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U.S. President Donald Trump aims to pressure North Korea into dismantling its nuclear and missile programs through economic sanctions and diplomatic measures while remaining open to negotiations, top U.S. officials said in a rare joint statement Wednesday. “North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weapons is an urgent national security threat and top foreign policy priority. Upon

Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump said neighbouring Canada had been “very rough on the United States,” as his administration began assessing tariffs on imported Canadian lumber on Tuesday. The Commerce Department said it would impose countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber of between 3 per cent and 24 per cent, with an average

A factory in China where Ivanka Trump’s fashion line is made pays its workers $62 for a 60-hour working week, A factory audit, published Monday and reported in the The Washington Post, gathered information from inspections conducted in October. The 80 workers in the factory knit clothes for G-III Apparel Group, which has held the

New York (dpa) – Nine former US ambassadors to the United Nations have warned that planned cuts to the body’s funding by the Trump administration could alienate allies and weaken Washington’s hand. In a letter to the US Congress made public Tuesday, the ambassadors acknowledged that the international organization was “imperfect” but argued that the

Bangkok (dpa) – Former British prime minister David Cameron on Wednesday criticized US President Donald Trump’s foreign policies in a keynote speech held in Bangkok. “The biggest problem with Trump’s travel ban is this is not a clash between civilizations,” Cameron said in a speech titled “Altered States – Has Globalization had its Day?” at

Seoul (dpa) – Hundreds of local residents on Wednesday protested as US troops began installing a missile defence system known as THAAD in South Korea, local media reported. Overnight, six trailers reportedly transported parts of the system, which is being installed at a site in Seongju, in the country’s south-east, news agency Yonhap reported. South

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, may have violated the law when he failed to disclose large fees from business dealings in Russia and Turkey shortly before he joined the White House, the leaders of the House Oversight Committee said Tuesday. The disclosure by Reps. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, and Elijah

Christopher Steele, the former British spy who wrote the infamous anti-Donald Trump dossier, acknowledges that a sensational charge his sources made about a tech company CEO and Democratic Party hacking is unverified. In a court filing, Mr. Steele also says his accusations against the president and his aides about a supposed Russian hacking conspiracy were

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea soldiers salute bronze statues (not pictured) of DPRK’s late founder Kim Il-sung and late leader Kim Jong Il at Mansudae in Pyongyang, in this photo released by Kyodo April 25, 2017, to mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People’s Army. [Photo/Kyodo via REUTERS] Pyongyang marked