Summits

President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
August 20, 2019 - 3:29 pm

Trump says would be 'appropriate' for Russia to rejoin G-7

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says it would be appropriate for Russia to be readmitted to a group of the world's major industrial nations. Trump says Russia is often discussed when he and the leaders of Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy and Japan meet annually as a group. Trump is...
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Riot police officers patrol by the municipal Casino, a venue of the upcoming G7 summit, Tuesday, Aug.20, 2019 in Biarritz, southwestern France. French police are setting up checkpoints and combing Atlantic beaches to secure the southwestern coast for world leaders coming for the G-7 summit. (AP Photo/Bob Edme)
August 20, 2019 - 11:25 am

Police, protesters fill French beach resorts for G-7 summit

BIARRITZ, France (AP) — Thousands of French police are setting up checkpoints and combing Atlantic beaches to secure the southwestern coast for the world leaders who are coming for the G-7 summit this weekend. Protesters, too, are setting up camp in towns near France's border with Spain to prepare...
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Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson talks to hospital patient Scarlett Gibbons, 5, during a visit to the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, south-west England, Monday Aug. 19, 2019. Johnson is under increasing pressure Monday to recall Parliament after leaked government documents warned of widespread problems if the U.K. leaves the European Union without a Brexit withdrawal agreement. (Peter Nicholls/Pool via AP)
August 19, 2019 - 7:19 pm

UK to pressure social media companies to fight anti-vax info

LONDON (AP) — Britain's government plans to call a summit of social media companies to discuss what more they can do to fight online misinformation about vaccines following a spike in measles cases. Although plans for such a gathering were still being worked out, Prime Minister Boris Johnson...
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press availability with Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at the State Department in Washington, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2019. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
August 07, 2019 - 2:38 pm

US hopes for North Korea nuclear talks despite missile tests

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is still hoping to hold another round of nuclear talks with North Korea despite the country's recent missile tests, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday. Those talks could be held within a "a couple of weeks," Pompeo said, speaking shortly after returning from...
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August 04, 2019 - 11:00 pm

Seoul says US, SKorea preparing joint military drills

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea and the United States are preparing to hold their annual joint military exercises despite warnings from North Korea that the drills could derail the fragile nuclear diplomacy, Seoul's military said Friday. Choi Hyun-soo, spokeswoman of Seoul's Defense Ministry...
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President Donald Trump waves as he arrives at the White House in Washington, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, as he returns from a campaign rally in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
August 02, 2019 - 12:54 pm

Trump praises North Korea after missile tests rattle region

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump bestowed praise Friday on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un following a flurry of short-range missile tests that rattled the region and lowered expectations for the resumption of nuclear talks between Washington and Pyongyang. Trump issued a three-part tweet...
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A TV screen shows an image of North Korea's missile launch during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, July 26, 2019. A day after two North Korean missile launches rattled Asia, the nation said Friday it had tested a "new-type tactical guided weapon" that was meant as a "solemn warning" about South Korean weapons development and its plan to hold military exercises. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
July 26, 2019 - 3:16 pm

North Korea, China top Pompeo agenda on Asia trip

WASHINGTON (AP) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo heads to Asia next week with an agenda dominated by a stalemate in the Trump administration's nuclear talks with North Korea and impasses with China over trade, Taiwan and the South China Sea. Pompeo travels to Thailand on Tuesday for the Association...
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Newly elected leader of the Conservative party Boris Johnson arrives at Conservative party HQ in London, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. Brexit-hard-liner Boris Johnson, one of Britain’s most famous and divisive politicians, won the race to lead the governing Conservative Party on Tuesday, and will become the country’s next prime minister in a little over 24 hours. (Aaron Chown/PA via AP)
July 24, 2019 - 10:15 pm

The Latest: Australia hopes to sign trade deal with Johnson

LONDON (AP) — The latest on Boris Johnson officially becoming Britain's new prime minister (all times local): 3:15 a.m. Australia's prime minister has congratulated Boris Johnson and hopes to ink one of Britain's first bilateral trade deals after Brexit. Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on...
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President Donald Trump speaks at Turning Point USA Teen Student Action Summit at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
July 23, 2019 - 2:50 pm

Trump continues attacks on Congresswoman at teen summit

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is lashing out at another member of the "squad" of Democratic congresswomen of color as he addresses Turning Point USA's Teen Student Action Summit. Trump criticized Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan at the conservative youth gathering Tuesday, saying, "There's...
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Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister James Marape, second from left, shakes hands with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, watched by their respective wives Rachael Marape, left, and Jenny Morrison after signing the visitors' book at Australia's Parliament House in Canberra Monday, July 22, 2019. Marape says his country's relationship with China in not open to discussion during his current visit to Australia. (AP Photograph/Rod McGuirk)
July 22, 2019 - 12:33 am

Papua New Guinea open to Chinese and Australian investors

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Papua New Guinea's prime minister said Monday his South Pacific island nation was open to investment from China, Australia and any other country that is willing to work within the country's rules. Prime Minister James Marape is making his first visit to Australia since he...
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