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Trump makes surprise visit to Afghanistan, meets Afghan president

Photo: Xinhua  US President Donald Trump paid a surprise visit to Afghanistan on Thursday evening, meeting with his Afghan counterpart Mohammad Ashraf Ghani and spending Thanksgiving with US troops stationed in the country. It was Trump’s first trip to the war-torn country since becoming president. “In our bilateral meeting, we discussed the important progress we …

Cuba works to boost renewable energy by 2030

Image taken on July 19, 2017 shows finished photovoltaic panels at the Ernesto Che Guevara Electronic Components plant, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba. (Xinhua/Joaquin Hernandez)  Cuba hopes to generate a quarter of its energy needs from renewable sources over the next decade, an industry official said on Thursday. The government’s Renewable Energy …

Trump cracks impeachment jokes at annual turkey pardoning

US President Donald Trump (right) pardons the National Thanksgiving Turkey during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. Photo: VCG US President Donald Trump turned the quirky annual White House ritual of pardoning Thanksgiving turkeys into a riff on his impeachment Tuesday, joking that the two birds had been subpoenaed …

Canada’s governor general discusses security, digital cooperation in Estonia

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid and visiting Canadian Governor General Julie Payette inspect the guard of honor during a welcoming ceremony prior to their meeting in Tallinn, Estonia, Nov. 27, 2019. Canada’s Governor General Julie Payette on Wednesday started a two-day visit to Estonia for talks on bilateral ties and cooperation. (Xinhua/Guo Chunju)   Estonian President …

Chile’s leader to skip climate change conference over domestic unrest

Chile’s President Sebastian Pinera (center) announces at La Moneda presidential palace in Santiago, Chile on Wednesday that Chile has withdrawn as host of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Forum in November and the Climate Change COP25 Conference in December after several weeks of violent protests. The APEC summit was scheduled to bring together 20 …

Trump approves legislation backing Hong Kong protesters: White House

US President Donald Trump Photo: IC   US President Donald Trump Wednesday signed into law a congressional legislation backing protesters in Hong Kong, according to a White House statement. China has previously lodged solemn representations against the US Senate’s passage of acts involving Hong Kong and expressed “strong condemnation” for Washington’s meddling in Beijing’s internal …