Section: The Borneo Post (Malaysia)
Obama says goodbye to world stage after eight years
US President Barack Obama spoke to both the American people and the world as he gave his final foreign press conference in Lima, Peru. – AFP LIMA: US President Barack Obama bid farewell to the world stage Sunday, pondering his legacy, offering advice to his successor and discussing his post-presidential life at the end of his final foreign tour....
Obama in Berlin urges Trump to ‘stand up to Russia’
US President Barack Obama (L) speaks while German Chancellor Angela Merkel listens during a press conference after their meeting at the chancellery in Berlin on Nov 17, 2016. AFP Photo US President Barack Obama, on a farewell visit to Europe, said Thursday he hoped Donald Trump would “stand up” to Russia but added he was “cautiously optimistic”...
Haute cuisine: top French chefs’ food bound for space station
French space rookie Thomas Pesquet will lift off for a six-month mission to the ISS with a selection of dishes by top French chefs Alain Ducasse and Thierry Marx. – AFP Photo BAIKONUR (KAZAKHSTAN): A French astronaut will join Russian and US counterparts blasting off Friday for the International Space Station, taking some Michelin-starred cuisine...
Celebrities launch T-shirt campaign for imprisoned artists
Johnny Depp and other big celebrities launched a campaign to free imprisoned artists by appearing on T-shirts with the prisoners’ names. – AFP File Photo NEW YORK: Major names in entertainment including Peter Gabriel and Johnny Depp launched a campaign Wednesday to free jailed artists by appearing on T-shirts with the prisoners’...
Safety pins: a pointed show of solidarity after Trump election
The humble safety pin is gaining a higher profile, as growing numbers of Americans wear them to show solidarity against intolerance after Donald Trump’s election. AFP Photo WASHINGTON: People have long used ribbons, flowers, colors or badges to symbolize political causes, from the carnations of Portugal’s 1974 revolution to the orange...
Russian challenges Norway’s Carlsen for world chess crown
Norwegian world chess champion Magnus Carlsen is hoping to prove that “smart is the new sexy,” as he prepares to defend his title against Russia’s Sergei Karyakin. – AFP/ MOSCOW: Russian chess master Sergei Karyakin squares off against reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen from Norway on Friday in an East-West clash that has sparked...
Trump presidency may improve US-Russia ties: Gorbachev
Ex-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 -AFP photo MOSCOW: Donald Trump’s victory in the US presidential election could help to improve the US-Russian relations, which are at the lowest point since the Cold War, the last Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev said on Wednesday. “I do not rule out that, under...
Ukraine hopes for US support under Donald Trump
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko -AFP photo KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko congratulated US president-elect Donald Trump on Wednesday, expressing hoping that Washington will maintain its support for Kiev after he moves to the White House. “I sincerely congratulate Donald Trump on his election as president of the United States,”...
Outlines of Trump foreign policy are largely uncharted territory
U.S. President elect Donald Trump speaks at election night rally in Manhattan, New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar WASHINGTON: U.S. President-elect Donald Trump may try to improve ties with Russia, tear up trade deals with Mexico and Pacific nations and abandon U.S. allies in Europe and Asia if they don’t spend more on...
Trump triumphs over Clinton in White House upset
A man leans out of a Hummer shouting words in support of U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump while driving through Times Square in New York, U.S., November 9, 2016. REUTERS/Mark Kauzlarich By Steve Holland and John Whitesides Republican Donald Trump stunned the world on Tuesday by defeating heavily favored Hillary Clinton in the...
