KYIV, Ukraine — Officials from the International Monetary Fund say they expect the United States will continue playing its key role in amassing multinational support that has helped keep Ukraine’s economy afloat during Russia’s invasion. That’s despite Congress recently passing a short-term funding package that averted a U.S. government shutdown but dropped $6 billion in … Read more
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s president on Friday slammed U.S. aid for Ukraine and economic sanctions on Venezuela, Cuba and other nations as the first of two high-level U.S.-Mexico meetings got underway in Washington. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador issued a broad criticism of U.S. foreign policy, saying U.S. economic sanctions were forcing people to emigrate … Read more
TOKYO — U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel accused China on Friday of utilizing “financial coercion” in opposition to Japan by banning imports of Japanese seafood in response to the discharge of handled wastewater from the broken Fukushima nuclear plant into the ocean, whereas Chinese language boats proceed to fish off Japan’s coasts. “Financial coercion … Read more
President Joe Biden and his allies plan to roll out plans on Saturday for a delivery hall that may join India with the Center East and finally Europe ByAAMER MADHANI Related Press and JOSH BOAK Related Press September 8, 2023, 11:58 PM Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves as he arrives at Bharat Mandapam conference … Read more
JAKARTA, Indonesia — It took greater than a day of flying, together with two refueling stops, for Vice President Kamala Harris to achieve this yr’s summit of Southeast Asian nations. And as soon as she arrived, she had lower than eight minutes of public talking time throughout two conferences. However in Jakarta’s cavernous conference middle, … Read more
North Korea on Wednesday hurled misogynistic insults at a newly confirmed United States particular envoy to observe the nation’s human rights points and warned of unspecified safety penalties if Washington continues to criticize its human rights con… ByKIM TONG-HYUNG Related Press FILE – A North Korean flag flutters within the wind atop a 160-meter (525-foot) … Read more
China has referred to as feedback by President Joe Biden describing Chinese language chief Xi Jinping as a dictator “extraordinarily absurd and irresponsible.” FILE – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken meets with Chinese language President Xi Jinping within the Nice Corridor of the Folks in Beijing, China, Monday, June 19, 2023. U.S. Secretary of … Read more
TAIPEI, Taiwan — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has wrapped up a carefully watched go to to Beijing throughout which he and President Xi Jinping pledged to stabilize plunging U.S-China ties. However China refused the largest U.S. request: restoring military-to-military contacts. Blinken stated he raised the problem of navy communications “repeatedly” however was rebuffed … Read more
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has launched into a high-stakes diplomatic journey to China to attempt to settle down escalating tensions between the 2 powers which have set many world wide on edge. Blinken would be the highest-level American official to go to China since President Joe Biden took workplace, and the … Read more
KHERSON, Ukraine — As shelling from Russia’s warfare on Ukraine echoed overhead, dozens of evacuees on an island within the Dnieper River scurried onto the tops of army vans or into rafts to flee rising floodwaters attributable to a dam breach upstream. The unnerving bark of canines left behind additional soured the temper of these … Read more