Trump Covid diagnosis shortens Mike Pompeo’s Asia trip Mike Pompeo


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US secretary of state to make planned visit to Japan but not South Korea or Mongolia as president remains in hospital. The US secretary of state, Mike Pompeo, will cut short his trip to east Asia following the hospitalisation of Donald Trump with Covid-19. Pompeo would leave for Japan on Sunday but would not go to Mongolia and South Korea as originally planned, the State Department said. Pompeo was meant to visit all three countries from 4-8 October. He is still set to leave for Tokyo on Sunday but will be returning to Washington on 6 October after consultations with...