response to an unspecified terrorism threat, US officials told Reuters on Monday (March 20). The new rule is expected to be announced Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security, the officials said, adding that it had been under consideration since the […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka now has an office at the White House, although she will not be a government employee, an administration official told AFP Monday. Since Trump’s inauguration on January 20, his eldest daughter, aged 35, has been seen often in the presidential mansion’s West Wing, the hub of United States executive power. On Friday, she attended a roundtable discussion at the White House with the US […]
