SINGAPORE ― After a series of dramatic twists and turns, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will finally sit down together Tuesday to discuss the denuclearization of the reclusive regime. SINGAPORE ― After a series of dramatic twists and turns, U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will […]
Continue reading …The upcoming summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is an improbable return to diplomacy after a series of rather undiplomatic personal exchanges. Last September few would have guessed that, less than a year later, Trump and Kim would meet face-to-face at a historic summit now scheduled to take […]
Continue reading …Meek, mild and dishonest: Trump lashes out at Trudeau after PM contradicts him in public QUEBEC CITY—U.S. President Donald Trump dropped a bombshell after the G7 summit ended, essentially calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a liar who made “false statements” about Canada-U.S. trade. The president tweeted: “Based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference, […]
Continue reading …North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore Sunday for a historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, the city-state’s foreign minister confirmed. . North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Singapore Sunday for a historic summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, the city-state’s foreign minister confirmed. A North Korean jet believed to be carrying […]
Continue reading …A man watches a television news screen showing US President Donald Trump (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul, on May 25, 2018. PHOTO: AFP DANDONG, CHINA/SEOUL (REUTERS) – North Korean officials have toured China to discuss economic development. Speculators are snapping up property along their common border. […]
Continue reading …The G7 summit ended in farce and a renewed threat of global trade war on Saturday as US President Donald Trump abruptly rejected the text of a consensus statement and bitterly insulted the Canadian host. Just minutes after a joint communique that had been approved by the leaders of the Group of Seven allies was […]
Continue reading …Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte arrives in Canada for the G7. Photo: Geoff Robins/AFP In one of his first foreign policy statements, Italy’s new Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said that Russia should return to the G8. Conte was commenting from the G7 summit in Canada, where the leaders of Italy, France, Germany, the UK, Japan, Canada […]
Continue reading …A Chinese Boeing 747-4J6 private jet is flying to Singapore after taking off from an airport in Pyongyang, North Korea’s capital, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported on Sunday, citing a flight route-tracking website (https://www.flightradar24.com/CCA061/11ac2ef5). The takeoff of an Air China plane was detected at 8:30 a.m., according to Flightradar24. One hour later, Kim’s private […]
Continue reading …In this Thursday, Feb. 17, 2011 file photo, al-Shabab fighters march with their weapons during military exercises on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia. A U.S. special operations soldier was killed and four injured in an attack by al-Shabab extremists in Somalia’s Jubaland on June 8,2018. A U.S. operations soldier was killed and four wounded in an […]
Continue reading …US Secretary of Defence James Mattis (L) shakes hands with Turkish Defence Minister Nurettin Canikli prior to a meeting of NATO defense ministers at the NATO headquarters in Brussels. (AFP Photo) Turkey’s Defense Minister Nurettin Canikli said Saturday his meeting with the U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis in Brussels on the sidelines of NAC […]
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