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TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A US F15 fighter jet crashed off the southern coast of Japan on Monday but the pilot ejected and was rescued by Japanese forces, Tokyo’s defense minister said. The Japanese military “received information that a crew member of the F15 jet, which belongs to the Kadena Air Base, ejected above the sea some 50 miles (80 kilometers) south of” Naha, the regional capital of Japan’s southern Okinawa island, Itsunori Onodera told […]
(AFP)- With US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, poised to meet Tuesday, here is a recap of the decades of tensions between their countries: – Divided Korean peninsula – The Soviet Union declares war on Japan, Korea’s colonial power, in the closing days of World War II and Washington and Moscow agree to divide the peninsula into two zones of occupation along the 38th parallel. Two rival states emerge in […]
BEIJING, China (AFP)- Chinese President Xi Jinping treated Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to a state visit on Friday as the neighboring giants forge closer ties in the face of US diplomatic and economic challenges. Putin, re-elected to his fourth Kremlin term in March, arrived at the grandiose Great Hall of the People in Beijing for talks with Xi, who could stay in power for life after term limits were lifted this year. The two heads of […]
(AFP)- China has offered to buy $70 billion worth of US goods if Washington drops plans to impose tariffs in return, an official in President Donald Trump’s administration told AFP on Wednesday, confirming an earlier report. Top Chinese economic advisor Liu He made the offer during weekend trade talks in Beijing with a US delegation led by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The new purchases would include soybeans, natural gas, crude […]
BEIJING, China (AFP)– China has rejected accusations from top US officials that it seeks hegemony in Asia and is pushing militarization in the South China Sea. Outgoing US Navy Admiral Harry Harris, set to become Washington’s ambassador in South Korea, had said on Wednesday that while North Korea posed the most imminent threat to the United States, China’s “dream of hegemony in Asia” was his country’s biggest long-term challenge. The comments were not surprising, […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – The White House says it has reached a deal with Chinese telecoms giant ZTE that would lift crippling sanctions slapped on the company, The New York Times reported Friday. The news comes as the US prepares to send a trade delegation back to Beijing next week to continue talks aimed at defusing a potentially serious trade dispute with China, after the countries exchanged huge tit-for-tat threats on imports. The reported […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States has ordered two top Venezuelan diplomats to leave its territory within 48 hours, the State Department said Wednesday, responding to Caracas’ expulsion order against the top two US diplomats there. “This action is to reciprocate the Maduro regime’s decision to declare the Charge d’Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission of the US Embassy in Caracas personae non grata,” State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said in a statement. […]
by Gina Doggett Agence France-Presse PARIS, France – Both friends and foes of the United States voiced criticism Monday as Washington opened its embassy in the disputed city of Jerusalem, saying the move would fan Middle East tensions. Chief US ally Britain reiterated its stated objection to the move, while the Iranian speaker of parliament said it showed that US President Donald Trump is “feebleminded” and “incapable of evaluating the long-term consequences of his actions”. […]
TEHRAN, Iran (AFP)– Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday that if the United States quits the nuclear deal between Tehran and world powers then Washington would regret it “like never before”. US President Donald Trump has threatened to abandon the agreement when it comes up for renewal on May 12, demanding his country’s European allies “fix the terrible flaws” or he will re-impose sanctions. “If the United States leaves the nuclear agreement, you will […]
BEIJING, China (AFP) — China and the US ended the second day of high-stakes trade talks Friday with “big differences”, Beijing said, leaving the world’s two largest economies on the brink of a trade war that could have knock-on effects on the global economy. The talks were aimed at forestalling momentum towards the looming conflict, with both sides prepared to pull the trigger on tariffs that could affect trade in billions of dollars of goods. […]
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday, May 4, blamed the United States and former President Benigno Aquino III for Chinese militarization in the South China Sea. The President made the pronouncement following reports the Chinese have been successful in deploying missiles in Subi Reef, Mischief Reef and Fiery Cross Reef, reefs claimed by the Philippines in the Spratlys. “So Aquino filed an arbitration case. We won. He was still there. Bakit hindi niya ginawa […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — US President Donald Trump hinted Wednesday that there would be imminent news about three Americans detained in North Korea, after sources said they had been relocated ahead of their possible release. The development comes as Trump is preparing for a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. “The past Administration has long been asking for three hostages to be released from a North Korean Labor camp, but […]
