FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Parliament’s trade committee said Wednesday he has “doubts” about aspects of the EU’s trade deal with the Trump administration and predicted the deal could be amended during the legislative approval process. “A lot of questions are there, and I guess there will be some amendments,” said […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A day after President Donald Trump dramatically stepped up his administration’s military role in the Caribbean with what he called a deadly strike on a Venezuelan drug cartel, Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting the president of Mexico, who has voiced fears of the U.S. encroaching on Mexican sovereignty. Rubio […]
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad (AP) — Trinidad and Tobago’s prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, has praised a U.S. strike on a boat suspected of carrying drugs in the southern Caribbean and said that all traffickers should be killed “violently.” U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that 11 people were killed aboard the boat that had departed Venezuela, which […]
GENEVA (AP) — A team of human rights experts has faulted the world’s nations for not doing more to ensure minimum protections of people with disabilities in Gaza, whose numbers have been growing since the onset of the Israel-Hamas war nearly two years ago. The U.N.’s Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities published […]
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares declined Wednesday, echoing a fall on Wall Street, as political uncertainty took centerstage in Japan, making for cautious trading on the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 shed 0.2% in morning trading to 42,222.36. The fate of Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has been uncertain for weeks, with calls […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Security, sovereignty, tariffs, trade, drugs and migration — all hot-button issues for the Trump administration and its neighbors in the Western Hemisphere — will top Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s agenda thisla week on his third trip to Latin America since becoming the chief U.S. diplomat. In talks with leaders in […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Three men deported by the United States to Eswatini in July have been held in a maximum-security prison in the African nation for seven weeks without charge and with no access to legal counsel despite completing criminal sentences in the U.S., their lawyers said Tuesday. The New York-based Legal […]
BANGKOK (AP) — The price of gold hit a new record and world shares were mixed on Tuesday after U.S. markets were closed for the Labor Day holiday. The spot price of gold, traditionally a haven for investors in times of uncertainty, gained 1.4% to $3,571.50 per ounce early Tuesday. That surpassed an intraday record […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading to Beijing by train on Tuesday to attend a military parade with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, North Korea’s state media reported. The event could potentially demonstrate their three-way unity against the United States. Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Monday said he “would constitutionally declare a republic in arms” if the South American country were attacked by forces that the United States government has deployed to the Caribbean. His comments during a news conference come as the U.S. government this week is set to boost […]
JERUSALEM, Israel (AP) — Israel will soon slow or halt humanitarian aid into parts of northern Gaza as it expands its offensive attempting to cripple Hamas, an official said on Saturday. The official who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media, told The Associated Press that Israel […]
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday that Ukrainian officials want to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders next week to discuss recent developments in efforts to end the three-year war with Russia. The proposed meetings appeared designed to add momentum to the push for peace, as Zelenskyy expressed […]
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A visit by a pair of U.S. senators to Taiwan has drawn criticism from China, which claims the island as its own and objects to any contact between officials of the two sides. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Roger Wicker, a Mississippi Republican, and Nebraska Republican Deb Fischer arrived in Taipei […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares were mixed on Friday as investors awaited a key U.S. inflation report and after gains in technology stocks on Wall Street helped propel the market to another all-time high. U.S. futures and oil prices slipped. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 fell 0.2% to 42,744.80 after a slew of data […]
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — The head of the U.N. food agency said Thursday that it was “very evident” during her visit to Gaza this week that there isn’t enough food in the Palestinian territory and that she spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the urgent need for more aid. The world’s leading […]
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Rwanda has become the third African nation to receive deportees from the United States as the Trump administration expands its program to send migrants to countries they have no ties with. A Rwandan government spokesperson said Thursday that seven deportees arrived in the East African country earlier this month. […]
BEIRUT (AP) — A U.S. diplomat apologized Thursday for using the word “animalistic” while calling for a gaggle of reporters to quiet down during a press conference in Lebanon earlier this week. Tom Barrack, who is the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and envoy to Syria and has also been on a temporary assignment in Lebanon, […]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Seven migrants were transferred from the United States to Rwanda in August under a deportation agreement with the U.S., authorities in the East African country said Thursday. Rwanda said earlier in August it would accept up to 250 deportees from the U.S. Yolande Makolo, a spokeswoman for the Rwandan government, said […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s rial currency fell to near-record lows Thursday as concerns grew in Tehran that European nations will start a process to reimpose United Nations sanctions on the Islamic Republic over its nuclear program, further squeezing the country’s ailing economy. The move, termed the “snapback” mechanism by the diplomats who […]
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s top trade negotiator abruptly canceled a trip to Washington aimed at issuing a joint statement on a tariffs deal with the Trump administration, as a top government spokesman urged the U.S. side to speed up implementation of the agreement. Trade envoy Ryosei Akazawa was scheduled to leave Tokyo for Washington on […]
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after modest gains on Wall Street lifted the S&P 500 to another all-time high ahead of computer chip maker Nvidia’s highly anticipated earnings report. U.S. futures also were mixed and oil prices declined. In China, shares in computer chip maker Cambricon Technologies surged 7.1% to 1,469.99 […]
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico said Wednesday its postal service was suspending package shipments to the United States ahead of an end to the exemption on tariff duties for low-value packages by the Trump administration. The announcement follows similar moves by postal services from the European Union and several other countries to pause shipping as […]
CAIRO (AP) — A city in Sudan’s western region is facing a “devastating tragedy” as the remaining population of about 260,000 people, half of them children, remain trapped after being besieged by a paramilitary group, the United Nations warned on Wednesday. El-Fasher, the provonical capital of North Darfur province, has been at the epicenter of […]
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s foreign minister had the top U.S. diplomat in the country summoned for talks after the main national broadcaster reported Wednesday that at least three people with connections to President Donald Trump have been carrying out covert influence operations in Greenland. Greenland, a huge semi-autonomous Danish territory in the Arctic, is […]
