Trump Says Mexico Tariffs To Take Effect Next Week, Migrant Flow Must Stop
LONDON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) US President Donald on Tuesday said the would likely go ahead with its plans to impose tariffs of 5 percent on Mexican goods next week as the two countries have not yet negotiated an to avert the move. This will take effect next week at 5 percent," ...
Integrated US Carrier Self Defense System Completes Final Development Test - Raytheon
WASHINGTON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) The latest version of the US Navy's Ship Self Defense System (SSDS) developed for Ford-class aircraft carriers has completed the final development test by locating, interceptor rockets and destroying two anti-ship missiles in a mock , the developer Raytheon said in a press release on Friday.
Trump Says Expects More NATO Member States To Increase Defense Budgets To 2% Of GDP
LONDON (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) US President said during a joint conference with Theresa on Tuesday that he expects more member states to increase their defense budgets to 2 percent of GDP.
Rights Watchdog Decries Killing Of Peaceful Protesters In Sudan's Khartoum
MOSCOW (UrduPoint News / Sputnik - 04th June, 2019) A prominent human rights watchdog decried on Tuesday the killing of dozens of Sudanese protesters during the dispersal of the sit-in near 's headquarters on Monday. The forces of the Transitional Military Council (TMC) had started a crackdown on a sit-in in the capital of , organized ...
Trump Says US Committed To 'Phenomenal' Trade Deal With UK After Brexit
"As the makes preparations to exit the , the is committed to a phenomenal trade deal between the US and ," said during a joint conference with Theresa in . Trump added that the deal would open up "tremendous potential" and allow the two countries to boost bilateral trade to "two or even three times of what we are doing right now."
Trump Says Brexit Will Happen, Would Be Good For UK
"I would think that it will happen and it probably should happen," said during a joint press conference with British Theresa .
Mexican president expects deal with US over immigration
US President Donald Trump says he will impose a tariff on all Mexican goods beginning June 10 if Mexico does not halt a surge in immigrants, mostly from Central America, crossing into the United States from Mexico. Large flows of migrants, many asylum seekers, have long sparked Trump?s ire and helped fuel his successful bid for White House amid ...
London mayor Sadiq Khan responds to Donald Trump’s attack calling him a ‘child’
President of the United States Donald Trump after calling mayor of London Sadiq Khan a ?stone-cold loser? was referred by the latter as an ?11-year-old child?. Addressing the attack by President Trump who is presently on an official visit to London, Khan unveiled a video where he directs his statements to Trump saying: ?President Trump, if you?re watching this, your ...
Medvedev, Xi To Discuss Trade, Economic Cooperation In Moscow June 6 - Russian Cabinet
"During the meeting, urgent issues of Russian-Chinese trade and economic cooperation, including interaction in energy, , high , agro-industrial sector, tourism, transport and other areas, will be discussed," the statement said.
Rossiya Segodnya Agency Building Searched By Police After Anonymous Bomb Threat
The National Guard's special security center and the agency's security department inspected the building on Zubovsky Boulevard for any objects that could potentially be explosive devices. Cynologists with dogs are now expected to come for a more thorough check," Rossiya Segodnya's press service said. Emergency services have has to respond to hoax phone calls and emails about explosives at ...
Italy April jobless rate steady at 10.2pc , employment levels also broadly stable
ROME: Italy?s jobless rate was stable at 10.2pc ?in April, national statistics bureau ISTAT reported on Tuesday, with employment levels little changed from the month before. In April the youth unemployment rate, measuring job-seekers between 15 and 24 years old, rose to 31.4pc .from 30.6pc ?in March, which was the lowest for around eight years. Italy?s overall employment rate, ...
Greek economy grows 0.2pc q/q in first quarter
ATHENS: Greece’s economy expanded in January-to-March after shrinking slightly in last year’s final quarter, the country’s statistics service (ELSTAT) said on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted data showed gross domestic product expanded by 0.2pc in the first quarter compared to a 0.1pc decline in October-to-December. The data also showed the economy expanded at an annual 1.3pc percent clip in the first quarter, decelerating ...
NATO To Soon Be Able To Call On Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier, F-35 Jets - Theresa May
"I am pleased to announce that will soon be able to call on the 's Queen Elizabeth-class air carriers and F-35 fighter jets to help tackle threats around the ," told reporters.
Putin, Xi To Discuss Syria, Venezuela, Korean Peninsula, JCPOA - Kremlin Aide
"The settlement, the situation in and cooperation in the Asia-Pacific region in general, as well as relations between and with major Western powers, including the [will be discussed]," Ushakov said, adding that the leaders will also discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula and around the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on 's ...
S.African Economy Contracts By 3.2 Percent In First Quarter
According to Stats SA, gross domestic product (GDP) for 's most developed economy contracted by 3.2 percent in the first three months of the year compared with the previous quarter, the largest quarterly drop in about 10 years. Cash-strapped power monopoly Eskom, which generates 90 percent of the nation's energy, sporadically imposed the rotational power rationing in , plunging ...
Four Dead In 'devastating' Northern Australia Shooting
"Today, 4, , has been a devastating day in the Northern Territory," NT Michael Gunner told reporters. "Five crime scenes, four people deceased, one . "We're still trying to establish the intent and the motivation behind this but I can say is that sadly people have lost their lives this evening," Northern Territory Commissioner Reece Kershaw ...
Malawi Opposition Rally Against Election 'robbery'
Backers of the Party (MCP) allege their leader Lazarus Chakwera was robbed of victory in the 21 , which an official count showed he lost by just 159,000 votes. The protestors marched MCP headquarters about two kilometres (1.2 miles) to Capital Hill, the seat of the , chanting anti-Mutharika slogans. The , dubbed ...
Mainlanders Defy Authorities To Attend Hong Kong Tiananmen Vigil
Hong Kong's annual vigil is the only place in were mass commemorations can be safely held, the huge crowds in Park a testimony to freedoms that are denied to so many on the mainland. One , who gave the surname Zhao, said she remembered being taken to Tiananmen during the protests by her mother, ...
Seven Killed In Myanmar Monastery Shelling: Witnesses
The military has deployed thousands of troops to the western state, where it is locked in bloody battles with Arakan (AA) rebels fighting for more autonomy for ethnic Rakhine Buddhists. On Monday morning, fighting engulfed the village of Sapa Htar in northern Rakhine state's Minbya township, village leader Myo Kyaw Aung told AFP by phone Tuesday. "Then ... ...
Bulgarian President, UN Secretary General To Take Part In SPIEF Plenary Session - Kremlin
"Bulgarian President [Rumen] Radev, prime ministers of [Nikol] Pashinyan and [Peter] Pellegrini as well as Secretary General Guterres will take part in the forum.
