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North Korea begins key meeting before year-end deadline for US

North Korea berates Pompeo, says hopes for talks fading

7:20 pm August 31, 2019

Seoul: A senior North Korean diplomat on Saturday berated US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over his comments describing North Korean behaviour as “rogue” and said Pyongyang’s hopes for talks with Washington are fading. In a statement carried by state media, North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui said Pompeo’s “thoughtless” comments increased […]

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Trump threatens tariffs on French wine as heads to G7

3:15 pm August 24, 2019

Washington: US President Donald Trump threatened to slap heavy tariffs on French wine in response to taxes on American tech companies just before heading to France for a summit of G7 leaders. “Those are great American companies, and frankly, I don’t want France going out and taxing our companies. Very unfair,” he told reporters outside […]

North Korea fires ballistic missile ahead of nuclear talks

N Korea dismisses nuclear talks if US ‘hostile military moves’ continue

2:51 pm August 22, 2019

Seoul: North Korea said Thursday it has “no interest” in dialogue unless Washington stops “escalating hostile military moves”, as a senior US envoy visited Seoul with an eye on reviving nuclear talks with Pyongyang. Talks between Pyongyang and Washington have stalled since a second summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim […]

Trump insists US already has ‘strong’ gun background checks

9:26 pm August 21, 2019

Washington : President Donald Trump has insisted that the US already has “very, very strong background checks” for gun purchases in the latest sign that he is backing away from throwing his political support behind changes to the system that are opposed by the powerful gun lobby. Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on […]

Pompeo says China's policies on Muslims amount to 'genocide'

Pompeo wishes North Korea would not test missiles

11:36 pm August 20, 2019

Washington: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo expressed displeasure Tuesday about North Korea’s series of missile tests, but said he wants to resume negotiations on denuclearisation with Pyongyang. In an interview with CBS, the chief US diplomat noted the six tests of short-range ballistic missiles that North Korea has conducted in recent weeks, and appeared […]