Category: visit

Yellen Visits India Again to Promote Closer Ties and Tackle Global Economic Problems

GANDHINAGAR, India—On the heels of a trip to Beijing, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is back in India for the third time in nine months, this time to meet finance ministers from the Group of 20 nations about global economic challenges like the increased threat of debt defaults facing low-income countries. Ms. Yellen told reporters…


Deepening Mystery of South Africa’s ‘Militia’ on Peace Mission to Ukraine

JOHANNESBURG—When Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema and Senegal’s Macky Sall disembarked at Warsaw’s Chopin Airport on the morning of June 16, they were each accompanied by 12 bodyguards.   Comorian President Azali Assoumani’s entire security detail consisted of two men.  The leaders were part of the African Peace Mission to Russia and Ukraine. Hichilema, Sall, and Assoumani…


Zelenskyy in Berlin: We Can Make Russia’s Defeat ‘Irreversible’

KYIV/BERLIN—Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday Kyiv and its Western supporters could make a Russian defeat in the war in Ukraine “irreversible” as early as this year and thanked Germany for being a “true friend” during a visit to Berlin. Zelenskyy secured a large military boost on his visit, with the German government announcing…


US, Vietnam Pledge to Boost Ties as Blinken Visits Hanoi

HANOI—Fifty years after the last U.S. combat troops left South Vietnam, Secretary of State Antony Blinken looked Saturday to strengthen America’s ties with its old foes in Hanoi as it seeks to counter China’s growing assertiveness in the Indo-Pacific. Blinken and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh pledged to boost relations to new levels as…


Putin Makes Surprise Visit to Russian-Occupied Mariupol

Russian President Vladimir Putin has made a surprise visit to the port city of Mariupol, his first trip to the Russian-occupied territory. Mariupol is in the Donetsk region, one of four largely Russian-occupied regions of Ukraine that Putin in September moved to annex in an action rejected as illegal by most countries at the United…


Yellen in Surprise Visit to Kyiv to Reaffirm US Economic Aid to Ukraine

KYIV—U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen paid a surprise visit to Kyiv on Monday to reaffirm U.S. support for Ukraine in its struggle against Russia’s invasion and promote U.S. economic aid that is bolstering Ukraine’s war effort. Yellen met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Finance Minister Serhiy Marchenko, and other key government officials just days into the…


Green Comet Zooming Our Way, Last Visited 50,000 Years Ago

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.—A comet is streaking back our way after 50,000 years. The dirty snowball will come within 26 million miles (42 million kilometers) of Earth Wednesday before speeding away again, unlikely to return for millions of years. So do look up, contrary to the title of the killer-comet movie “Don’t Look Up.” Discovered less…


Visiting Eisenhower | Documentary

Dustin Bass and Alan Wakim hit the road for their first-ever road trip history documentary. This is part 1 of the two-part series on the Eisenhower-Nimitz connection. The Sons of History visit Denison, Texas, the birthplace of Dwight D. Eisenhower. The visit includes some of the best places to visit in the small, yet very…


LIVE NOW: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Visits NASA HQ

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, joined by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other U.S. and Japanese officials, visit the NASA headquarters in Washington at 4:15 p.m. ET on Jan. 13. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …


Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida Visits NASA HQ

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, joined by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and other U.S. and Japanese officials, visit the NASA headquarters in Washington at 4:15 p.m. ET on Jan. 13. The Epoch Times will livestream the event. …