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Washington (AFP) - The US Senate will vote next week on a border security package that would unlock vital aid for Ukraine, Democrats announced Thursday, as President Joe Biden hailed a $54 billion package approved by the war-torn nation's European allies. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader of the upper chamber of Congress, said an initial vote on the bipartisan bill would take place on Wednesday at the latest -- although its prospects for being signed into law look vanishingly small. "Addressing these challenges is not easy. But we cannot simply shirk from our responsibilities just because ...
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Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Veteran US diplomat and politician John Kerry said Wednesday he planned to keep working to address climate change including by encouraging the private sector as he steps away from his envoy role. Kerry said he believed the time was right to move on after the COP28 summit last month in Dubai, where the world for the first time as a whole called for an eventual transition away from fossil fuels responsible for global warming. "I think we had a terrific outcome in Dubai, and I think it's a game-changer," he told AFP at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. "N...
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Davos (Switzerland) (AFP) - Chinese Premier Li Qiang told the world's political and business elites in Davos on Tuesday that "discriminatory" trade barriers were a threat to the global economy, but the United States defended its restrictions on microchips as a national security measure. Li's remarks came as the World Economic Forum's 54th annual conference is preoccupied with a slew of global risks, including wars in Ukraine and Gaza, climate change and the rapid rise of artificial intelligence. Li shared the spotlight with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who attended the forum in pers...
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Paris (AFP) - US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Israeli President Isaac Herzog and Middle East leaders will attend a World Economic Forum in Davos next week dominated by the war in Gaza, the WEF said Tuesday. Argentina's libertarian new president, Javier Milei, French President Emmanuel Macron and Chinese Premier Li Qiang will also be among the headliners at the January 15-19 meeting of the world's political and business elites in the Swiss Alps. The conflict in the Middle East is set to loom over the annual forum, held this year under the theme "Rebuilding Trust". Russia's war in Ukraine ...
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Brussels (AFP) - Ukraine sounded the alarm over its European ambitions on Monday as EU leaders face a struggle to agree renewed financial support and an invitation to Kyiv to start formal membership talks. The leaders of the 27 European Union states meet on Thursday at a summit that could decide the fate of a promised 50 billion euros ($54 billion) in aid, additional funds for weapons shipments and opening Ukraine's path to join the bloc. But agreement on the key issues must be unanimous, and Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban has threatened to block any new support for Ukraine, 21 months a...
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San Francisco (AFP) - Talks between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week -- and agreement to restore military communications -- will likely improve stability in the Taiwan Strait, Taipei's chief delegate to an economic summit said Friday. "I really think it was a good meeting, it was good news that they resumed military communications," said Morris Chang, who is in San Francisco as Taiwan's envoy for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit. "I think that it should help to reduce the tension between US and China, and it should increase the stability of the ...
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San Francisco (AFP) - The United States on Thursday signed a nuclear cooperation agreement with the Philippines, clearing a path for US investment to jumpstart atomic power in a country racing to expand its electricity supply. Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who has become a close US ally in his more-than one year in power, was on hand when his energy secretary signed the pact with Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit in San Francisco. "We see nuclear energy becoming a part of the Philippine energy mix by 2032 and we will be more than happy to pur...
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San Francisco (AFP) - The United States stumbled again in trade negotiations with Asia-Pacific partners this week, a setback analysts say could weigh on America's standing as a partner in the face of China's growing influence. While Washington had for decades used free-trade pacts to forge relationships around the world, a more isolationist mood has gripped domestic politics. The Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity (IPEF) failed to materialize at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, held back by US fears over the impact on workers at home. Pushback from President Joe ...
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San Francisco (AFP) - US President Joe Biden scored key wins in a long-awaited summit with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping but the stability could be short-lived with a potentially tumultuous year ahead that includes Taiwanese and US elections. Xi, who has called for years for a more powerful China to challenge US primacy, visited the United States for the first time in more than six years as the Asian power's economy faces sharp headwinds. Meeting Biden at a palatial estate outside San Francisco on the sidelines of a Pacific Rim summit, Xi agreed to restore military communications with the Uni...
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San Francisco (AFP) - US President Joe Biden reassured Asia-Pacific economies of American commitment at a summit in San Francisco Thursday, and said his talks with Chinese leader Xi Jinping would provide stability for the region and the whole world. "We're not going anywhere," Biden told the APEC (Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation) group, which includes 21 members but lives under the shadow of US-China relations. The summit opened with a sense of relief after Biden and Xi met for the first time in a year at a sumptuous villa outside San Francisco on Wednesday, and emerged pledging to avoid the...
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