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Press Releases: Thirtieth Anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit (US Department of State)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Oct 2016
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Reykjavik Summit, when over the course of a fateful two days, the ideas President Ronald Reagan and Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev discussed created the foundation of modern arms control and disarmament, helped reverse an arms race, and propelled the negotiation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) and the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START)....

Uruguay to open embassy, strengthen trans-Pacific ties

Edit The Jakarta Post 12 Oct 2016
On the issue of citizen protection, Retno said Indonesia and Uruguay agreed to expedite the finalization of a mandatory consular notification treaty, particularly for Indonesian sailors working on foreign vessels in and around Uruguay ... Novoa said Uruguay also expects the opening of its embassy in Jakarta to bolster cooperation between regional ......

Vladimir Putin's master plan: A Russian century

Edit The Washington Times 12 Oct 2016
He has a blueprint for replacing American influence with Russian power. It's Vladimir Putin's world, and we're just living in it. In the past week or so alone, Mr. Putin's Russia has pulled out of two nuclear treaties, threatened to shoot down American jets in the Middle East, moved its ... ....

Anderson Cooper and Kellyanne Conway tore into each other in a heated CNN interview

Edit Business Insider 12 Oct 2016
Cooper asked if the campaign's new tactic of highlighting Bill Clinton's past affairs would depress Democratic turnout on Election Day, and Conway said Hillary Clinton was doing that on her own ... COOPER ... COOPER ... COOPER ... Cooper cut in ... When Cooper asked her to explain why Trump said it was OK to say his daughter Ivanka was a "piece of a--," (which Conway wouldn't answer either) they exchanged a few more barbs before he ended the interview.....

The Latest: LGBT rights law focus in NC governor's debate

Edit Richmond Times Dispatch 12 Oct 2016
North Carolina's controversial law limiting nondiscrimination rules for LGBT people is taking center stage at the gubernatorial debate of Republican incumbent Pat McCrory and Democratic challenger Roy Cooper ... But McCrory says liberal politicians like Charlotte's mayor and Cooper forced the hands of Republican lawmakers to pass the law....

Zoomlion signs long-term cooperation agreement with Belarus' Ministry of Industry in Beijing to open new age for "Belt & Road" construction (Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co Ltd)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Oct 2016
On September 29, witnessed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and his Belarusian counterpart Alexander Grigoryevich Lukashenko, Zoomlion and Belarus' Ministry of Industry signed a long-term cooperation agreement at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing ... Zoomlion also signed a cooperation agreement on the local manufacturing and assembly of tower cranes with Strommashina, a construction machinery company in Belarus....

McCrory, Cooper blast each other on LGBT law in debate

Edit The Roanoke Times 12 Oct 2016
Cooper, the sitting attorney general, blasted McCrory, who has spoken at a couple of Trump rallies in the presidential battleground state. Trump's showing in North Carolina could affect the governor's race, in which Cooper, McCrory and their allies have spent $19 million on broadcast television commercials as of last week....

Pat McCrory and Roy Cooper Blast Each Other on LGBT Law in North Carolina Debate

Edit Time Magazine 12 Oct 2016
Cooper, the sitting attorney general, blasted McCrory, who has spoken at a couple of Trump rallies in the presidential battleground state. Trump’s showing in North Carolina could affect the governor’s race, in which Cooper, McCrory and their allies have spent $19 million on broadcast television commercials as of last week....

Portugal Open to China Investment in Azores as U.S. Sway Wanes

Edit Bloomberg 12 Oct 2016
Portugal is welcoming non-military Chinese engagement in the Azores to help develop the logistical and research potential of the mid-Atlantic island chain ... reduces its military presence at the Lajes Field air base on the island of Terceira ... "We’re open to cooperation with all partners, including China, to work in deep-water technology and research,” especially in the fields of paleontology and volcanology.Portugal Investment....

Japan-Singapore Summit Meeting (Government of Japan)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Oct 2016
(3) Prime Minister Abe expressed strong expectations for Singapore to adopt Japan's Shinkansen system as a symbol of cooperation between the two countries , while expressing interest in strengthening collaboration with Singapore on development of LNG bunkering facilities ... The two leaders also agreed to cooperate for early entry into force of the TPP....

Feisty NC debate reveals wide differences between Cooper, McCrory

Edit The Miami Herald 12 Oct 2016
In a hard-hitting and wide-ranging debate, Republican Pat McCrory and Attorney General Roy Cooper sparred over House Bill 2, their own records and the two major presidential candidates ... Recent polls show Cooper with an edge ... Cooper tried to hammer at McCrory’s credibility....

China, Laos promote trade exchanges through car rally (The Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 12 Oct 2016
According to Thanongsinh Kanlagna, vice-president of the Lao National Chamber of Commerce and Industry, economic and trade cooperation between Laos and China have made great progress ... Wang Yiming, executive president of the Yunnan Association of South and ... A number of cooperation agreements were signed between Lao and Chinese side during the fair....

Mayer: John Kerry falls far short of greatness

Edit Boston Herald 12 Oct 2016
As of Oct. 1, John Kerry had been secretary of state for exactly three years and eight months. And though he still has about three and a half months before the Obama administration departs, it is not too early to begin offering evaluations of how well he has handled the job and how he will be regarded by future historians ... policy as one of the worst foreign policy miscalculations since Munich....
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