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    PICS: Grins and handshakes as Trump meets Putin for 1st time
    Jul07

    PICS: Grins and handshakes as Trump meets Putin for 1st time

    Hamburg, Germany – With broad grins and a warm handshake, President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin warmed up for their historic encounter on Friday under the shadow of US outrage about Russian election-meddling and nagging questions about potential Trump campaign collusion. Ahead of a formal, sit-down meeting, Trump and...

    All eyes on Trump and Putin at G20 summit
    Jul07

    All eyes on Trump and Putin at G20 summit

    Hamburg – After weeks of build-up, President Donald Trump will hold his first meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a sit-down that will be shadowed by the investigations into whether Trump’s campaign coordinated with Moscow during last year’s presidential election. The leaders are expected to delve into a series of...

    Cyber attack sweeps globe, researchers see ‘WannaCry’ link
    Jun28

    Cyber attack sweeps globe, researchers see ‘WannaCry’ link

    Moscow/Kiev/Washington – A major global cyber attack disrupted computers at Russia’s biggest oil company, Ukrainian banks and multinational firms with a virus similar to the ransomware that infected more than 300 000 computers last month .The rapidly spreading cyber extortion campaign, which began on Tuesday, underscored growing...

    Numbers tell staggering story of EU migrant crisis
    Jun21

    Numbers tell staggering story of EU migrant crisis

    New legal action by the EU against eastern member states for refusing to take their share of refugeess hows how the worst migration crisis since World War II still divides the continent.The images from a crisis entering its third year have become shockingly familiar: capsized boats, refugees teargassed in squalid border camps, a Syrian...

    Trump calls US student’s death a ‘total disgrace’
    Jun20

    Trump calls US student’s death a ‘total disgrace’

    Washington — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the death of 22-year-old Otto Warmbier after his lengthy detention in North Korea was a “total disgrace,” and said if the college student had been returned home to the U.S. earlier, “I think the result would have been a lot different.” Trump said he had spoken with...

    Ukraine central bank says deputy takes temporary charge
    May10

    Ukraine central bank says deputy takes temporary charge

    Ukraine central bank says deputy takes temporary charge. …read more Source: Independent...

    Enter Trump the Peacemaker
    Nov11

    Enter Trump the Peacemaker

    Does Trump’s victory mean we’re on the verge of the Third World War? Sean O’Grady doesn’t think so. ||| Does Trump’s victory mean we’re on the verge of the Third World War? Sean O’Grady doesn’t think so. London – Relax: Donald Trump will soon be in White House. I know, I know – but...

    Trump isn’t the first mogul elected to power
    Nov10

    Trump isn’t the first mogul elected to power

    Donald Trump is not the only billionaire business tycoon to rise to power through the ballot box. ||| Paris – Donald Trump, the real estate mogul, reality TV star and US President-elect whose worth Forbes estimates at $3.7 billion, joins an ultra-elite group of billionaire business tycoons who have come to power through the ballot box....

    Can Europe step up after Trump ‘wake-up call’?
    Nov09

    Can Europe step up after Trump ‘wake-up call’?

    Already reeling from Britain’s decision to exit the EU, European leaders are ill-equipped to face the new uncertainties the Trump presidency brings. ||| Brussels – For Europe, already reeling from Britain’s decision to leave its 28-member club, Donald Trump’s election introduces a host of new uncertainties it is...

    Trump victory threatens new world order
    Nov09

    Trump victory threatens new world order

    With the election of Donald Trump, the populist tide sweeping developed economies has now overtaken the world’s most powerful democracy. ||| London – Brexit was the warm-up. With the election of Donald Trump, the populist tide sweeping developed economies has now overtaken the world’s most powerful democracy. What exactly that...