US slams Hong Kong’s bounty offers targeting overseas activists (AP) US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Saturday condemned Hong Kong’s offer of rewards for any information leading to the arrest of a select list of overseas activists, including some based in the United States.“The extraterritorial targeting of Hong Kongers who are exercising their fundamental…
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio began a meeting with his Chinese counterpart at a summit in Malaysia on Friday, the first in-person session between the two and a possible prelude to a presidential summit. The top American envoy and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi sat down for the exchange in Kuala Lumpur, where both…
Iran-Israel War: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has called on China to encourage Iran not to shut down the Strait of Hormuz after Washington carried out strikes on Iranian nuclear sites. Rubio’s remarks came after Iran’s Press TV reported that the Islamic Republic’s parliament has approved the measure to close the Strait of Hormuz,…
The United States is expelling South Africa’s ambassador to Washington, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Friday, accusing the envoy of hating the country and President Donald Trump. “South Africa’s Ambassador to the United States is no longer welcome in our great country,” Rubio posted on X. Ebrahim Rasool is “a race-baiting politician who hates…
Marco Rubio, US Senator from Florida considered Israel backer and a China hawk, was unanimously confirmed as the Secretary of State on Monday, marking him as the first appointment of newly sworn in President Donald Trump’s cabinet. Marco Rubio, US Senator from Florida, has been appointed as US Secretary of State. (AP) Marco Rubio, 53,…
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state on Wednesday warned China not to further destabilize the Indo-Pacific region, including areas around Taiwan and the Philippines, so that Washington and Beijing can keep cooperating to avoid conflict. In a confirmation hearing for the post, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, who is almost sure to become…
Washington: Marco Rubio, Donald Trump’s pick to be the US Secretary of State, has said that if current trends continued, China would control the health, security, prosperity and lives of Americans in a decade. He also warned that the US will have to deal with China’s president Xi Jinping invading Taiwan by the end of…
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday sharply criticised China’s “increasingly dangerous and unlawful actions” in the dispute over territorial claims in the South China Sea. These had “injured people, harmed vessels from ASEAN nations and contradict commitments to peaceful resolution of disputes,” Blinken said in the Laotian capital Vientiane at the summit of…