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Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 31, 2019
North Korea's Kim calls for 'diplomatic and military countermeasures' as year-end deadline looms
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for "diplomatic and military countermeasures" for preserving the country's sovereignty and security ahead of Pyongyang's self-imposed year-end deadline for U.S. concessions in nuclear talks, state-run media reported Tuesday.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2019
I wouldn't have wasted my time on Trump, says Greta Thunberg
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg said Monday that talking to U.S. President Donald Trump at a United Nations summit on global warming would have been a waste of time since he would not have paid any attention.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2019
Putin's hypersonic nuclear missile stirs fears of new arms race
A new hypersonic nuclear missile that Russia says it has deployed is fueling concerns of a new arms race with the United States as the clock ticks down on the expiration of the last treaty limiting the strategic arsenals of the two former Cold War foes.
BUSINESS
Dec 31, 2019
White House adviser says China trade deal signing expected soon
The White House's trade adviser on Monday said the U.S.-China Phase 1 trade deal would likely be signed in the next week, but said confirmation would come from President Donald Trump or the U.S. Trade Representative.
Japan Times
WORLD
Dec 31, 2019
Iraq condemns U.S. airstrikes on Iran-backed militia as unacceptable and dangerous
Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul Mahdi on Monday condemned U.S. airstrikes on bases of Iranian-backed Iraqi militia, a move that could plunge Iraq further into the heart of a proxy conflict between the United States and Iran.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Dec 30, 2019
Christianity Today's split with Trump highlights deeper issue in white evangelical America
After evangelical publication Christianity Today published a blistering editorial on what it called U.S. President Donald Trump's "grossly immoral character," some church leaders and the president himself denounced the criticism as elitist and out of touch.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2019
Republican senator: No rules, many options for Trump impeachment trial
Republican Sen. John Kennedy, a frequent defender of President Donald Trump, said on Sunday there were no real rules for how the U.S. Senate should run its impeachment trial and that the chamber could choose to hear witnesses and evidence.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 30, 2019
Putin thanks Trump for tip Russia says foiled St. Petersburg terrorist attacks
Russia said on Sunday it had thwarted terrorism attacks reportedly planned in St. Petersburg thanks to a tip from Washington, bringing personal thanks again from President Vladimir Putin to his U.S. counterpart, Donald Trump.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 29, 2019
Biden says he would testify at impeachment trial if subpoenaed
Former U.S. Vice President Joe Biden clarified his position on a suggestion he wouldn't comply with a potential subpoena to testify at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial in the Senate.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Dec 28, 2019
Despite announcement, North Korea fails to deliver Christmas 'gift' to U.S.
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Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 27, 2019
After Cabinet opposed Trump plan to brand Mexican drug cartels as terror groups, he forged ahead
In the weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump's declaration this month that he would forge ahead with designating Mexican drug cartels as foreign terrorist organizations, Cabinet members and top aides from across the government recommended against it, five people knowledgeable about the matter told...
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 26, 2019
U.S. trade wars expose an abiding truth
Free trade turns out to be something that helps a rising great power, until it doesn't.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2019
GOP senator 'disturbed' by party leader's cooperation with White House on impeachment trial
Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski said she was "disturbed" by the Senate leader's approach to working with White House counsel on the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, saying there should be distance between the two.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 26, 2019
Unable to pay both lawyers, Giuliani associate Lev Parnas lets one withdraw
A lawyer for Lev Parnas, an associate of U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, who has been charged with campaign finance violations, has requested to be withdrawn as counsel because of Parnas' inability to pay both his lawyers, according to a filing made on Christmas Eve.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Dec 25, 2019
China calls on U.S. to take immediate action on North Korea accords
China urged the United States on Tuesday to take immediate action to implement agreements reached with North Korea during last year's summit in Singapore.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Dec 25, 2019
Trump says he and Xi will sign China trade deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have a signing ceremony to sign the first phase of the U.S.-China trade deal agreed to this month.
Japan Times
WORLD / Politics
Dec 25, 2019
Trump calls troops ahead of Christmas holiday, plugs economy, is reminded to get Melania a gift
President Donald Trump called members of all five branches of the military stationed across the world to share greetings ahead of the Christmas holiday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 24, 2019
Donald Trump's puzzling Teflon presidency
If only 107,000 votes in three Rust Belt states had shifted to the left, Donald Trump would not be president.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Dec 23, 2019
North Korea: Agree, but verify
Verification is an indispensable element in the step-by-step denuclearization of North Korea.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Dec 23, 2019
Trump asked about Ukraine aid before July Zelenskiy call
New documents show President Donald Trump asked about U.S. military aid to Ukraine a month before the call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that went on to trigger an impeachment investigation.

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