Tag Archives: United States

• US escalates trade war amid negotiations, China says will hit back 10 May 2019 | David Lawder and Yawen Chen This post has no comments yet

  The United States escalated a tariff war with China on Friday by hiking levies to 25% for $200 billion worth of Chinese goods in the midst of last-ditch talks to rescue a trade deal. ...

• Julian Assange arrested in London after 7 years in Ecuador embassy 11 April 2019 | Guy Faulconbridge, Kate Holton and Costas Pitas This post has 3 comments

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by British police and carried out of the Ecuadorean embassy on Thursday after his South American hosts abruptly revoked his seven-year asylum. ...

• Trump at Mexico border: the US is full 7 April 2019 This post has one comment

  US President Donald Trump visited the Mexican border on Friday to deliver a message to would-be illegal immigrants and asylum seekers: don't bother coming. ...

• US Tibet Act interferes with China’s internal affairs 27 March 2019 This post has no comments yet

  China's Foreign Ministry slammed the US Reciprocal Access to Tibet Act (RATA), saying it "has severely violated the basic codes of international relations and is a violent interference. ...

• China denounces US Tibet report as ‘full of prejudice’ This post has one comment

  Beijing on Tuesday denounced a US report accusing the Chinese government of impeding access to Tibet as "full of prejudice" and warned that continued interference in the Himalayan region. ...

• Another terror attack on India will be “extremely problematic”: US warns Pakistan 21 March 2019 This post has no comments yet

  The US has asked Pakistan to take sustained and irreversible action against terrorists, while warning that another terror attack on India will prove to be "extremely problematic". ...

• Dalai Lama represents Tibetan people’s spirit of resilience, says Nancy Pelosi 9 March 2019 This post has no comments yet

  Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the US House of Representatives, said that guided by Tibetans' untiring voices, Congress will continue to take actions until all Tibetans can live in peace. ...

• Trump, Kim end summit abruptly but say dialogue still alive 1 March 2019 | Jenny Vaughan, Richard Carter, with Jerome Cartillier Aboard Air Force One This post has no comments yet

  The United States and North Korea on Friday put forward starkly different accounts over the breakdown of a high-stakes summit in Hanoi but offered guarded hope that they could meet again. ...

• North Korea warns US sceptics as Kim heads for summit with Trump 24 February 2019 | Jack Kim and Josh Smith This post has no comments yet

  North Korea warned President Donald Trump on Sunday not to listen to US critics who were disrupting efforts to improve ties, as its leader, Kim Jong Un, made his way across China by train. ...

• Russia plans new missile systems to counter US by 2021 6 February 2019 | Andrew Osborn This post has no comments yet

  Russia will race to develop two new land-based missile launch systems before 2021 to respond to Washington’s planned exit from a landmark nuclear arms control pact, it said on Tuesday. ...