Month: December 2018

George Bush was a man with a matchless resume — combat pilot, diplomat, vice president, then president of the United States — but great communicator was not on the list. That was Ronald Reagan. “Fluency in English is not something I’m often accused of,” he once said, demonstrating the point. Nor was he given to …

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U.S. President Donald Trump said it wouldn’t be right to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the wake of Russia’s recent seizure of Ukrainian vessels, but he said the meeting would go ahead at another time. In his November 30 interview with VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren, Trump also discussed Brexit, the U.S. economy, …

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On the outskirts of Kuwait City, the love Kuwaitis have for former U.S. President George H.W. Bush could be seen in 2016 on a billboard one Bedouin family put up to announce their son’s wedding. That son being Bush al-Widhan, born in the aftermath of the 1991 Gulf War that saw U.S.-led forces expel the …

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Former U.S. President George Herbert Walker Bush died at his home in Houston, Texas. He was 94. The 41st U.S. president, a Republican who served one term from 1989 to 1993,was celebrated for expelling the invading Iraqi troops from Kuwait and for efforts toward a Middle East peace agreement. Zlatica Hoke has more. …

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has put on hold planning for the Tokyo 2020 boxing tournament in a move that could see the governing body AIBA frozen out of the Olympic Games. …

Iran has launched a domestically made destroyer, which state media said has radar-evading stealth capabilities, amid rising tensions with the United States. …