How China’s Belt and Road Initiative could lead Vietnam away from renewable energy and towards coal

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Even as China turns away from coal-fired power domestically, its financial institutions continue to fund coal plants overseas, including in countries like Vietnam, which have great potential for wind and solar power generation

Published: 4:00pm, 11 Jun, 2019

A a child on a Saigon waterbus brandishes a pinwheel as he passes Landmark 81, Vietnam’s tallest building, in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6. While Vietnam has enormous potential for wind and solar power generation, funding for coal-power electricity plants under China’s Belt and Road Initiative could derail its renewable energy push. Photo: Reuters

A a child on a Saigon waterbus brandishes a pinwheel as he passes Landmark 81, Vietnam’s tallest building, in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6. While Vietnam has enormous potential for wind and solar power generation, funding for coal-power electricity plants under China’s Belt and Road Initiative could derail its renewable energy push. Photo: Reuters

Trump takes 20 steps into North Korea, making history as first sitting US leader to enter hermit nation

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Seoul (CNN) President Donald Trump shook hands with Kim Jong Un on Sunday and took 20 steps into North Korea, making history as the first sitting US leader to set foot in the hermit kingdom.

Trump crossed the low stone curb separating the North and South at 3:45 p.m. local time, making his way alongside a grinning Kim into a country that’s long been a global pariah for its nuclear ambitions and dismal record on human rights.
US President Donald Trump steps into the northern side of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea as North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un looks on.
US President Donald Trump steps into the northern side of the Military Demarcation Line that divides North and South Korea as North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un looks on.