Trump dismisses TPP but may have missed opportunity in China trade skirmish President Donald Trump, in a tweet, dismissed the idea of rejoining the TPP, a trade pact that experts say is one way to take on China’s unfair trade practices and secure America’s economic role in Asia. As Trump […]
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First Saudi cinema opens with popcorn and ‘Black Panther’ The lights dimmed and the crowd of men and women erupted into applause and hoots as Hollywood’s blockbuster “Black Panther” premiered in Saudi Arabia’s first movie theater. Though it was a private, invitation-only screening on Wednesday evening, for many Saudis it […]
Erdogan calls for early elections in Turkey, citing need to overcome ‘uncertainties’ Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan called Wednesday for presidential and parliamentary elections to be held in June, more than a year ahead of schedule, clearing his path to assume sweeping new powers in a matter of months. In […]
U.S. Japan Announce Trade Talks, Don’t Agree on What to Discuss President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced another new trade dialogue Wednesday, while disagreeing on what kind of deal they should aim for. “The United States is committed to free, fair and reciprocal — very important […]
Bureaucrat set to replace Raul Castro as Cuba’s president A 57-year-old bureaucrat will take Raul Castro’s place as the president of Cuba on Thursday as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world’s last communist states. Members […]
She Instagrammed her exotic drug-smuggling vacation. Now ‘Cocaine Babe’ is going to prison. A Canadian woman who tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Australia has been convicted and sentenced to eight years behind bars. Melina Roberge, 24, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to smuggling 95 […]
Dozens of new Windrush cases being investigated after helpline set up’ Forty-nine new cases are being looked into after a helpline was set up for Windrush generation immigrants, the Home Office has said. It comes after Downing Street defended the decision in 2010 to destroy the landing cards that recorded […]
Bolton dealing to build an Arab military force in Syria President Donald Trump’s newly minted national security adviser John Bolton and Secretary of State nominee Mike Pompeo are among those spearheading a push to build a coalition of Arab military forces that could replace US troops in Syria and serve […]
Castro’s successor seen as unlikely to bring sweeping change to Cuba The man likely to become Cuba’s next president is from a younger generation of leaders and has advocated modernizing the island but he is also a longtime Communist Party apparatchik who is not expected to push for sweeping political […]
Scientists can’t explain why diplomats in Cuba are suffering from ‘traumatic brain injury or two years, diplomats posted to Cuba have been suffering a mysterious illness. They say they have heard painful, high-pitched noises and lost their hearing. “Some were asleep and awakened by the sound, even as others sleeping […]
