Trump says terminating U.S. relationship with World Health Organization over virus

WASHINGTON/UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday said he is terminating the U.S. relationship with the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus, saying the WHO had essentially become a puppet organization of China. Appearing … Read More

China refuses Security Council meeting on Hong Kong

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The Chinese flag flutters at the office of the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region in Beijing on May 25, 2020.PHOTO: REUTERS UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – Washington on Wednesday (May 27) requested an emergency UN meeting over a controversial … Read More

Defense Ministry wants China excluded from Israeli 5G – report

posted in: Israel, News

A bar on Chinese firms participating in telecommunications infrastructure has implications for Hutchison’s stake in Partner. The Ministry of Defense recommends against allowing Chinese firms to participate in the construction of 5G mobile telecommunications infrastructure in Israel, Channel 12 News correspondent … Read More

Time running out on the last US-Russia nuclear arms treaty

In this June 28, 2019, file photo, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin walk to participate in a group photo at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan. (Susan Walsh/AP) WASHINGTON — Time is running out on an arms … Read More

Trump to pull U.S. out of Open Skies treaty, leaves New START in limbo

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Illustration: Rebecca Zisser / Axios The U.S. is moving to withdraw from Open Skies, a 1992 treaty that allows NATO countries and Russia to surveil one another from the air to prevent the risk of military conflict. Why it matters: This … Read More

Get Ready For a New Arms Race: Why Nuclear Strategic Stability Won’t Work With China

By entering an arms control regime, China could show that it accepts the value of arms control and seeks confidence-building measures, which aids stability while demonstrating that China is a status quo power. The fact that China rejects arms control … Read More

Trump threatens to keep WHO funding freeze in place after WH investigation

President Trump released a blistering letter late Monday to the head of the World Health Organization, stating that his administration conducted an investigation that confirmed the health body’s multiple failures in the early stages of the coronavirus outbreak, and warned that … Read More

US could cut ties with China over coronavirus, ‘save $500 billion’: Trump

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The US president has said he does not want to speak to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and threatened to sever ties with Beijing, as the standoff between the two countries continues. US President Donald Trump has said he might … Read More

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