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Trump says US will keep strong intel presence in Afghanistan

1:56 pm July 2, 2019

Washington: President Donald Trump says he wants to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan but will leave a strong intelligence presence, branding the country the “Harvard of terrorists” in an interview broadcast Monday. “We will be leaving very strong intelligence, far more than you would normally think,” Trump said told the Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson […]

Xi said Sino-US relations were at a "critical juncture", CCTV said, adding that cooperation was mutually beneficial and "the only right choice." "I hope that the US will take substantive actions to improve Sino-US relations, and both sides can work together to strengthen cooperation in fighting the epidemic," he said. Some provinces, cities and companies in China have provided medical supplies and support to the US as well, Xi added.

‘Back on track’: Trump, Xi agree to resume trade talks

1:39 pm June 29, 2019

Osaka: US President Donald Trump said trade negotiations with China were “back on track” after “excellent” talks Saturday with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in which Washington reportedly agreed to hold off on new tariffs. The crunch talks on the damaging trade war between the world’s top two economies came on the sidelines of a […]

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks

North Korea says it won’t surrender to US-led sanctions

2:45 pm June 26, 2019

Seoul: North Korea said Wednesday it won’t surrender to U.S.-led sanctions and accused Washington of trying to “bring us to our knees.” The statement is yet another reminder that North Korea keeps mistrust of the U.S. though its leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump recently exchanged letters. Their second summit in Hanoi in […]

Australia warns of ‘collateral damage’ from Trump-Xi trade war

2:43 pm June 26, 2019

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday warned that “collateral damage” from trade spats between China and the United States were hurting smaller countries and threatening the global economy. In an usually public warning to allies in Washington, Morrison said the “world’s most important bilateral relationship — the US-China relationship” had become “strained”. “Trade […]

China demands FedEx account for undelivered Huawei package in new spat

11:11 pm June 24, 2019

Beijing: China on Monday called on America’s FedEx to explain why a parcel from Huawei to the US went undelivered, in the second spat between the companies in less than a month. The ongoing tussle between the two firms comes as Beijing and Washington face off in a trade war that last month had both sides exchanging steep tariffs on hundreds of billions in exports. IT […]