Tag Archives: United States

China Tells Trump to Grow Up, Says Won’t ‘Play Game of Thrones on the World Stage’ With Him.

The US president went on the offensive against Beijing at the General Assembly on Tuesday, saying he wouldn’t accept a “bad deal” on trade, and accusing China of using “massive market barriers, heavy state subsidies, currency manipulation,” and other malign tactics, while urging the country to “honour” its commitment to …

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Iraqi President Speaks at United Nations General Assembly.

Iraqi president demands international help for reconstruction after victory over terrorism. Iraqi President Barham Salih has called for international assistance to rebuild the war-ravaged country in the aftermath of the victory over the Daesh terrorist group. Addressing the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on …

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White House releases incomplete ‘transcript’ of Trump’s Ukraine phone call about Joe Biden

Democrats call memo of controversial phone call ‘a smoking gun’ as the president’s impeachment looms. The White House has released a memorandum of Donald Trump’s phone call with the president of Ukraine that has sparked an official impeachment inquiry after he vowed just yesterday to release a “fully declassified and …

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Trump mocks teen activist Greta Thunberg.

US President Donald Trump mocked Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg on Twitter late Monday night after the 16-year-old excoriated world leaders for not doing enough to tackle the climate crisis. “She seems like a very happy young girl looking forward to a bright and wonderful future. So nice to see!” …

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Ukraine’s comedian-turned-politician walks a fine line with America’s reality-TV President.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky does not have an easy job. Ukraine is one of the poorest places in Europe, his country faces a steady outflow of capital and a proxy war with Russian-backed insurgents has settled into a bloody stalemate. Now the comedian-turned-politician faces his first big challenge: Managing his …

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Guatemala admits it is a cocaine-producing nation, not just transit point.

Guatemala must now consider itself a cocaine-producing nation and not just a transit country for the powerful narcotic after authorities discovered new coca processing laboratories, the interior minister said. Last year, Guatemala discovered plantations growing coca, along with a laboratory to process the leaf into cocaine. Until recently, the crop …

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