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Siemens scales back Russian ops over Crimea turbines
FRANKFURT AM MAIN (AFP) – German industrial conglomerate Siemens said Friday it would scale back its Russia operations after confirming gas turbines it sold to companies there had been diverted to Ukraines Russian-annexed Crimea region in breach of sanctions.All four gas turbines that were delivered in the summer of 2016… have since...
Macron chides Netanyahu on settlements, urges new Mideast talks
PARIS (AFP) – French President Emmanuel Macron told Israels visiting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Paris opposes Israels expansion of settlements in occupied Palestinian territory as he urged fresh Middle East peace talks.Stressing that international law should be respected by all, Macron said: I am thinking here of...
Egypt beach resort attack kills two Ukrainians
CAIRO (AFP) – Two Ukrainian women were killed on Friday at an Egyptian beach resort when an assailant swam ashore and stabbed them and also wounded four others, state media said.The governor of Red Sea province, where the resort of Hurghada is located, said two foreign residents of the city were killed in the attack, a cabinet statement...
Trump son ‘met Kremlin-linked lawyer’ during election campaign
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work constructively with Russia despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged election meddling, as reports broke that his eldest son met a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer during the 2016 campaign.The New York Times, citing advisers briefed on the meeting, reported that...
Tillerson in Istanbul amid Turkey-US tensions
ISTANBUL (AFP) – US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was on Sunday holding talks with Turkish leaders in Istanbul on issues ranging from Syria to last years failed coup.After arriving from Ukraine, Tillerson met with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu and later held talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, officials on both sides...
Trump says time to work ‘constructively’ with Russia
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work constructively with Russia, including on cyber security, despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged meddling in last years American elections.While ruling out easing sanctions so long as the two countries remain at odds over Syria and Ukraine, Trump said it was...
Trump says time to work ‘constructively’ with Russia
WASHINGTON (AFP) – US President Donald Trump pledged Sunday to work constructively with Russia but ruled out an immediate easing of sanctions while the countries remain at odds over the conflicts in Syria and Ukraine.In a series of tweets on his return from Europe, Trump said he had confronted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin over...
Tennis: Federer, Djokovic march on at Wimbledon
LONDON (AFP) – Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic marched into the business end of Wimbledon as they reached the last 16, while women’s top seed Angelique Kerber scraped through on Saturday.Seven-time champion Federer made it into the fourth round for the 15th time with a 7-6 (7/3), 6-4, 6-4 win over Germany’s Mischa Zverev.The Swiss...
Stormy G20 ends with opt-outs for Trump on climate, trade
HAMBURG (AFP) – World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies.In a departure from final summit declarations that tend to outline...
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HAMBURG (AFP) – World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the most fractious and riot-hit G20 summit ever, in exchange for preserving a fragile unity of the club of major industrialised and emerging economies.In a departure from final summit declarations that tend to outline...
