SUVA, 07 NOVEMBER 2019 (PIFS)— Withdrawing from the Paris Agreement will act to undermine American influence and credibility in the Pacific, the Chair of the Pacific Islands Forum, Prime Minister of Tuvalu, Kausea Natano, said Wednesday. “In the Post-war period, America has often played a leadership role in supporting multilateralism and promoting a global rules-based […]
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Mountain skeleton may be man from Japanese internment camp
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — In the closing days of World War II, a Japanese American set out with other men from the infamous internment camp at Manzanar on a trip to the mountains, where he went off on his own to paint a watercolor and got caught in a freak summer snowstorm. A hiker […]
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Japan exports fall for 10th straight month in September
TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports fell for a 10th straight month in September as trade tensions between the U.S. and China hit demand for machinery and other manufacturing mainstays, the government said Monday. The Finance Ministry said the trade deficit in September totaled $1.1 billion, a third consecutive month of red ink. Exports fell 5.2% […]
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Trump says US-China trade talks are ‘going very well’
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump offered an upbeat assessment of U.S.-China trade talks and said he would meet at the White House on Friday with the leader of the Chinese negotiating team. Expectations were low that the negotiations would do much to resolve a 15-month trade battle that is weighing on the global economy. […]
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EU looks to retaliate against US with new tariffs
PARIS (AP) — The French government says the European Union will respond with “retaliatory measures” to the U.S. decision to impose tariffs on a range of the bloc’s exports, from cheese to wine. Spokeswoman Sibeth Ndiaye told news broadcaster BFM TV on Thursday: “We’ve tried to lessen this commercial tension, but if they are not […]
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Palau gets over $400,000 fund from US for underwater mapping, conservation projects
Palau received $414,795 fund from the United States government which will be used to conduct a detailed underwater mapping of the reef slope of the main island group of the country and also to rehabilitate the UNESCO-heritage site in the Rock Island Southern Lagoon. Out of this fund, $170,039 will go to the Coral Reef […]