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Ambassador Linda Thomas-GreenfieldU.S. Representative to the United NationsNew York, New YorkNovember 8, 2024 AS DELIVERED Good morning, everyone. Let me start by thanking the President of the UN General Assembly, His Excellency Philemon Yang, for gathering us today, as we close out the International Decade of People of African Descent. Three and a half years […]
BEIJING, CHINA – SEPTEMBER 04: Buildings and vehicles are seen in the central business district during the rush hour on September 4, 2020 in Beijing, China. Zhang Qiao | Visual China Group | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets rose Monday as investors geared up for a busy week that includes the U.S. presidential election and the […]
Five years ago, with an eye toward South Carolina’s 2020 Democratic presidential primary, Kamala Harris dropped by a barbershop in the state capital for a roundtable with a group of Black men led by 2 Live Crew’s Luther Campbell, of Me So Horny fame. Pitted against some skeptical voters, Harris won the room over with […]
As the Middle East remains on edge in anticipation of a possible retaliatory attack by Israel on Iran, the Iranian foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, arrived in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday as part of a diplomatic tour aimed at preventing further escalation in the region’s wars. Another important diplomatic meeting that had been set for Wednesday […]
Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the White House to discuss his “victory plan”, which the Ukrainian president hopes will pressure Russia into agreeing a diplomatic end to the war. Details have been kept secret, but Zelensky is likely to ask the US president and vice-president for continuing military and financial […]
Reuters US President Joe Biden last met his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in November 2023 Jake Sullivan has arrived on his first visit to China as US national security adviser. He will hold talks with Foreign Minister Wang Yi as the two countries try to stabilise relations. Mr Sullivan and Mr Wang have met four […]
Oscar Wilde once described the English country gentleman galloping after a fox as “the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable”. Elon Musk interviewing Donald Trump surely qualifies as the incoherent in full pursuit of the unendurable. The men’s joint appearance in an audio conversation on X on Monday night was, as expected, a display […]
CNN — Defense chiefs from the United States, South Korea and Japan vowed to strengthen cooperation to deter “nuclear and missile threats” from North Korea during a meeting in Tokyo Sunday, the first of its kind in 15 years as the countries move to tighten coordination in an increasingly tense region. The trilateral meeting comes […]
UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s foreign minister accused the United States on Tuesday of holding the entire West “at gunpoint” and impeding international cooperation, a claim the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations denounced as “hypocrisy” by a country that invaded neighboring Ukraine. The finger-pointing came at Russia ’s showcase event during its presidency of the […]
By Mike Spector and Chris Prentice NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. prosecutors are meeting with Boeing and fatal-crash victims’ relatives as a July 7 deadline looms for the Justice Department to decide whether to criminally charge the planemaker, according to two people familiar with the matter and correspondence reviewed by Reuters. Justice Department officials met […]