President Donald Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in North Korea. Trump met its leader, Kim Jong Un, on Sunday in the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) between the two Koreas and agreed to resume stalled nuclear talks, and expressed hopes for peace. The two men met for the third time in just […]Read More
MAGNITUDE 6.1 EARTHQUAKE SHAKES PANAMA AREA NEAR COSTA RICA. A strong earthquake has struck as a lightly populated area of Panama near its border with Costa Rica. There are no immediate reports of damages or injuries. The U.S.Geological Survey says the quake had a 6.1 preliminary magnitude and was centered seven kilometers (four miles) southeast […]Read More
President Donald Trump warned of murderers and gangsters spreading across the country during a visit to the US-Mexican border Thursday to push his demand for a multi-billion dollar wall. Trump used the backdrop of the Rio Grande border river at McAllen, Texas, to ramp up what has already turned into a hugely messy political fight […]Read More
U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to use emergency powers to bypass Congress and end Government shutdown as well as to pay for a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump flew to the Texas border with Mexico to try to bolster his case for the border wall as a partial U.S. government shutdown tied to […]Read More
Seated at the head of his Situation Room conference table, President Donald Trump was adamant:American troops must come home from Syria. He had just announced as much to a crowd in Ohio. The assembled military and national security advisers told him the move was rash and unwise. So he gave them six months. […]Read More
Saudi Arabia has denounced as “blatant interference” a resolution by the US Senate accusing the kingdom’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of ordering the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and calling for an end to Washington’s military support for a Riyadh-led war in Yemen. The Senate’s move last week dealt a new warning to US […]Read More
United States (U.S.) Ambassador to Nigeria Stuart Symington has advised Nigeria to diversify its economy toward pursuing deeper growth and development. Symington gave the advice at the Nigerian-American Chamber of Commerce (NACC) Annual Dinner and Inauguration of Otunba Oluwatoyin Akomolafe as NACC’s 18th President in Lagos. Symington, in a statement yesterday by Ebuka Ugochukwu, the […]Read More
The possibility of talks between the U.S. and Iran is possible but would be pointless for Tehran without a clear agenda, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Zarif said on Wednesday. “We don’t want to turn talks into a taboo, but they would have to provide results and not be a waste of time,” Zarif said in […]Read More
U.S. President, Donald Trump, has again blamed former President Barack Obama, for “not doing something” about alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election, during his tenure. Trump, in a tweet, also described the alleged election meddling as a hoax, saying it was the reason Obama did not act. He said Obama thought the Democratic […]Read More
The European Union says it is already preparing measures to retaliate against the U.S. if President Donald Trump imposes tariffs on imported cars and auto parts. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom said Thursday that the 28-nation bloc would be forced to impose more “rebalancing measures” if Trump escalates trade tensions with the auto tariffs. They […]Read More
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