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U.S. President Donald Trump as he walked across the White House lawn did not comment to reporters asking about a a shooting earlier on Thursday (June 28) at a newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland which left at least five people dead. The gunman fired through a glass door at a newspaper office in Annapoli...
China‘s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Tuesday that the U.S. statement is contrary to the consensuses the two sides have previously reached in Washington. The ministry said the White House tactical statement is both unexpected and within expectation. The ministry’s remarks came soon afte...
French President Emmanuel Macron will arrive in Washington on Monday (April 23) for a three-day visit, where his good rapport with U.S. President Donald Trump will be put to the test. Macron will try to sway Trump on key issues from Syria to Iran and trade after a year spent investing a lot of politi...
Hundreds of thousands of people in over 800 regions in the United States took to the streets on Saturday for the, “March for Our Lives,” gun control rally, demanding the end of gun violence and mass school shootings. This large-scale rally was prompted by the mass shooting which happened ...
U.S. National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster was seen heading into the United Nations to brief the U.N. Security Council envoys on North Korea on Monday (March 12). South Korean envoys were expected to brief U.S. officials on North Korea’s stance on possible future talks with Washington and its...
An Amtrak train derailed on Monday (December 18) in Washington state during its inaugural run on a faster route from Seattle to Portland, Oregon, sending passenger cars tumbling from a bridge onto a major highway, killing at least three riders and injuring about 100 people. Thirteen of the train̵...
U.S. President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump took part in their first National Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony in Washington, D.C. on Thursday (November 30) evening. Trump led a crowd in President’s Park on The Ellipse in a countdown before first lady Melania Trump hit the button t...
Finance Minister, Mangala Samaraweera assumed Chairmanship of the Intergovernmental Group of Twenty-Four on International Monetary Affairs and Development (G-24), at its ninety-eighth meeting held in Washington DC. In his acceptance speech as the incoming chair, Minister Samaraweera stated that the G...
The US has said a statement from North Korea accusing Washington of declaring war on it was “absurd”. The White House also warned Pyongyang to stop provocations after it said it had the right to shoot down US bombers. A UN spokesman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said fiery talk could lead to fa...
Days after the United States Supreme Court allowed a partial version of President Donald Trump’s signature Muslim ban to stay, Washington has issued a new set of visa rules that will require travelers from the six Muslim-majority countries affected by Trump’s travel ban to disclose close family...
Donald Trump has said he will decide whether to pull out of a key climate change deal in the next week, having apparently shrugged off pressure from US allies in recent days. The US president tweeted he would make his “final decision” on the Paris accord after his return to Washington. Mr...
A group that opposed the presidency of Donald Trump marched in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday. (January 18) Refusefascism.org says they want to stop the Trump-Pence presidency before it begins, according to the groups website. Calling the president-elect a fascist and illegitimate the group marched fr...
Hundreds of US students have taken to the streets of Washington, DC, to protest against President-elect Donald Trump as the movement is gaining momentum across the country. Over 2,000 middle school and high school students ditched classes Tuesday afternoon and began their march at the Trump Internati...
Russia on Wednesday (17th Aug) dismissed a suggestion from Washington that Moscow is violating a UN Security Council resolution by using an Iranian base for its air strikes on militant targets in Syria. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov denied that Moscow could be in breach of a ban on supply or transfe...
President Barack Obama has said the US is “not even close” to where it needs to be in bridging the divide between police and the communities they serve. He said more must be done to build trust among black and Hispanic people that police violence would be investigated properly. Mr Obama w...
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Washington on Monday (June 06) on the fourth leg of his five-nation tour. At the Joint Base Andrews, Modi was welcomed by United States (US) Deputy Chief of Protocol, Natalie Jones, Indian Ambassador to the US, Arun Singh, and US Ambassador to India, Ric...
Canadian jets flew in formation over Washington, DC on Tuesday (May 24), as part of what the Canadian Air Force called a “Friendship Salute” to highlight the relationship between Canada and the United States. The Canadian Forces 431 Air Demonstration Squadron, known as the Snowbirds, flew...
Financial leaders from the Group of 20 nations convened for meetings on Saturday (April 16) in Washington, D.C. On Friday, they were heartened by a recent recovery in financial markets, but warned that global growth was “modest and uneven” and threatened by weakness in commodities-based e...
Iran will put pressure on the United States for better implementation of last year’s nuclear deal on Washington’s part and the inclusion of Tehran in the global financial system, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said on Saturday. Despite the nuclear agreement reached between ...
