63 h. ago Article | Moviemakers urge Trump to press China for a bigger share of market

Article | Moviemakers urge Trump to press China for a bigger share of market  POLITICO Pro

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68 h. ago South Koreans deserve Nobel Peace Prize for stopping martial law, president says

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on Wednesday praised the citizens who confronted martial law troops a year ago, saying their collective defence of democracy made them worthy of the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking at a ceremony marking the first anniversary of the attempt by impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol to impose military rule, Lee described the incident as an unprecedented test of South Korea’s democracy that the public overcame peacefully. “I am convinced that we, the people of the...

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3 d. ago Pope Leo urges Trump not to attempt military ousting of Venezuela’s Maduro

Pope Leo urged US President Donald Trump’s administration on Tuesday not to try to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro using military force. Leo, the first US pope, said it would be better to attempt dialogue or impose economic pressure on Venezuela if Washington wants to pursue change there. The Trump administration has been weighing options to combat what it has portrayed as Maduro’s role in supplying illegal drugs that have killed Americans. The socialist Venezuelan president has denied...

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5 d. ago Pope Leo travels to Lebanon, will appeal for peace amid Israeli strikes

Pope Leo travels to Lebanon on Sunday, where he is expected to appeal for peace in a country that is a continued target of Israeli air strikes, on the second and final leg of his first overseas trip as leader of the Catholic Church. The first US pope will arrive from Turkey, where he has been visiting for four days and warned that humanity’s future was at risk because of the world’s unusual number of bloody conflicts, condemning violence in the name of religion. Leo is due to land at Beirut’s...

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8 d. ago Pope warns ‘piecemeal’ third world war ‘threatening’ humanity

Pope Leo lamented that the world was seeing an unusual number of bloody conflicts during his first trip outside Italy as Catholic leader on Thursday, and he warned that a third world war was being “fought piecemeal”, with humanity’s future at risk. In his first speech given overseas since his election in May to lead the 1.4 billion-member Church, Leo, the first US pope, said “ambitions and choices that trample on justice and peace” were destabilising the world. He told political leaders in...

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8 d. ago Trump urged Japan's Takaichi not to aggravate China dispute, sources say

Trump urged Japan's Takaichi not to aggravate China dispute, sources say  Reuters

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8 d. ago Trump urges Japan to soften its rhetoric on Taiwan after call with China's Xi

Trump urges Japan to soften its rhetoric on Taiwan after call with China's Xi  Anadolu Ajansı

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8 d. ago Trump urged Japan to avoid escalation in China dispute, sources say

Trump urged Japan to avoid escalation in China dispute, sources say  Reuters

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9 d. ago Trump Urged Japan PM to Avoid Escalation in China Dispute, Sources Say

Trump Urged Japan PM to Avoid Escalation in China Dispute, Sources Say  U.S. News & World Report

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1 week ago Zelensky ready to advance Trump’s Ukraine plan, urges Europeans be included

President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday that Ukraine was ready to advance a US-backed framework for ending the war with Russia and discuss disputed points with US President Donald Trump in talks he said should include European allies. US and Ukrainian officials have been trying to narrow the gaps between them over Trump’s plan to end Europe’s deadliest and most devastating conflict since World War II, with Ukraine wary of being strong-armed into accepting a deal largely on Russian terms,...

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1 week ago Trump tariffs live updates: EU to urge US to apply more of July trade deal; White House preps backup tariff plans

Trump tariffs live updates: EU to urge US to apply more of July trade deal; White House preps backup tariff plans  Yahoo Finance Australia

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2 w. ago Khashoggi’s widow and Democrats demand release of ‘shocking’ Trump

A Democratic lawmaker who served on Donald Trump’s National Security Council in his first term urged the White House on Friday to release a transcript of Trump’s 2019 call with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman after journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s killing. “The Khashoggi family and the American people deserve to know what was in that call the receipts will raise serious questions,” congressman Eugene Vindman told a news conference with Khashoggi’s widow, Hanan Elatr Khashoggi. In 2019,...

