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MEXICO CITY (NYTIMES) – The risks could be enormous, but they haven’t swayed Mexico’s President, Mr Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Mexican diplomats and opposition figures…
View More 'A colossal error': Mexican leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador under fire for plan to visit Trump
BEIJING – A Chinese think-tank on Tuesday (June 23) called for more communication between the militaries of the United States and China, urging both countries…
View More Chinese think-tank urges more communication between US, China militaries
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong said on Saturday (May 30) it was “a sad day” for the global…
View More US firms in Hong Kong awake to 'sad day' as Trump vows to curb economic ties
WASHINGTON (AFP) – President Donald Trump’s administration wants to sell arms to Saudi Arabia again, one year after pushing through a controversial US$8.1 billion (S$11.5…
View More Trump planning new arms sale to Saudi Arabia, says senator
MOSCOW (REUTERS) – A US military transport aircraft was expected to deliver a first batch of medical aid to Russia on Thursday (May 21), including…
View More US to fly aid into Russia as coronavirus cases there continue climbing
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The White House issued a broad critique of China’s economic and military policies in a report to Congress as the two nations…
View More US report rebukes China over trade, military moves
NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – The United States publicly threatened on Wednesday (May 13) to trigger a return of all United Nations sanctions on Iran if…
View More US envoy threatens to trigger return of UN sanctions on Iran
BEIJING (REUTERS) – An internal Chinese report warns that Beijing faces a rising wave of hostility in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak that could…
View More Internal Chinese report warns Beijing faces Tiananmen-like global backlash over virus
ROME (REUTERS) – Russia and China are taking advantage of the coronavirus emergency to put their interests forward in Europe, US Defence Secretary Mark Esper…
View More China, Russia take advantage of virus emergency, US defence secretary says
SEOUL (REUTERS) – US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris has said privately that he does not plan to stay on beyond the November US…
View More US ambassador to South Korea is discussing plans to resign: Sources
BANGKOK (REUTERS) – The United States had no knowledge of a shipment of face masks bound for Germany that officials in Berlin have accused it…
View More Accused of 'piracy', US denies diverting masks bound for Germany
PHNOM PENH (REUTERS) – The United States ambassador to Cambodia said on Thursday (March 12) that he is troubled by “fabricated conspiracy theories” at the…
View More US decries 'fabricated conspiracy theories' in Cambodia treason trial
CHICAGO (AFP) – A refugee from Myanmar’s tyrannised Rohingya minority, Ms Lila Mubarak embodies perfectly the “poor, huddled masses” welcomed to the United States for…
View More Citizens of nowhere: Trump ban raises fear for US Rohingya
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – Efforts to denuclearise North Korea will continue despite a new foreign minister in Pyongyang who is seen as a hard-liner and could…
View More Efforts to denuclearise North Korea to continue despite arrival of hardliner new foreign minister Ri Son Gwon