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Police identify 27th victim of Hungary boat sinking
The search for the missing along the Danube river, from the accident site to the southern border with Serbia, has been the largest ever search operation mounted in Hungary, according to authorities. (AFP pic)BUDAPEST: Hungarian police said Saturday they had identified the 27th victim of the sinking of a boat carrying South Korean tourists in the...
Putin to meet Pope and populist govt during lightning Italy trip
ROME: Russian President Vladimir Putin arrives in Rome Thursday for a lightning visit including talks with the pope and Italy’s populist government, which has called for an easing of sanctions despite Moscow’s ongoing crisis with the West.Rome’s historic centre is on security lockdown for the visit with 50 streets blocked to...
Putin to meet pope in shadow of Ukraine crisis
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold talks with Pope Francis on Thursday, a day before Ukraine’s Catholic leaders meet at the Vatican to discuss the crisis in their country, and amid speculation that the visit could be a prelude to the first trip by a pope to Russia. …read more Source: The...
Trudeau promises support for Ukraine in wake of Russian ‘aggression’
TORONTO: Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau promised Tuesday to support Ukraine in the wake of Russian “aggression,“ after a meeting with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Toronto.The two leaders met while Zelensky was in Toronto on his first visit to North America to participate in a conference on Ukrainian reforms.“In the wake of...
Full results of Ukraine reforms to take years to be seen -finance minister
TORONTO (Reuters) – It will take years for the full effects of reforms to be seen in Ukraine, where the government is trying to cast off Soviet-era institutions while clamping down on corruption, Finance Minister Oksana Markarova said on Tuesday. …read more Source: The...
Russia determined to improve ties with US, says Putin
President Vladimir Putin hopes sour relations with the United States will be improved soon. (AFP pic)OSAKA: Russia’s president said today that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and alleged Russian meddling in US elections. Vladimir...
Putin says Trump stressed issue of detained Ukrainian sailors
OSAKA (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the issue of Ukrainian sailors detained by Russia in 2018 had dominated his talks with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G20 summit but no decision on the sailors’ fate had been made yet. …read more Source: The...
Putin says Russia will do all it can to improve ties with U.S.
OSAKA (Reuters) – Russia’s president said on Saturday that Moscow would do all it could to improve relations with the United States that have been strained by years of diplomatic conflicts over Ukraine and alleged Russian meddling in U.S. elections. …read more Source: The...
Trump to Putin: Please don’t meddle in US elections
Trump told Putin not to meddle in US elections in jest. (AFP pic)OSAKA: President Donald Trump on Friday sardonically asked his Russian counterpart to please not meddle in US elections, appearing to make light of a scandal that led to an investigation of his campaign’s contact with the Kremlin during 2016 elections. A two-year investigation...
Feisty Trump sets tone as stormy G20 looms
OSAKA: US President Donald Trump set the tone Thursday for what promises to be a stormy G20 summit by lashing out at friends and foes alike over trade tariffs and foreign policy.The long-running US-China trade war looked set to dominate the two-day meeting of world leaders in Osaka from Friday but clashes also loomed over climate and a series of...
