Section: African news network 7 (South Africa)
Trump aide says U.S. sanctions on Russia may be disproportionate
A top aide to President-elect Donald Trump said in an interview aired on Sunday that the White House may have disproportionately punished Russia by ordering the expulsion of 35 suspected Russian spies. Incoming White House press secretary Sean Spicer said on ABC’s “This Week” that Trump will be asking questions of U.S. intelligence agencies...
Putin refuses to expel US diplomats, Trump applauds
President-elect Donald Trump on Friday praised President Vladimir Putin for refraining from tit-for-tat expulsions of Americans in response to US punitive measures over alleged Russian interference in the November election. Putin’s decision came despite the foreign ministry asking him to send home 35 US diplomats after President Barack...
FACTBOX-Trump fills top jobs for his administration
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump has named Tom Bossert as White House homeland security adviser, the transition team said in a statement on Tuesday. Below is a list of Republican Trump’s selections for top jobs in his administration. Senate confirmation is required for all the posts except national security adviser and White House posts....
Disabled former servicemen take part in the “Games of the Heroes”
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EU-Ukraine pact collapse ‘biggest present’ for Putin: Dutch PM
Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned Thursday it would be the “biggest ever present” for Russian President Vladimir Putin if a historic EU-Ukraine cooperation deal is torpedoed by popular opposition in the Netherlands. Rutte said he was “moderately optimistic” of a deal at an EU summit in Brussels for steps to allow his country to finally...
Putin, Abe hold hot spring meet on WWII island row
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Japanese premier Shinzo Abe on Thursday launched a hot spring summit aimed at resolving a dispute over a group of islands that has prevented the countries from formally ending their World War II hostilities. Abe is hosting Putin in his ancestral city of Nagato in hopes of achieving a breakthrough over the...
Britain’s May urges ‘smooth and orderly’ Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May urged her EU counterparts Thursday to make Brexit “as smooth and orderly… as possible” as they prepared to discuss the process at a dinner without her. “We want that to be as smooth and orderly a process as possible. It is not just in our interests, it is in the interests of Europe as well,” May said as she...
Big night for Mchunu on Saturday
South African rising boxing star Thabiso “The Rock” Mchunu will be on a two-fold mission when he challenges champion Oleksandr Usyk for the WBO cruiserweight crown in Los Angeles on Saturday. The left-handed Mchunu will be out to earn his first world title. Should the 28 year old bring the WBO title home, he will be following in the footsteps of...
Merkel, Hollande want to extend Russia sanctions over Ukraine
German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Francois Hollande said Tuesday that an EU summit this week should decide to extend sanctions against Russia over the Ukraine conflict. Merkel said that, given shortcomings in the Ukraine peace process, “it will be necessary to extend sanctions against Russia once more”, and Hollande said he...
Trump to announce top diplomat pick Tuesday
President-elect Donald Trump said he will announce his choice to fill the prized post of secretary of state on Tuesday, ending weeks-long speculation over the globally significant vacancy. “I will be making my announcement on the next Secretary of State tomorrow morning,” Trump said Monday evening, using his favored medium, Twitter. Trump has led...
