Tag: U.S. President Donald Trump

With Trump’s help, Israel and the United Arab Emirates reach historic deal to normalize relations

WASHINGTON – Israel and the United Arab Emirates reached a historic peace deal on Thursday that will lead to a full normalization of diplomatic relations between the two Middle Eastern nations in an agreement that U.S. President Donald Trump helped broker. Under the agreement, Israel has agreed to […]

Hong Kong leaders say Trump ‘completely wrong’ for curbing ties

HONG KONG – Senior Hong Kong government officials lashed out on Saturday at moves by U.S. President Donald Trump to strip the city of its special status in a bid to punish China for imposing national security laws on the global financial hub. Speaking hours after Trump said […]

Trump warns China could face consequences for virus outbreak

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump warned China on Saturday that it should face consequences if it was “knowingly responsible” for the coronavirus pandemic, as he ratcheted up criticism of Beijing over its handling of the outbreak. “It could have been stopped in China before it started and […]

Trump urges India’s Modi to improve ties with Pakistan amid Kashmir dispute

UNITED NATIONS – U.S. President Donald Trump urged India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday to improve ties with Pakistan and “fulfil his promise to better the lives of the Kashmiri people,” the White House said in a statement after the pair met on the sidelines of the […]

Trump says Taliban talks ‘dead,’ U.S. military to ramp up Afghanistan operations

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump proclaimed talks with Afghanistan’s Taliban leaders dead on Monday, while the general in charge said the U.S. military is likely to ramp up operations in Afghanistan to counter an increase in Taliban attacks. Trump scrapped talks with the Taliban planned for Camp […]

Trump says he aborted retaliatory strike to spare Iranian lives

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Friday he aborted a military strike on Iran because he it could have killed 150 people, a disproportionate response to Tehran’s downing of an unmanned U.S. surveillance drone. Trump said the plan was to hit three sites in response to […]

Trump and Modi’s lavish farm payouts prompt questions at WTO

GENEVA – Massive farm-support plans in the United States and India are being scrutinised by other World Trade Organization members, questions submitted to the WTO’s quarterly agriculture committee meeting showed on Monday. The WTO has strict rules about the size and nature of payments, and member governments keep […]

North Korea has no economic future if it has nuclear weapons – Trump

WASHINGTON/SEOUL – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday that North Korea does not have any economic future with nuclear weapons as the Pentagon confirmed the United States and South Korea had agreed to end joint large scale spring military exercises. “North Korea has an incredible, brilliant economic […]

Trump says sending military to Venezuela ‘an option’: CBS

WASHINGTON – U.S. President Donald Trump said that sending the military to Venezuela was “an option” and that he had turned down President Nicolas Maduro’s request for a meeting. “Certainly, it’s something that’s on the – it’s an option,” Trump said in an interview with CBS to be […]

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