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Trump says time to work ‘constructively’ with Russia
WASHINGTON: 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 year’s American elections. While ruling out easing sanctions so long as the two countries remain at odds over Syria and Ukraine, Trump said it was...
Tillerson talks tough on Russia, vows US support for Ukraine
In surprisingly blunt language just two days after presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin met in Germany, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Russia should use its influence with separatists in Ukraine’s east to fully restore an oft-violated truce, end harassment and attacks on international monitors, and pull back heavy weaponry...
Trump gets concessions from G20
TUMULTUOUS USPresident Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump disembark from Air Force One upon arrival at Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland on Saturday following a four-day trip to Poland and Germany for the G20 summit. AFP PHOTO HAMBURG: World leaders made concessions on trade and climate language to Donald Trump Saturday at the end of the...
G-20 summit ends with Trump getting concessions on trade, climate
HAMBURG: 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 industrialized and emerging economies. But the gesture opened the door for others, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan...
HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin engaged in a “very robust exchange” over claims Moscow meddled in America’s elections, during their first face-to-face talks Friday at a fractious G20 summit marred by violent street protests. From the outset of the blockbuster encounter, the US property tycoon fired the...
Trump, Putin face off at fractious G20
HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time Friday, in an eagerly awaited encounter at a G20 summit marked by the growing divide between America and its Western allies. On the eve of a face-off that carries consequences for world crises including the wars in Syria and Ukraine, Trump set the tone...
Trump, Putin in first showdown at fractious G20
HAMBURG: US President Donald Trump meets Russian leader Vladimir Putin for the first time Friday, in an eagerly awaited encounter at a G20 summit marked by the growing divide between America and its Western allies. On the eve of a face-off that carries consequences for world crises including the wars in Syria and Ukraine, Trump set the tone...
Protests turn violent for Trump’s maiden G20
HAMBURG: Demonstrations turned violent late Thursday ahead of a tricky first G20 summit for US President Donald Trump, as German police clashed with a hard core of masked anti-capitalist activists hurling bottles and stones. What should have been a peaceful march by around 12,000 people in Hamburg protesting against globalisation was halted as...
Murray, Nadal through, heartbreak for Kvitova
LONDON: Andy Murray, Rafael Nadal and Venus Williams breezed into the third round at Wimbledon on Wednesday, while fellow former champion Petra Kvitova tumbled out. Williams, Kei Nishikori and Johanna Konta had to grind their way into the last 32, while new mum Victoria Azarenka continued her comeback bid for Grand Slam glory. Dustin Brown, the...
Trump walks tightrope in first Putin encounter
WASHINGTON, D.C.: It was a constant refrain on the campaign trail for Donald Trump in his quest for the US presidency: “We’re going to have a great relationship with Putin and Russia.” Now, weighed down by claims that Moscow helped put him in the White House, Trump is set to finally meet his Russian counterpart in an encounter fraught with...
