VOA News/Associated Press SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Singapore, a highly manicured city-state shaped by skyscrapers and luxury hotels, is preparing for perhaps the most crucial international diplomatic event of the decade. The June 12 meeting between tough-talking President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, a brash young ruler with a nuclear arsenal, brings […]readmore
VOA News/Reuters WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee will vote on Wednesday morning on President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the new director of the CIA, Gina Haspel, a committee aide said on Monday. The vote will take place behind closed doors, as is customary for the intelligence panel. Haspel was grilled by lawmakers at […]readmore
VOA News WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump says he is looking for a way to let a Chinese technology firm «get back into business fast» after a U.S. trade ruling severely crippled the company. «Too many jobs in China lost,» Trump tweeted Sunday, days after ZTE announced it had ceased «major operating activities.» The U.S. had […]readmore
Brian Padden/VOA News SEOUL — The U.S. has indicated it is prepared to open the North Korean economy to significant private investment, if a nuclear deal can be reached. But even if economic restrictions were lifted, the restrictive and repressive state would likely still present a challenging environment for foreign investment.U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo […]readmore
Cindy Saine STATE DEPARTMENT — New U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says no decision has been made on whether President Donald Trump will withdraw from the Iran nuclear deal, adding that negotiations are ongoing. At his first news conference in his new job, Pompeo said, “Absent a substantial fix, absent overcoming the shortcomings, the flaws […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump has commended the release of a report by the Republican-led House Intelligence Committee, saying it proves there was no collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russian government. Questioned about it during a joint news conference with visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Trump said, “We were honored. It was […]readmore
VOA News/Steve Herman WHITE HOUSE — Standing alongside Germany’s chancellor, U.S. President Donald Trump emphasized on Friday that Iran would not be permitted to build a nuclear arsenal, even if a deal intended to prevent that scenario collapsed.“They’re not going to be doing nuclear weapons. You can bank on it,” Trump told reporters. Asked about possible […]readmore
Providence, Rhode Island,- El Dr. Robert A. DeRobbio, educador y emprendedor social con más de 30 años de experiencia en el sistema escolar y más de una década sirviendo en el Departamento Escolar de Providence, anunció su candidatura para Alcalde de Providence en la Antigua Casa de Estado en College Hill. DeRobbio hizo hincapié en […]readmore
VOA News U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal lawyer plans to assert his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination in a lawsuit filed against him by adult-film star Stormy Daniels. Michael Cohen said in a brief filed Wednesday in a California court that he decided to invoke his constitutional right after the FBI raided his home, office […]readmore
French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday he believes U.S. President Donald Trump will pull the United States out of the Iran nuclear deal with Tehran to restrain its nuclear weapons development. «I don’t know what the American decision will be but the rational analysis of all President Trump’s statements does not lead me to believe […]readmore