Saturday, July 8, 2017

G20 leaders' statement on climate change highlights rift with US

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G20 leaders' statement on climate change highlights rift with US

G20 leaders' statement on climate change highlights rift with USWorld leaders have made clear the US’s isolated stance on climate change, with 19 of the G20 countries affirming their commitment to the “irreversible” Paris climate agreement. After lengthy negotiations that stretched well into Saturday, the final joint statement from the meeting in Hamburg notes Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris deal while stating that the world’s other major economies all still support the international effort to slow dangerous global warming.


US bombers join jets from Japan, SKorea for training mission

US bombers join jets from Japan, SKorea for training missionSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Two U.S. bombers flew to the Korean Peninsula to join fighter jets from South Korea and Japan for a practice bombing run as part of a training mission in response to North Korea's ballistic missile and nuclear programs, officials said Saturday.


Donald Trump 'behaving like a dictator by leaving underqualified socialite daughter to fill in for him at G20'

Donald Trump 'behaving like a dictator by leaving underqualified socialite daughter to fill in for him at G20'As America woke to the news that Donald Trump had dispatched his eldest daughter, Ivanka, to fill in for him at a G20 meeting with world leaders, the response of people ran from outraged to stunned, and then back to outraged. “Why the hell is Ivanka Trump sitting in for daddy at G20 meetings?! What are her qualifications? Nicholas Kristoff, a columnist for the New York Times, said: “Ivanka fills in for her dad beside Xi Jinping.


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