Section: Geo TV (Pakistan)
Trump says he believes Putin’s election meddling denials
DANANG: US president Donald Trump Saturday said he believes Vladimir Putin´s assurances that he did not meddle in US elections that propelled him to power, adding the Russian leader felt “very insulted” by the allegations.Trump, whose key former aides are under a US investigation for alleged collaboration with the Kremlin, said he...
Putin, Trump agree political solution needed for Syria, Kremlin says
DANANG: Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed in a joint statement on Syria on Saturday that said they saw no military solution to the conflict and a political one was needed, the Kremlin said.The White House did not immediately respond to questions about the Kremlin announcement or the conversation the Kremlin...
US defence chief meets NATO to discuss Daesh, Afghanistan
NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg (L) talks to US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis (C) and Britain’s Secretary of State for Defence Gavin Williamson (R) as they pose for a family photo during a NATO defence ministers’ meeting at the NATO headquarters in Brussels, November 8, 2017. AFP/John Thys BRUSSELS: With Daesh crumbling in Iraq...
EU pushes for tax blacklist after Paradise Papers leak
The EU pushed on Tuesday for Europe to draw up a blacklist of tax havens after the “Paradise Papers” revealed loopholes used by Apple and Nike as well as celebrities including Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton. Photo: AFP file BRUSSELS: The EU pushed on Tuesday for Europe to draw up a blacklist of tax havens after the “Paradise Papers” revealed...
Recent ICIJ leaks that shook the world
Launched in 1997 by the Center for Public Integrity in Washington, the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) in 2017 became a fully independent organisation. Its members include over 200 journalists from across 70 countries. While its exposures began in 2000 when the ICIJ exposed how the “leading tobacco companies...
Finland plans military drill with United States and Sweden
Finland’s flag flutters in Helsinki, Finland, May 3, 2017. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/FilesHELSINKI: Finland is planning large-scale military drills with the United States and other allies, its defence minister said on Friday, in a region worried by Russia’s increasing military activity.Jussi Niinisto said the exercises would help troops...
Venezuela to restructure foreign debt, default looms as possibility
CARACAS: Venezuela on Thursday announced plans to restructure its burgeoning foreign debt, a move that may lead to a default by the cash-strapped OPEC nation whose collapsing socialist economy has left its population struggling to find food and medicine.President Nicolas Maduro vowed to make a $1.1 billion payment on a bond maturing on Thursday,...
Biden to Trump: ‘Time to grow up’
Former US Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the US-Ukraine Business Forum in Washington, US, July 13, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files CHICAGO: Former US Vice President Joe Biden strongly criticized President Trump Wednesday, and predicted an emboldened and determined Russia would once again meddle in an American election.In public...
Biden to Trump: ‘Time to grow up’
Former US Vice President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the US-Ukraine Business Forum in Washington, US, July 13, 2015. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas/Files CHICAGO: Former US Vice President Joe Biden strongly criticized President Trump Wednesday, and predicted an emboldened and determined Russia would once again meddle in an American election.In public...
Two ex-Trump aides charged in Russia probe, third pleads guilty
Paul Manafort — the former chairman of Trump’s 2016 election campaign — leaves US Federal Court after being arraigned on twelve federal charges in the investigation into alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 US presidential election in Washington, US, October 30, 2017. REUTERS/James Lawler Duggan WASHINGTON: Federal investigators probing...
