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GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — North Korea told a United Nations disarmament forum on Tuesday that sanctions over its nuclear program would “never work”, as it voiced further defiance against President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign. The “US should (be) aware that sanctions and pressure will never threaten (North Korea) and never work”, said Han Tae Song, Pyongyang’s envoy to the UN Conference on Disarmament in Geneva. The comments came days after Trump unveiled what he […]
by Jung Hawon Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A blacklisted North Korean general arrived in the South on Sunday for the Winter Olympics closing ceremony, which will also be attended by US President Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka. The visit by Kim Yong Chol, who led an eight-member high-level delegation that crossed the Demilitarized Zone in the morning, is the final piece of the Games-led diplomacy that has dominated headlines from Pyeongchang. The […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez has proposed the creation of a “United Nations of Asia” that he said would protect the interests of Asian nations. Alvarez made the proposal in a radio interview on Wednesday night, after slamming the United States for its intelligence group’s report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs and pronouncements on a revolutionary government and a nationwide martial law as “regional threats.” “Ngayon, ang para sa akin, ang […]
(Eagle News) — Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez on Wednesday urged the Department of Foreign Affairs to protest a United States intelligence group’s report that cited President Rodrigo Duterte’s war on drugs, among others, as a regional threat. “Kasi anong pakialam nila sa atin eh sila nga itong maraming kalokohan sa iba’t ibang bansa? Nanghihimasok sila e di naman sila kasali doon,” Alvarez said in a radio interview. Alvarez said the release of the report was indeed […]
POMPANO BEACH, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump visited a Florida hospital Friday to offer their respects to the victims of a mass shooting that claimed 17 lives at a nearby high school. The first couple visited Broward Health North Hospital, where a White House official said they would thank medical staff “for their life-saving assistance.” The pair are also expected to visit the Broward County sheriff’s office “to meet […]
UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) — US Ambassador Nikki Haley said Thursday that it was “time for the Security Council to act” following the release of a report by UN experts concluding that Iran had violated the arms embargo on Yemen. The report found that Tehran had failed to block supplies to Yemen’s Huthi rebels of ballistic missiles that were fired at Saudi Arabia. “This report highlights what we’ve been saying for months: Iran has […]
SHANGHAI, China (AFP) – Detained book publisher Gui Minhai has surfaced nearly three weeks after disappearing into police custody in China, confessing wrongdoing and accusing his adopted country Sweden of manipulating him like a “chess piece”. It was unclear whether the Chinese-born Gui’s statement was genuine or made under duress, but a video of his confession shows him flanked by two police officers in a scene likely to prompt accusations of official coercion. The Chinese-born Gui, 53, was […]
by Sébastien BLANC Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – Each time there’s another mass shooting in the United States, Shannon Watts and Dana Loesch take to Twitter on opposite ends of the gun debate. Watts, founder of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, makes the arguments for stricter gun control in a country with 33,000 gun-related deaths a year. Loesch, spokeswoman for the National Rifle Association (NRA) and a conservative radio host, lays out […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The third-ranking official at the US Justice Department is resigning just nine months after taking the powerful position, the New York Times reported Friday. The resignation of Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, a national security law expert, comes as President Donald Trump and Republican legislators have stepped up attacks on the department over special prosecutor Robert Mueller’s investigation of possible Trump campaign links to Russian interference in the 2016 election. […]
Also tells military to “discontinue” $233-million contract with Canadian company for 16 combat helicopters (Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte on Friday ordered the Armed Forces of the Philippines to “discontinue” its $233-million contract with a Canadian company for 16 combat helicopters, and to stop buying arms from the country in general. Duterte said the AFP should also stop buying the same from the United States. “From here on now, I am directing AFP since […]
by Julie Charpentrat Agence France-Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) – Former Uber chief executive Travis Kalanick on Wednesday denied conspiring to steal autonomous driving technology in a tense courtroom appearance that could be key to a blockbuster trial over allegedly ill-gotten trade secrets. In a second day of testimony in the trial pitting former Google car division Waymo against Uber, Kalanick maintained he did not ask for proprietary data when he hired a star engineer from […]
by Michael Mathes Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) – US Senate leaders said Wednesday they had reached a bipartisan budget deal for 2018 and 2019 — a move which, if approved by Congress, would avert a second government shutdown in just three weeks. The deal, months in the making, was seen as a major achievement for both the ruling Republicans and opposition Democrats in a deeply divided Washington. The breakthrough came on the eve of a […]
