Section: Singapore
Russian lawmakers give mixed reaction to Trump’s nuclear cuts offer
MOSCOW – Parliamentarians in Russia gave a mixed reaction on Monday to U.S. President-elect Donald Trump’s proposal to strike a deal on nuclear arms cuts in exchange for Washington lifting sanctions imposed on Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. … …read more Source:...
Trump’s offer to Putin: An end to sanctions for nuclear arms cut
January 16, 2017 9:53 AMLONDON (REUTERS) – US President-elect Donald Trump will propose offering to end sanctions imposed on Russia for its annexation of Crimea in return for a nuclear arms reduction deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin, he told The Times of London. …read more Source: The Straits...
Trump’s pivotal Russian test
NEW YORK – There’s a mood of confidence in Moscow bordering on triumphalism. Russia is dictating the grim outcome in Syria. It has annexed with impunity part of Ukraine and set limits on the country’s Westernising ambitions. It has influenced, through… …read more Source:...
US Vice President Biden to make swansong visit to Ukraine
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will fly to Kiev on Sunday on a farewell visit by one of Ukraine’s strongest political supporters, as the country looks forward with apprehension to the new administration of Donald Trump. …read more Source: Channel...
U.S. Vice President Biden to visit Ukraine on January 15
KIEV – U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ukraine on Sunday and meet President Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s presidential office said on Thursday. Biden last visited Ukraine in December 2015…. …read more Source:...
US Vice President Biden to visit Ukraine on January 15
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden will visit Ukraine on Sunday and meet President Petro Poroshenko, Ukraine’s presidential office said on Thursday. …read more Source: Channel...
Trump’s secretary of state pick hits out at China
WASHINGTON – US President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of state set a course for a potentially serious confrontation with Beijing on Wednesday, saying China should be denied access to islands it has built in the contested South China Sea. In comments expected to enrage Beijing, Rex Tillerson told his confirmation hearing...
Questions about Russia dominate start of Tillerson hearing
Russia’s actions during the U.S. presidential election and its behaviour towards Ukraine dominated the confirmation hearing of Rex Tillerson, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of state, as senators pressed him on Wednesday on how he would deal with aggression from Moscow. …read more Source: Channel...
US senators seek Russia sanctions over hacking, Ukraine, Syria
Senior U.S. Republican and Democratic senators will introduce legislation on Tuesday seeking to impose a wide range of sanctions on Russia over its cyber activities and actions in Syria and Ukraine. …read more Source: Channel...
Dutch police seize MH17 crash debris from reporter
January 08, 2017 9:16 PMTHE HAGUE (AFP) – Dutch police have taken from a journalist items, including possible human remains, which he found at the crash site of flight MH17 in eastern Ukraine, prosecutors said Sunday (Jan 8). …read more Source: The Straits...
