Tag: Rex Tillerson Secretary of State

• Thursday, December 7th 2017 - 07:56 UTC

  Trump recognizes Jerusalem as Israel's capital, and calls it a new approach to the Palestinian conflict

  

  In a momentous shift of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, President Donald Trump officially recognized Jerusalem as the capital of Israel on Wednesday and initiated the process of relocating the U.S. embassy to the city from Tel Aviv.

• Monday, September 18th 2017 - 09:40 UTC

  Washington considers closing embassy in Havana because of “sonic attacks”

  

  The United States is considering closing its embassy in Cuba after diplomatic staff reported health problems which Washington blames on a “sonic attack”. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said a decision whether to shut to the mission in Havana was “under evaluation”.

• Monday, July 10th 2017 - 15:13 UTC

  G20 admits “Trump factor”: climate policy disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation

  

  Leaders from the world's leading economies broke with U.S. President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to multilateral cooperation.

• Friday, May 12th 2017 - 13:58 UTC

  Large caches of weapons in Venezuela, “a real threat” as repression increases

  

  Venezuela has large caches of weapons that are at risk of falling into the wrong hands, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency told a Senate panel Thursday, adding, “It's a real threat.” CIA Director Mike Pompeo shared that assessment at a Senate intelligence committee hearing.

• Tuesday, February 28th 2017 - 17:53 UTC

  UN says that action to curb climate change is unstoppable, despite Trump

  

  The UN’s new climate chief admits she’s worried about President Donald Trump – but is confident that action to curb climate change is unstoppable. President Trump said he’d withdraw from the UN climate deal and stop funding the UN’s clean energy program. But former Mexican diplomat Patricia Espinosa said that the delay in any firm announcement suggests the issue is still unresolved.

• Friday, February 17th 2017 - 09:48 UTC

  Malcorra meets Tillerson to discuss bilateral agenda; Boris Johnson on Friday

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra met on Thursday in Bonn with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and one of the issues addressed was organizing the coming summit of presidents Mauricio Macri and Donald Trump, following the invitation extended to the Argentine leader by the US president on Wednesday's phone exchange.

• Saturday, February 11th 2017 - 10:40 UTC

  Malcorra hopes to meet Tillerson and arrange a Trump/Macri summit

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra said that she will be meeting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and expects to advance in arranging a meeting between presidents Donald Trump and Mauricio Macri, as had been agreed when the two spoke on the phone in late November.

• Thursday, February 2nd 2017 - 17:53 UTC

  Tillerson sworn in as Secretary of State; he was approved by a Senate 56-43 vote

  

  Rex Tillerson was sworn in as secretary of state by Vice President Mike Pence in a ceremony presided over by President Donald Trump at the White House on Wednesday evening. Before Tillerson was sworn in, Trump spoke briefly in the Oval Office.

• Saturday, January 14th 2017 - 09:11 UTC

  Warning to Trump: Beijing prepared to a large scale war over the South China islands

  

  Global Times, the official English language spokesperson of the Chinese Communistry party has sent a very strong reply to the incoming Trump administration referred to the disputed South China islands occupied by Beijing.

• Thursday, January 12th 2017 - 05:54 UTC

  Secretary of State nominee closer to US Senate thinking than to Trump's

  

  Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state signaled he is prepared to diverge from the US president-elect on numerous key issues, notably nuclear non-proliferation, climate change and Russia, which he branded a “danger.”