The US and Mexico have vowed to crack down on migrant smugglers as a growing migration crisis causes chaos on their shared border. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador discussed how to stop the flow of people in talks held in Mexico City. The high-level meeting came as pressure […]
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Blinken arrives in China for high stakes talks
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met China’s Foreign Minister Qin Gang in Beijing at the start of two days of talks with Chinese officials. The visit is the first by an American diplomat to China in almost five years. US officials say the main goal of the talks is to stabilise a relationship […]
Blinken says No Russia regime change plans
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has denied that the United States has any plans to bring about regime change in Russia or anywhere else. Mr Blinken’s comments come a day after President Joe Biden said his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, should not be allowed to remain in power. Mr Biden made the unscripted remark […]
Russian Forces not “pulling back” from Ukranian border
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that the United States is not seeing evidence that Russia is pulling back troops from the border of Ukraine, despite Russian claims. “Unfortunately, there’s a difference between what Russia says and what it does. And what we’re seeing is no meaningful pullback,” Blinken said on ABC’s “Good […]