WASHINGTON: Donald Trump will travel to Asia in November for the first time since becoming president, stopping in Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines on a trip expected to be dominated by the North Korea nuclear threat. He has warned North Korea would face total devastation if it threatens the United States. Trump has applied heavy pressure on China to rein in North Korea. “I applaud China for breaking off all banking relationships with North Korea - something that people would have thought unthinkable even two months ago. I want to thank President Xi,” Trump said at a news conference with Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy.

Source: New Strait Times September 29, 2017 23:48 UTC