Thrill seekers: Hanoi tours offer visitors taste of summit action

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2019 09:19:07 +0000

Tourist visit the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi on February 25, 2019, ahead of the second US-North Korea summit. - US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meet in Hanoi this week, faced with putting meat on the bones of the vaguely worded declaration that emerged from their historic first summit in Singapore. (Photo by Jewel SAMAD / AFP)

The trip to the Vietnamese capital is not exactly a daring one, but a chance for visitors to be part of the flurry surrounding Trump and Kim’s second meeting this week.

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Saudi crown prince meets Chinese official on Beijing visit

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:25:56 +0000

Saudi crown prince meets Chinese official on Beijing visit

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman met Friday with a Chinese vice premier in a bid to strengthen relations.

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US, China seek deal to prevent trade-war escalation

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 08:09:28 +0000

(From L) US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer, Chinese Vice Premier and lead trade negotiator Liu He and US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin talk before the opening session of trade negotiations at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on February 14, 2019. - US and Chinese negotiators kicked off two days of official trade talks in Beijing on February 14 as the world's top two economies try to patch up their festering economic dispute. (Photo by Mark Schiefelbein / POOL / AFP)

BEIJING — US and Chinese negotiators on Thursday kicked off two days of high-level talks that President Donald Trump says could decide whether he escalates the bruising tariff battle between the world’s two biggest economies. Trump indicated this week he was open to extending a trade truce beyond March 1 depending on progress in Beijing. […]

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South Korea, US ink provisional defense cost-sharing pact

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 10:11:05 +0000

South Korea, US ink provisional defense cost-sharing pact

South Korea and the United States signed a provisional agreement Sunday on the sharing of costs to maintain US troops here, with South Korea raising its share by 8.2 percent.

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High-stakes US-China trade talks resume as deadline approaches

Credit to Author: jespinosa| Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2019 03:31:43 +0000

US President Donald Trump (L) shakes hand with China's President Xi Jinping at the end of a press conference at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on November 9, 2017. - Donald Trump and Xi Jinping put their professed friendship to the test on November 9 as the least popular US president in decades and the newly empowered Chinese leader met for tough talks on trade and North Korea. (Photo by Fred DUFOUR / AFP)

With a March 1 deadline fast approaching, US and Chinese officials resume negotiations next week to prevent escalation of a trade dispute that has major implications for the global economy.

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France to have national day marking ‘Armenian genocide’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 06 Feb 2019 08:04:54 +0000

Emmanuel Macron

France will make April 24 a “national day of commemoration of the Armenian genocide”, French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday.

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Russia renews commitment to help Philippines combat terrorism

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2019 12:54:16 +0000

Russia renews commitment to help Philippines combat terrorism

Russia has reaffirmed its commitment to help the Philippines improve its defense capabilities to combat terrorism.

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King of Spain visits Iraq, first in 40 years — diplomat

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2019 08:50:34 +0000

King of Spain visits Iraq, first in 40 years — diplomat

King Felipe VI of Spain on Wednesday visited special forces helping Iraq fight jihadists, a diplomat said.

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UN chief urges dialogue in Venezuela to avert ‘disaster’

Credit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:34:44 +0000

UN chief urges dialogue in Venezuela to avert 'disaster'

UN chief Antonio Guterres has appealed for dialogue to stop Venezuela’s political crisis spiraling out of control.

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