Business Jun 10, 2021
Reality check awaits John Kerry and his bid to cut ships’ emissions
by Jack Wittels
The U.S. climate envoy said in April that he wants international shipping’s emissions to drop to zero by 2050.
National Apr 18, 2021
South Korea conveys serious concern over Fukushima water to Kerry
South Korea told Kerry that it wants the United States to join efforts to urge Japan to more swiftly provide related information to the international community in a more transparent manner.
World Apr 18, 2021
Despite tensions, U.S. and China agree to work together on climate change
by Steven Lee Myers
The agreement comes only days before Biden is scheduled to hold a virtual climate summit with world leaders, hoping to prod countries to do more to reduce emissions.
World | FOCUS Apr 18, 2021
Biden seeks to turbocharge climate fight, but can the U.S. lead?
The two major international accords on climate, the Paris Agreement and the Kyoto Protocol, were both crafted through intense U.S. diplomacy only to be shunned by Washington.
World / Politics Nov 26, 2020
Biden urged to bolster John Kerry by declaring climate emergency
by Ari Natter
Progressive environmentalists are mounting a long-shot bid to get President-elect Joe Biden to go beyond naming a climate czar and declare an environmental national emergency, borrowing a tactic employed by President Donald Trump to fund part of his border wall. Invoking a climate emergency could ...
World / Politics Jan 11, 2017
Kerry snipes at Trump's tweets, picks' lack of accountability, warns of 'authoritarian populism'
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday warned of the dangers of authoritarian populism and offered a thinly veiled critique of Donald Trump's prolific use of Twitter, saying it allowed the president-elect to avoid accountability. In his most pointed public comments about Trump since ...
World / Social Issues Jan 10, 2017
Kerry apologizes for past firings of gay U.S. State Dept. staff
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday apologized to hundreds of State Department employees who were fired after the start of the Cold War for being gay in what is known as the "lavender scare." "In the past — as far back as the ...
World / Politics Jan 6, 2017
Kerry assures Beijing of America's 'one-China' policy ahead of Trump's inauguration
The United States reassured China on Thursday that it will continue to uphold its "one-China" policy, amid heightened tensions between the major powers before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration later this month. In his phone conversation with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, U.S. Secretary of ...
Business Nov 18, 2016
The United States has not given up hope of ratifying the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the 12-nation trade deal President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to scrap once he takes office in January, Secretary of State John Kerry told Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida on Thursday. During a meeting ...
Asia Pacific Oct 22, 2016
Kerry calls North Korean regime 'illegal and illegitimate'
by Jesse Johnson
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday labeled the North Korean government led by Kim Jong Un an "illegal and illegitimate regime" — unusually strong language from America's top diplomat. Speaking after a meeting with Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Sabah al-Khalid al-Sabah, Kerry praised the ...
World Oct 5, 2016
Rebels repel Aleppo assault amid Russian airstrikes, efforts to revive truce
Syrian rebels said on Tuesday they had repelled an army offensive in southern Aleppo as Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded residential areas, while nations spoke of rebuilding a peace process the United States broke off this week. U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who announced ...
World Sep 22, 2016
Kerry calls for Russia, Syria to ground warplanes to salvage truce
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry demanded on Wednesday that Russia and the Syrian government immediately halt flights over Syrian battle zones, in what he called a last chance to salvage a collapsing cease-fire and find a way "out of the carnage. An impassioned Kerry ...