Tag: United States

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:40 UTC

  G6 + 1 summit: PM May sides with Trudeau and pays tribute to his leadership

  

  Prime Minister Theresa May has paid tribute to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau's leadership after a G7 summit which she described as “difficult”. President Donald Trump attacked America's closest allies in tweets after leaving the meeting in Canada. He said Mr Trudeau was “very dishonest and weak” and “acts hurt when called out”.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:32 UTC

  US opens new US$ 250 million de facto embassy in Taipei

  

  While the world watches the summit between president Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un unfold, another significant event will take place elsewhere in Asia. On June 12 in Taipei, Taiwan and the US will jointly mark the establishment of a new facility for the American Institute in Taiwan (AIT), the US’s de facto embassy in the country. Politicians from both nations are attending a ceremony to commemorate the US$ 250 million complex, which will open formally later this year.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  US restricts asylum access: leaves out victims of domestic abuse and gang violence

  

  United States Attorney General Jeff Sessions signaled on Monday that victims of domestic abuse and gang violence generally will not qualify for asylum under federal law, a decision that advocates say will endanger tens of thousands of foreign nationals seeking safe harbor in the United States.

• Tuesday, June 12th 2018 - 07:55 UTC

  Trump and Kim sign a “comprehensive” document at historic summit

  

  US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un signed in Singapore on Tuesday a “comprehensive” document following a historic summit aimed at the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. They posed for a handshake, smiling cautiously, as they began the first ever summit between a North Korean leader and a sitting US president.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:29 UTC

  Fox News apologizes for calling the Singapore summit a meeting of “two dictators”

  

  Fox News host has accidentally referred to the highly anticipated summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as a meeting of “two dictators.”

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:24 UTC

  All ready for Tuesday's Trump/Kim summit: denuclearization at the heart of discussions

  

  North Korea has told the United States that it's prepared to discuss denuclearization at the June 12 summit between its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump. But the reclusive regime likely has an entirely different understanding of what denuclearization entails.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

  Theresa May version of “candid and productive” events at Quebec G7 summit

  

  At this G7 summit, we have discussed a range of issues – including the vital importance of defending democracy and the rules-based international system, free and fair global trade, the need to work for equal opportunities for all our citizens, and the need to protect our oceans.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:10 UTC

  Ex Panama president extradited from US; faces charges of illegal wiretapping

  

  The former president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, will be extradited this Monday from the United States, where he has been held for a case of illegal wiretapping, one of his attorneys said Sunday. It’s happening tomorrow,” Monday, Sidney Sitton said in a message by WhatsApp, without providing further details.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 09:03 UTC

  Trump rejects G7 communiqué and fires that “Fair trade is now to be called fool trade”

  

  US President Donald Trump has fired off a string of angry tweets criticising America's closest allies hours after leaving a divisive G7 summit in Canada. Mr Trump said the US paid “close to the entire cost of Nato” to help protect countries that “rip us off on trade”.

• Monday, June 11th 2018 - 08:26 UTC

  Brazilian leading presidential candidate softens attitude towards China

  

  Rightwing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro said that China was an “exceptional partner” of Brazil, softening earlier criticism that Chinese investors were taking over Latin America’s largest economy. “We will continue being a partner of China,” Bolsonaro said when asked how he would treat Chinese investments if he wins the October election.