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Politics
Second Trump term: Fostering a path towards peace in Middle East?
By Habib Toumi MANAMA: Donald Trump’s return to the White House puts an end to the Biden parenthesis and presents, according to many people in the Gulf and the Middle East, better prospects to help end ongoing wars, ominous instability and deep tensions. Much of the anticipation is based on…
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2024 US President Election: The Portrait of Divided America
The 2024 U.S. presidential election campaign could be described as a paradox: both predictable and unpredictable. By Lee Jong-eun, Assistant Professor of Political Science, North Greenville University, U.S. SEOUL: Similar to recent US elections, this year’s presidential election was predicted to display increasingly polarized American politics. On one end…
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Bahrain to have diplomatic relations with Israel
MANAMA: Bahrain is set to become the second Gulf state after the United ARAB Emirates (UAE) to establish diplomatic relations with Israel. “President Donald J. Trump, His Majesty King Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel today spoke and…
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Society
Trump introduces drive-through tests after questioning effectiveness in South Korea
By Lee Haye-ah Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump has introduced drive-through tests as part of efforts to fight the coronavirus, a week after he questioned the effectiveness of the method widely used in South Korea. Trump made the announcement during a White House press conference at which he declared a…
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Trump believed war with North Korea could have killed 100 million people: new book
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump estimated that as many as 100 million people could have been killed had the United States gone to war with North Korea under the previous administration of President Barack Obama, according to a new book based on interviews with the president. Trump’s comment came during…
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Trump claimed South Korea was ‘major abuser’, had to pay $60 billion to U.S.: memoir
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump called South Korea a “major abuser” and claimed the U.S. ally should pay $60 billion a year for the stationing of American troops in the country, according to a memoir published Tuesday. Guy Snodgrass, former chief speechwriter and communications director to former U.S. Defense Secretary…
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Trump: U.S. will talk to North Korea soon
Washington: U.S. President Donald Trump said that the United States will be talking to North Korea soon, indicating denuclearization negotiations will go ahead as planned despite the regime’s test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile earlier this week. Trump’s remarks come as negotiators from the two countries are expected to meet…
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Trump ‘quite likely’ to visit Pyongyang: Fromer U.S. nuke envoy
Seoul: U.S. President Donald Trump could visit Pyongyang for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un to try to use the event to boost his reelection campaign, a U.S. former top nuclear envoy said Thursday. “A possibility of him going to Pyongyang, I think it’s quite likely. He’s focused on…
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East Asia
Trump says N. Korea hasn’t tested missiles other than ‘smaller ones’
U.S. President Donald Trump said Thursday that North Korea hasn’t tested missiles other than “smaller ones,” in an apparent attempt to keep the hope for dialogue with the North alive despite its recent test-firing of short-range ballistic missiles. Trump made the remark in an interview with Fox News a day…
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East Asia
China takes positive view of Trump-Kim meeting at Panmunjom: envoy
China has a positive view of the recent surprise meeting between the leaders of the United States and North Korea at the truce village of Panmunjom as it has created the momentum for positive change in the situation of the Korean Peninsula, Beijing’s top envoy in Seoul said Wednesday. Chinese…
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