By Reuters and published by Yahoo!News BEIJING – US President Donald Trump left China on Friday (May 15) with no major breakthroughs on trade or tangible help from Beijing to end his Iran war, despite two days spent heaping praise on his host, Xi Jinping. Trump’s visit to America’s main strategic and economic rival,
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US and China seek to repair damage from tariff war that sent trade into a freefall
By AP and shared by Yahoo!News WASHINGTON – During a tumultuous 2025, the United States and China proved how much they could hurt each other in a trade war. Now Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping are meeting in Beijing to repair some of the damage. A decade of conflict between the world’s two
Read moreBright lights and hot orbs: UFO files shed light on sightings but leave interpretation to the public
By AP – published by WPXI News and Yahoo!News WASHINGTON – Buzz Aldrin observing a “fairly bright light source” while aboard the Apollo 11. A mysterious object making “multiple 90-degree turns” at a speedy clip. A blaringly bright object is doing corkscrew twists over the skies in Kazakhstan. Those are some of the details
Read moreAlarmed Asean leaders discuss crisis plan to mitigate backlash from Middle East war
By AP and published by Yahoo!News CEBU, Philippines – Southeast Asian leaders met in an annual summit today (May 8) under intense pressure to mitigate the impact on their people and economies from the Iran war, which one top minister said, “should not have occurred in the first place.” The alarm by the heads
Read moreThai, Khmer ministers to work on confidence-building measures: Anutin
By PPTVHD36 and Thai Newsroom PRIME Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said this evening (May 7) after a trilateral meeting with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., who is the Asean chair and initiated the talks in Cebu City, that foreign ministers of the two neighbouring countries will be working together
Read moreUS fights to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as the UAE comes under attack in a test of Iran truce
By AP and published by Yahoo!News DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The US military said it fired on Iranian forces and sank six small boats targeting civilian ships as it moved to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday (May 4). The United Arab Emirates, a key American ally, said it had come under
Read moreThailand, Cambodia likely joining trilateral talks at Asean summit
DEPUTY Prime Minister/Foreign Minister Sihasak Phuangketkeow confirmed Thailand’s readiness to join a trilateral meeting with Cambodia and the Philippines during the Asean summit on May 7-9 as being arranged by Manila with Khmers too apparently agreeing to do so, Amarin TV and PPTVHD36 said today (May 4). Thailand is prepared to a certain extent
Read moreTrump says the US will ‘guide’ stranded ships from the Strait of Hormuz, starting on Monday
By AP and published by Yahoo!News DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – The United States will launch an effort on Monday (May 4) to “guide” stranded ships from the Iran-gripped Strait of Hormuz, US President Donald Trump said, giving few details about what could be a sweeping attempt to help hundreds of vessels and some
Read moreMyanmar’s detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi moved to house arrest
By Grant Peck, AP and published by Yahoo!News MYANMAR’S detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been moved from prison to house arrest, state television announced Thursday night (April 30). Myanmar’s military information office confirmed the news through a text message to the press. Accompanying the announcement was a photo of the 80-year-old
Read morePowell era ends with rates on hold, Fed hawks on the rise and a vow to keep governor’s seat warm
By Reuters and published by Msn.com WASHINGTON – Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell closed out eight years as head of the US central bank on Wednesday (Feb. 29) with interest rates on hold, rising concern about inflation, and an announcement that he would stay on as a Fed governor for now to defend the
Read moreRare earth mining is poisoning Mekong River tributaries, threatening ‘the world’s kitchen’
By Anton L. Delgado and Aniruddha Ghosal, AP, and published by Yahoo!News Chiang Saen, Thailand – Perched on the bow of his long-tail fishing boat, 75-year-old Sukjai Yana untangled a handful of small fish from his net, disappointed by his catch and fretting over whether he can sell them. Some days Yana earns nothing:
Read moreMan charged with attempted assassination of Trump in White House correspondents’ dinner shooting
By AP and published by Yahoo!News. WASHINGTON – The man who authorities say tried to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives was charged on Monday (April 27) with the attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump as federal authorities suggested an attack that disrupted one of Washington’s glitziest events
Read moreDC gala shooting suspect aired grievances against Trump in writings to family
By AP and published by ABC 25 Columbia WASHINGTON – The man accused of opening fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner railed against Trump administration policies and referred to himself as a “Friendly Federal Assassin” in writings sent to family members minutes before the attack that authorities increasingly believe was politically motivated,
Read moreTrump safe after shooting at White House Correspondents’ Dinner, suspect in custody
By Agencies and published by CNA WASHINGTON – US Secret Service agents bundled Donald Trump from the stage as shots rang out Saturday evening (April 25) at a media gala, in what the president later described as an attack by a “would-be assassin”. Armed guards opened fire at the gunman who charged through security
Read moreChina offers to mediate in Thai-Cambodian conflict
VISITING Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul that his country is ready to mediate in the Thai-Cambodian conflict with Khmers no longer wanting to fight with Thailand, PPTVHD36 said this afternoon (April 24). The Chinese minister, who had visited Cambodia before coming to Thailand, said the Khmer stance towards Thais
Read moreTrump orders US Navy to ‘shoot and kill’ any boats laying mines in Strait of Hormuz
By Agencies and published by CNA WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump on Thursday (April 23) said he had ordered the US Navy “to shoot and kill any boat” that is laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz, and that US minesweepers were working “at a tripled-up level” to clear any mines from the
Read moreMyanmar considering ‘good things’ for detained Aung San Suu Kyi: Thailand
By Reuters – published by CNA and Thai Newsroom MYANMAR’S new president is considering “good things” for detained former leader Aung San Suu Kyi, Thailand’s foreign minister said on Wednesday (April 22), as the country seeks to normalise ties with regional bloc Association of Southeast Asian Nations after five years on the sidelines. The
Read moreTrump extends ceasefire to give Iran more time to negotiate
By Agencies and published by CNA ISLAMABAD – US President Donald Trump said Tuesday (April 21) the United States is extending its ceasefire with Iran at Pakistan’s request as he waits for a unified proposal from the Islamic Republic. The announcement came as last-minute ceasefire talks between the US and Iran looked uncertain and
Read moreMajor 7.5-magnitude quake hits off northern Japan, tsunami warning issued
By Agencies and published by CNA TOKYO – A 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck northern Japan on Monday (April 20), Japan’s Meteorological Agency (JMA) said, issuing a tsunami warning for waves up to 3m in Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido prefectures. The quake which hit at 4.53 p.m. local time (2.53pm Thailand time) in Pacific waters off
Read moreIndia flags ‘deep concerns’ over attack on two Indian ships in Strait of Hormuz
By Agencies and published by CNA MUMBAI – India said it had called in the Iranian envoy to New Delhi and flagged its “deep concern” over the attack on two Indian-flagged ships attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday (Apr 18). One of the vessels attacked was identified as the Sanmar Herald,
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