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EU’s Tusk says no ‘common position’ on Russia with Trump
BRUSSELS: European Union president Donald Tusk said talks with US President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed no “common position” on Russia, a subject on which the US leader faces pressure at home. Tusk, along with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, also argued for the benefits of open trade and the Paris climate agreement that...
Ukraine’s presidential office says website attacked by Russia
KIEV: The Ukrainian presidential administration said its website had been attacked by Russia in apparent retaliation for Kiev’s decision to block prominent Russian social networks. “We have been witnessing the Russian response to the president’s decree about closing access to Russian social networks,” President Petro...
Ukraine accuses Russia of attack on president’s website after web sanctions
Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of carrying out an organised cyber attack on President Petro Poroshenko’s website in response to Kiev’s decision to impose sanctions against a number of major Russian internet businesses. …read more Source: GMA News...
Ukraine accuses Russia of attack on president’s website after web sanctions
Ukraine accused Russia on Tuesday of carrying out an organised cyber attack on President Petro Poroshenko’s website in response to Kiev’s decision to impose sanctions against a number of major Russian internet businesses. …read more Source: GMA News...
Trump urges peace between Russia and Ukraine
WASHINGTON: Donald Trump urged Russia and Ukraine to “make peace,” in a tweet accompanied by two photos of the US president posing with top diplomats from the rival countries. “Yesterday, on the same day – I had meetings with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and the FM of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin. #LetsMakePeace!” the US president tweeted....
Trump urges peace between Russia, Ukraine
Donald Trump on Thursday urged Russia and Ukraine to “make peace,” in a tweet accompanied by two photos of the US president posing with top diplomats from the rival countries. The post Trump urges peace between Russia, Ukraine appeared first on Inquirer News. …read more Source: The Philippine Daily...
Trump urges Russia to rein in Syrian ally
WASHINGTON, D.C.: President Donald Trump brushed aside concerns over his wooing of Russia on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) and laid on a White House welcome for Moscow’s top diplomat to seek help to end the war in Syria. As Washington reeled at the dismissal of FBI chief James Comey, who had been probing Russia’s alleged interference...
Russia and climate change follow Tillerson to Arctic
FAIRBANKS, United States: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled about as far from Washington as he could without leaving the United States, but could not escape questions about Russia and climate change. America’s top diplomat is in Fairbanks, Alaska on Thursday to chair a meeting of the eight-nation Arctic Council, a policy forum for...
U.S. criticizes Russian build-up near Baltic states
FILE PHOTO: U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis addresses a news conference during a NATO defence ministers meeting at the Alliance headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, in this file photo dated February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir/File Photo U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Tuesday criticized what he called a destabilizing Russian military...
Russia’s Lavrov to meet with Trump on Syria amid uproar
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump will receive Russia’s top diplomat Sergei Lavrov at the White House Wednesday even as a political firestorm has put Moscow’s alleged meddling in the US election back in the spotlight. Lavrov’s visit, confirmed by the White House late Tuesday, centers on a Russian proposal to de-escalate the...
