Donald Trump and Xi Jinping meet face-to-face for the first time Thursday, opening a new chapter in the world’s most consequential relationship amid growing crises over North Korea and trade. The presidents of the world’s two pre-eminent economic and military powers will rendezvous in the south Florida sun at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate for a summit … Read more
Transitioning from businessman to politician has been tough for Donald Trump. The billionaire dealmaker promised sweeping-change-made-easy as president, but now finds himself facing fierce opposition in the Congress and the courts. It’s a basic civics lesson most school kids know by heart but one that Trump has had to re-learn the hard way: under the … Read more
Jeb Bush has some advice for his onetime rival President Donald Trump: “Stop saying things that aren’t true.” Trump’s unsuccessful rival for the Republican presidential nomination says the new tenant in the White House has made “some really good appointments” and acted “decisively” on rolling back regulations — but he is very critical of Trump’s … Read more
US President Donald Trump is in talks to make a ceremonial first pitch next Monday when the Washington Nationals open their Major League Baseball campaign at home against Miami, Politico reported Tuesday. The political news website also reported that Trump might spend an inning in the booth with the television announcing crew for the afternoon … Read more
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Tuesday to undo his predecessor Barack Obama’s plan to limit greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fueled power plants, according to the new environmental chief. Speaking on ABC’s Sunday talk show “This Week,” Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt said rolling back Obama’s 2015 Clean Power Plan would bring … Read more
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen launched the island’s first ever home-grown submarine project Tuesday in the face of what the government says are growing military threats from China. The move comes after China sent its only aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, through the Taiwan Strait in January, in one of a number of military drills held as … Read more
A book collection of paintings of military veterans by former US President George W. Bush has raced to the top of US bestseller lists. Subtitled “A Commander in Chief’s Tribute to America’s Warriors,” the volume features 66 portraits of wounded or traumatized personnel he has met who served in the US Army in Iraq or … Read more
U. S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrived in China on Saturday for what is likely to be a prickly visit, with Beijing angry at being told to rein in nuclear-armed North Korea and Washington repeatedly demanding it do more to control Pyongyang. China is also expected to voice its strong opposition to this month’s … Read more
With his department reeling over President Donald Trump’s proposed budget cuts and the international community worried, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson insisted Thursday he was happy to try to do more with less. Though the budget is unlikely to pass Congress in its current form, it underscores Trump’s isolationist rhetoric and “America First” promises, … Read more
Dismissed by former US president Barack Obama as a place explorers had already seen, the Moon has once again gained interest as a potential destination under Donald Trump’s presidency. Private sector companies in particular are energized by the prospect of future space exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit, where the International Space Station circles the Earth. … Read more
There was no immediate response from the U. S. delegation to the 47-member state forum in Geneva. A U. N. human rights expert voiced alarm on Friday that U.S. President Donald Trump might allow torture in interrogations and called for senior officials from George W. Bush’s administration to be prosecuted for allowing the illegal practice. … Read more
A US drone on Thursday killed two men riding a motorbike in Pakistan’s northwest tribal region, officials said, the first such attack in the country under the administration of new American President Donald Trump. Drone strikes are extremely unpopular among many Pakistanis because they are seen as a violation of the country’s sovereignty, although leaked … Read more
After putting down his executive pen former US President George W. Bush picked up a paint brush — and the hobby has become something of a career. An exhibition of his oil paintings depicting US military veterans will open Thursday at the former president’s library in Dallas. The collection, on display at the George W. … Read more
New York based publisher Penguin Random House has won the book industry’s most coveted contract: a deal to produce the memoirs of former president Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama. “The company has acquired world publication rights for two books, to be written by President and Mrs Obama respectively,” the publisher said in a … Read more
Former Republican president George W. Bush offered a tacit criticism of his successor Donald Trump Monday, in rare public comments regarding politics and the media. The 43rd president — who had his own battles with the press while in office — rejected Trump’s assertion that the media are the “enemy of the American people.” “I … Read more
US President, Donald Trump, has announced he will not attend the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner on 29 April. The glitzy event draws celebrities, journalists and politicians, normally including the US president. Mr. Trump said he would not attend a day after the White House excluded several major broadcasters and newspapers from a press briefing. … Read more
The United States will on Monday claim its seat at the UN Human Rights Council under the new presidency of Donald Trump, whose election has provoked deep concern over the body’s future. Over its 11-year history, the council has come in for criticism, including allegations that it has, at times, been co-opted by rights abusers … Read more
Iran’s ex-president Mahmud Ahmadinejad published Sunday an open letter to Donald Trump, welcoming his criticism of the US political system but taking issue with his visa ban and attitude to women. Many Iranians see the new US president as cut from the same cloth as Ahmadinejad, who shocked the establishment with his sudden rise to … Read more
President Donald Trump ratcheted up an increasingly hostile feud with the media, announcing he will skip a century-old annual correspondents’ dinner a day after a fierce row erupted over press access to the White House. The Trump White House triggered widespread outrage on Friday by denying access to an off-camera briefing to several major US … Read more
The head of the Academy Awards has told Sky News she supports stars who make political statements from the Oscars stage. Hollywood’s biggest night is set to be dominated by the spectre of the controversial presidency of Donald Trump. Stars have already used pre-Oscars events to promise resistance to Mr Trump’s agenda. And Academy president … Read more