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Political Scene: Trump-Putin Hamburg Summit Breaks The Ice
The summit that brought both the Russian president Vladimir Putin and US president Donald trump for the first time, on the sidelines of the G 20 gathering in Hamburg- Germany, was the star of the meeting. Though no tangible or exceptional results came from the meeting, yet it was very important, not only for the two leaders and their respective...
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‘Phone Talks Obviously Not Enough’: Putin & Trump Meet on Sidelines of G20 Summit
Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have held a much-anticipated first meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Germany, which lasted more than two hours. The meeting in Hamburg was initially planned to last for around 30-40 minutes, international media reported earlier in the day. The situation in the Ukraine, Syria, as well as cyber security...
Kremlin Confirms First Putin-Trump Meeting in Hamburg on July 7
The first personal meeting between Russian and US presidents Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump has been agreed upon and will be held on July 7 on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov said Tuesday. The G20 summit will be held in Hamburg on July 7-8. “Agreed, on the 7th [of July],” Ushakov told...
Trump-Putin’s Moment of Truth
Finian Cunningham The forthcoming meeting between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit has got to be the most anticipated political moment of the year. The handshake, smiles, body language and words will all be scrutinized to parse significance in the encounter between the leaders of the world’s two superpowers. Sections of the...
NATO Chief: Cyber Attacks A Call to Arms
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg warned the alliance must step up its defense against cyberattacks, saying they could potentially trigger their Article 5 mutual defense commitment. Computer users around the world were scrambling Wednesday to reboot systems after a tidal wave of ransomware cyberattacks spread from Ukraine and Russia across Europe to...
New Wave of Cyberattacks Spreads from Russia across Globe
A wave of cyberattacks hit Russia and Ukraine before spreading to western Europe and North America on Tuesday, in the second global outbreak of so-called ransomware in less than two months. Ukraine’s central bank, Kiev’s main airport, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster site, and a string of multinational companies, including US...
Putin Says Russia to Beef up Syrian Military
Russia’s medium-term plans in Syria include improving the capabilities of the Syrian armed forces which would allow Russian troops to relocate to existing Russian bases in the country, President Vladimir Putin said Thursday. “We aim to establish a process, a political settlement [in Syria] between all the sides involved,” Putin also said...
Putin Denounces Latest Sanctions Passed by US Senate
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday slammed fresh sanctions approved by the US Senate as coming out of nowhere and motivated by domestic politics and historical efforts by the West to contain Russia. “We know that currently there is a bill in the US Senate regarding toughening sanctions. Why? Nothing extraordinary is happening. Why did...