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2 w. ago Trump urges broadcast regulator to revoke ABC licences over Khashoggi query

The White House ratcheted up its attack on ABC News Wednesday, a day after US President Donald Trump criticised an ABC News correspondent for asking Saudi Arabia’s crown prince about the 2018 killing of a Washington Post columnist. The fresh critique came as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said on Wednesday it was opening a review of agreements between national networks and local broadcast stations. Trump suggested the commission should move to revoke the broadcast licenses of...

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2 w. ago Pope hosts Hollywood stars at Vatican, laments decline in cinema

Pope Leo told a group of leading Hollywood actors and filmmakers on Saturday that cinemas were struggling to survive and that more should be done to protect them and preserve the shared experience of watching films. Screen stars Cate Blanchett, Monica Bellucci, Chris Pine and Viggo Mortensen were among those invited to the private Vatican audience, along with award-winning directors Spike Lee, Gus Van Sant and Sally Potter. Leo, the first US pope, said cinema was a vital “workshop of hope” at a...

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2 w. ago Vatican returns 62 artefacts connected to indigenous peoples from Canada

The Vatican on Saturday returned 62 artefacts to indigenous peoples from Canada as part of the Catholic Church’s reckoning with its role in helping suppress indigenous culture in the Americas. Pope Leo gave the artefacts, including an iconic Inuit kayak, and supporting documentation to a delegation of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops during an audience. According to a joint statement from the Vatican and Canadian church, the pieces were a gift and a “concrete sign of dialogue, respect...

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3 w. ago Trump urges Israeli president to pardon Netanyahu in corruption trial

Israeli President Isaac Herzog has received a letter from US President Donald Trump urging him to consider granting a pardon to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Herzog’s office said on Wednesday. Netanyahu has been facing a long-running corruption trial, and Trump has repeatedly asked for a pardon for his close ally. Netanyahu denies the charges and has pleaded not guilty. “While I absolutely respect the independence of the Israeli Justice System, and its requirements, I believe that this...

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3 w. ago Trump urges Israel to pardon Netanyahu, sparking concerns over US influence

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday sent a letter to Israel’s president asking him to pardon Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a long-running corruption trial that has bitterly divided the country. It was the latest attempt by Trump to intervene in the case on behalf of Netanyahu, raising questions about undue American influence over internal Israeli affairs. Trump also called for a pardon for Netanyahu during a speech to Israel’s parliament last month, when he made a brief visit to...

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3 w. ago ‘Our neighbour will help us’: Australia, Indonesia finalise new defence deal

Australia and Indonesia agreed on Wednesday to sign a new security treaty, which includes closer military cooperation, the two countries’ leaders said following talks in Sydney. Canberra has drawn ever nearer to long-time ally Washington, bolstering its military in an attempt to deter the might of a rising China in the Asia-Pacific region. Jakarta has walked a more neutral path, wary of drawing too close to Washington and far less willing to needle Beijing. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese,...

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3 w. ago Venezuela ramps up military presence amid US naval operations in Caribbean

Venezuela on Tuesday announced what it called a major, nationwide military deployment to counter the US naval presence off its coast. Washington is carrying out a military campaign in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific, deploying naval and air forces it says are aimed at curbing drug trafficking. But the operation has sparked fears in Caracas that the ousting of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is the ultimate goal of the United States. Washington’s forces have carried out strikes on at least...

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3 w. ago ‘He’s a friend of mine’: Trump says he will visit India despite tariff tiff

US President Donald Trump has said he will visit India at the urging of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the latest sign of a possible thaw in a trade dispute that has soured the two countries’ relationship. “He’s a friend of mine, and we speak, and he wants me to go there, and we’ll figure that out, I’ll go,” Trump told reporters on Thursday, calling Modi a “great man”. Trump said the visit “could be” next year but otherwise declined to provide a timeline for a trip. “I do not have anything on...

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