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US isolated on climate at summit of world leaders
US President Donald Trump stands beside his chair at the G20 leaders’ summit in Hamburg, Germany, July 8, 2017. REUTERS/Tobias Schwarz HAMBURG: Leaders from the world’s leading economies broke with US President Donald Trump on climate policy at a G20 summit on Saturday, in a rare public admission of disagreement and blow to...
Trump, Putin hold first meeting at protest-marred G20 summit
HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face meeting Friday at a G20 summit marred by violent protests and a rift between America and its Western allies over climate change and trade.”We look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for Russia, for the United States and for...
Trump blasts Russia, warns future of the West at stake
US President Donald Trump warned that the future of the West was at risk and lashed out at Russia and North Korea on Thursday at the start of a high-stakes trip to Europe.In key US ally Poland on the first leg of the trip, he accused Russia of “destabilising” action in Ukraine and warned North Korea it faced “consequences”...
Clashes at G20 protest as Merkel seeks consensus
HAMBURG: Protesters threw bottles and torched cars, injuring seven police officers, before a G20 summit in Hamburg on Thursday, tarnishing the start of a meeting Chancellor Angela Merkel hopes will cement her role as a stateswoman as she seeks re-election in September.Merkel, who is campaigning for a fourth term, can ill afford images of chaos...
Merkel, Turkey’s Erdogan to hold talks on sidelines of G20
File PhotoBERLIN: German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks with Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of a summit of G20 leading economies starting on Friday in the German port of Hamburg, her spokesperson said on Wednesday.Relations between the NATO partners have soured in the last few months. On Tuesday, Turkey condemned as...
Putin and Xi talk trade, N.Korea at Kremlin
Xi and Putin slammed the US THAAD missile system installed in South Korea. -AFPMOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping met Tuesday against a backdrop of mounting tensions over North Korea ahead of G20 summit talks with US President Donald Trump.The sit-down in Moscow is meant to focus on bolstering trade ties...
NATO agrees Afghanistan troop boost but no combat role
BRUSSELS: NATO will increase troop numbers in Afghanistan to help train local forces facing a resurgent Taliban but will not return to a combat role, Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.The alliance ended its longest-ever military operation in 2014 when it handed over post-9/11 frontline duties to the Afghan military and took on an...
Kiev car bomb kills colonel in Ukrainian military intelligence
Investigators work at the scene of the explosion. Photo: Reuters A colonel in Ukraine’s military intelligence was killed by a car bomb in central Kiev on Tuesday, the defence ministry said, describing the incident as a “terrorist act”.Police said an explosive device in the vehicle blew up at 0516 GMT while the car was moving,...
Britain´s May vows EU citizens can stay after Brexit
British Prime Minister Theresa May. Photo: AFPBRUSSELS: British Prime Minister Theresa May promised Thursday to let EU citizens stay after Brexit as she met sceptical European leaders for the first time since her disastrous election gamble.Under pressure from all sides since losing her parliamentary majority in the June 8 vote, May held out an...
US rules out easing sanctions on Russia
TAORMINA: Washington will not ease sanctions on Russia over the conflict in Ukraine and may even get tougher on Moscow, the White House said Friday, ending uncertainty over the US position on the thorny issue.”We are not lowering our sanctions on Russia,” Gary Cohn, US President Donald Trump´s top economic advisor, told reporters at...
