Trump administration reportedly considering additional tariffs on $200bn worth of Chinese goods China has accused the US of “blackmail” as the Trump administration considers more than doubling its proposed tariffs on Chinese goods amid an escalating trade war. President Donald Trump is reportedly considering upping his proposed tariffs on $200bn ... Read More »
Appeal comes as Emmanuel Macron invites the prime minister to urgent talks at his holiday retreat Jeremy Hunt has called on France and Germany to intervene to prevent the UK crashing out of the EU with no deal, insisting Theresa May will not “blink”. The foreign secretary appealed to the ... Read More »
Photos and infrared imaging indicate vehicles moving in and out of the facility at Sanumdong North Korea has pressed ahead with construction at the factory that produced the country’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles capable of reaching the US, despite ongoing negotiations over the fate of its nuclear and missile programs. ... Read More »
Government claims that hundreds of thousands of people illegally entered country from neighbouring Bangladesh since 1971 India has effectively stripped 4 million people from the state of Assam of their citizenship. The state has a National Register of Citizens (NRC), which includes the names of all those who can prove ... Read More »
The statements come after Mr Trump exchanged hostile warnings with Iranian leadership earlier this month President Donald Trump has said that he would meet with the leaders of Iran without preconditions “whenever they want”. “I would certainly meet with Iran if they wanted to meet,” Mr Trump said during an ... Read More »
-President and Sulzberger each say other is damaging America -Rhetoric also criticized by Washington Post’s Marty Baron Hours after saying he had a “very good meeting” with the publisher of the New York Times about his labelling the press the “enemy of the people”, Donald Trump launched a blistering attack ... Read More »
Election pits 75-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa against 40-year-old Nelson Chamisa Polls have opened in Zimbabwe’s first election since the removal of former president Robert Mugabe, a watershed vote that will determine the former British colony’s future for decades. The election pits 75-year-old president Emmerson Mnangagwa, a long-time Mugabe ally, against ... Read More »
Prime Minister Hun Sen’s ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) said on Monday it had won all 125 parliamentary seats up for grabs in a general election a day earlier that critics said was neither free nor fair. “The CPP won 77.5 percent of the votes and won all the parliamentary ... Read More »
British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt will meet his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Monday to discuss cooperation between the two countries on his first major overseas trip since he replaced Boris Johnson earlier this month. Hunt and Wang Yi, China’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, are expected to discuss free trade, ... Read More »
The 17-year-old was greeted with banners, cheers and Palestinian flags upon her arrival home A teenage Palestinian protester has been released from an Israeli prison after serving her eight-month sentence. Ahed Tamimi, a 17-year-old who was jailed for slapping and kicking Israeli soldiers, was greeted with banners, cheers and Palestinian ... Read More »
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