President Trump is expected to announce Friday that the U.S. will cancel the visas of some Chinese graduate students and researchers, according to administration officials and others familiar with the matter. The move would target scholars associated with Chinese universities with ties to the People’s Liberation Army, or PLA. It wasn’t known how many people … Read more
U.S President Donald Trump during an interview claimed that Russian President Vladimir Putin likes him. Whilst speaking on a news program”Full Measure”, Trump said; “He likes me, but I think he doesn’t want me to win the election”. Trump also suggested that China is also on the list of actors who want to see him … Read more
The United States on Monday said China must pay more than the two billion dollars it committed to the World Health Organisation. It called the pledge a token to distract from what the Trump administration claims was Beijing’s failure to properly alert the world to the coronavirus outbreak. READ ALSO: Mission Accomplished But We Won’t … Read more
President Donald Trump attacked the United Nations health body as a Chinese “puppet” on Monday and confirmed he is considering slashing or canceling US support. “They’re a puppet of China, they’re China-centric to put it nicer,” he said at the White House. Trump said the United States pays around $450 million annually to the World … Read more
Nigerian nurse Ijeoma Afuke dies of COVID-19 in Chicago, 5 years after emigrating to the US. According to reports, the certified nursing assistant was studying to become a nurse in the United States. Afuke’s exam was scheduled in June. She also had completed the requirements to become a United States citizen and had an important … Read more
The United States President, Donald Trump, has asserted that he is privy to information that corroborated the conspiracy theory that the coronavirus was made in Chinese lab. Trump said the information indicated that the Wuhan Institute of Virology is behind the COVID-19 outbreak. Wuhan is the Chinese city where the COVID-19 outbreak began and, for … Read more
President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he is halting funding to the World Health Organisation, WHO, while a review is conducted. Trump said the review would cover the WHO’s “role in severely mismanaging and covering up the spread of coronavirus.” Trump’s announcement came in the middle of the worst global pandemic in decades and as he … Read more
The united states on Sunday confirmed 21 deaths from the dreaded coronavirus, Two more deaths reported in Washington state – both linked to a virus-hit care home near Seattle , with hundreds of confirmed cases nationwide. With the disease already spread across 30 states, Oregon declared a state of emergency on Sunday and 60 million … Read more
Deaths continue to mount from the ongoing coronavirus epidemic, with Australia, USA, Thailand and Japan reporting new fatalities. In Australia, a 78-year-old man who had been quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship died in Perth, becoming that country’s first outbreak fatality, while in Thailand, a 35-year-old salesman described as having had contact with foreign tourists became … Read more
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that India will buy $3 billion worth of military equipment, including attack helicopters, as the two countries deepen defense and commercial ties in an attempt to balance the weight of China in the region. India and the United States were also making progress on a big trade deal, … Read more
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he wants to avoid policies that make it difficult for other countries to do business with the United States — even as his administration has done precisely the opposite. Trump has imposed tariffs on billions of dollars in goods and launched disputes with most key US trading partners over … Read more
Britain on Tuesday gave the green light to a limited role for Chinese telecoms giant Huawei in the country’s 5G network, in a decision it said was necessary for developing its future digital economy. But its choice also left the United States “disappointed” after its called for a total ban was ignored by both England … Read more
Donald Trump, the President of the United States, says he added Nigeria and six others to his travel ban list as a result of happenings around the world. According to the US President who spoke at a news conference at the World Economic Forum in Switzerland yesterday, Trump said the expansion which will be announced … Read more
The trade war tension between the United States and the Chinese Government has been eased with the signing of the ‘Phase One’ Deal agreement. Ekohotblog understands that the two countries signed a so-called ‘Phase One’ deal on Tuesday thus putting on hold a trade war that has embroiled the world markets and slowed global growth … Read more
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on two companies for exploiting North Korean overseas labor but joined allies Japan and South Korea in appealing for diplomacy to ease tensions with Pyongyang. Showing a united front, Japan’s defense and foreign ministers and South Korea’s foreign minister all held talks with American counterparts Tuesday on both … Read more
Africa’s business mogul, a serial entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote, has revealed that he is planning to open offices in the United States of America and London to protect his family’s wealth from devaluation. The billionaire was speaking in an interview with Bloomberg’s David Rubenstein. In 2016 when Nigeria’s economy was in a recession and the Central … Read more
The United States will consider sanctions against Venezuelan lawmakers accused of taking bribes to vote against opposition leader Juan Guaido, an official said Wednesday. Guaido, recognized as Venezuela’s interim president by the United States and more than 50 other nations, was sworn in Tuesday for another term after a chaotic standoff in which troops physically … Read more
Donald Trump, the President of the United States, has placed Nigeria on a special watch list of nations involved in or tolerated religious persecution. Ekohotblog reports that this was made known in a statement on Friday. December 20 by the Secretary of State Michael Pompeo. This online news medium understands that Nigeria was added to … Read more
The United States and Sudan have agreed to upgrade their diplomatic ties by exchanging ambassadors for the first time in more than two decades, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Wednesday. The announcement of a return to ambassadorial-level representation after 23 years came as Sudan’s new prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, wrapped up his first visit … Read more
The United States on Monday threatened to impose tariffs of up to 100 percent on $2.4 billion in French goods in retaliation for a digital services tax it says is discriminatory. French sparkling wine, yogurt and Roquefort cheese are on the list of goods that could be targeted as soon as mid-January after a report … Read more