The US has negotiated a new trade deal with South Korea and has notified the Congress of separate trade deals with Japan, Britain and the European Union. Progressively tougher rhetoric out of Washington has helped feed the view that the Trump administration is embarking on a strategy to contain China and curtail its economic rise. [Full Article...]
Putin and Trump have met several times on the sidelines of multilateral gatherings, but had only one bilateral summit, in the Finnish capital in July. Earlier this month, the Russian leader said "playing the Russian card" was a convenient instrument in USA politics ahead of the midterm election in November. [Full Article...]
He made no such remarks on Friday. Investigators secure a van believed to be linked to the mail bomb suspect in Plantation, Florida . One tweet features a picture of Holder, one of the people a pipe bomb was addressed to. Trump's tweet was an effort to refocus attention on the midterms that could alter the path of his presidency. Two suspect packages were sent to California Congresswo... [Full Article...]
According to the Chronicle, no general election U.S. Senate race until now has cost more than $77 million-a record set in MA in 2012 when Democrat Elizabeth Warren defeated Republican Scott Brown. Exxon Mobil has been running ads in opposition to a ballot measure in Colorado. Facebook released the data through its new " Ad Archive Report " tool on Wednesday. [Full Article...]
Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn-in the new Sri Lankan PM with the support of 23 MPs from the President-led UPFA and 69 MPs from the joint opposition led by Rajapaksa. The pair were reported to have clashed in cabinet last week over government plans to lease a container terminal to neighbouring India. Sirisena and Wickremesinghe joined forces to defeat Rajapaksa in elections in 2014, accusing him of ... [Full Article...]
Some reports claim that the school's security guards and staff managed to restrain the suspect while angry onlookers attempted to hit and kick her. It said all 14 injured pupil had been taken to the hospital and were receiving treatment. Violent crime is rare in China compared with many other countries, especially in major cities where security is tight, but there has been a series of knife an... [Full Article...]
A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the attempted theft of the Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral. Police say the Magna Carta was not damaged and no one was hurt during the incident. At the time of its creation it was seen as the solution to Medieval England's political crisis as it firmly established the principle that everyone - even the monarch - is subject to the law. [Full Article...]
Two U.S. warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, a show of military support for the self-ruled island of Taiwan by the Trump administration that is sure to worsen already tense relations between Washington and Beijing . In former years the USA generally sailed in the strait only once annually. Foreign Minister Wei said there's no such thing as a threat from China. "Regardless of ... [Full Article...]
The US has negotiated a new trade deal with South Korea and has notified the Congress of separate trade deals with Japan, Britain and the European Union. Progressively tougher rhetoric out of Washington has helped feed the view that the Trump administration is embarking on a strategy to contain China and curtail its economic rise. [Full Article...]
Putin and Trump have met several times on the sidelines of multilateral gatherings, but had only one bilateral summit, in the Finnish capital in July. Earlier this month, the Russian leader said "playing the Russian card" was a convenient instrument in USA politics ahead of the midterm election in November. [Full Article...]
He made no such remarks on Friday. Investigators secure a van believed to be linked to the mail bomb suspect in Plantation, Florida . One tweet features a picture of Holder, one of the people a pipe bomb was addressed to. Trump's tweet was an effort to refocus attention on the midterms that could alter the path of his presidency. Two suspect packages were sent to California Congresswo... [Full Article...]
According to the Chronicle, no general election U.S. Senate race until now has cost more than $77 million-a record set in MA in 2012 when Democrat Elizabeth Warren defeated Republican Scott Brown. Exxon Mobil has been running ads in opposition to a ballot measure in Colorado. Facebook released the data through its new " Ad Archive Report " tool on Wednesday. [Full Article...]
Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn-in the new Sri Lankan PM with the support of 23 MPs from the President-led UPFA and 69 MPs from the joint opposition led by Rajapaksa. The pair were reported to have clashed in cabinet last week over government plans to lease a container terminal to neighbouring India. Sirisena and Wickremesinghe joined forces to defeat Rajapaksa in elections in 2014, accusing him of ... [Full Article...]
Some reports claim that the school's security guards and staff managed to restrain the suspect while angry onlookers attempted to hit and kick her. It said all 14 injured pupil had been taken to the hospital and were receiving treatment. Violent crime is rare in China compared with many other countries, especially in major cities where security is tight, but there has been a series of knife an... [Full Article...]
A 45-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of the attempted theft of the Magna Carta from Salisbury Cathedral. Police say the Magna Carta was not damaged and no one was hurt during the incident. At the time of its creation it was seen as the solution to Medieval England's political crisis as it firmly established the principle that everyone - even the monarch - is subject to the law. [Full Article...]
Two U.S. warships sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Monday, a show of military support for the self-ruled island of Taiwan by the Trump administration that is sure to worsen already tense relations between Washington and Beijing . In former years the USA generally sailed in the strait only once annually. Foreign Minister Wei said there's no such thing as a threat from China. "Regardless of ... [Full Article...]