Travels
As China faces off with the United States over a punishing trade war, it is under pressure to shore up its friendships around the world, starting with its neighbors in Southeast Asia. But its relations there are complicated. China’s leader, Xi Jinping, will be testing these ties this week as he visits Vietnam, Malaysia and […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is on his way to the United States to discuss the second phase of the ceasefire agreed with Palestinian group Hamas in Gaza, his office says. Negotiations for the second stage of the ceasefire are due to begin in Washington, DC on Monday, Netanyahu’s office said on Sunday as the […]
BANGKOK, Thailand – Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, traveled to Thailand, where he met with senior government and military leaders to reinforce the enduring U.S.-Thailand Alliance, Dec. 15-18. He met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defence Phumtham Wechaychai, Chief of Defence for the Royal Thai Armed Forces Gen. Songwit Noonpackdee, […]
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Jill Biden used a tour of the United Arab Emirates’ capital Thursday to praise efforts to fight cancer and call for more attention on women’s health issues as part of her final solo foreign tour as first lady. Biden, 73, arrived in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday night after […]
A stowaway avoided identity and boarding-pass checks and traveled on a plane that left the United States, federal officials said Wednesday. A Delta Air Lines pilot announced on a jet that had just flown from New York to Paris that an extra passenger was on the plane, and the airline said it was investigating the […]
ALBANY, Ga. — Former President Bill Clinton urged churchgoers in Albany, Georgia, on Sunday to rally behind Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the office he once held. “Uniting people and building, being repairers of . . .
Open this photo in gallery: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and U.S. Congressman Sanford Bishop talk at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in Albany, Ga. on Oct. 13.Charlotte Kramon/The Associated Press Former U.S. President Bill Clinton urged churchgoers in Albany, Georgia, on Sunday to rally behind Vice President Kamala Harris . . .
TOKYO – Adm. Samuel J. Paparo, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (USINDOPACOM), visited Japan from May 27-29, 2024 for the first time since assuming command earlier this month. Paparo met with senior Japanese officials, including Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Foreign Minister Yōko Kamikawa, Minister of Defense Minoru Kihara, Japan Joint Staff Chief of […]
Ed Dwight celebrates after landing back on Earth following Sunday morning’s ten-minute flight to space. Blue Origin via X More than 60 years after he became the United States’ first Black astronaut candidate, Ed Dwight finally flew to space. On Sunday, Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket carried six people to and from the Kármán line—the […]
If there’s one place US President Joe Biden can count on for support from Black voters, it is Toliver’s Mane Event barbershop in the South Carolina state capital Columbia. A framed photo on the wall pictures the moment a smiling Biden visited the shop before his turnaround Democratic primary win in 2020. “We think that […]
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