Section: European Voice (EU)
Trump spoke with Putin at G20 dinner, White House confirms
BUENOS AIRES — President Donald Trump spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday night during a dinner with world leaders at the G20 in Argentina. “As is typical at multilateral events, President Trump and the First Lady had a number of informal conversations with world leaders at the dinner last night, including President Putin,”...
Merkel and Putin agree to more talk on Ukraine
BUENOS AIRES — German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Russia President Vladimir Putin agreed on Saturday to hold further discussions on Russia’s recent naval action against Ukrainian ships in the Azov Sea. Merkel and Putin met for breakfast on the sidelines of the G20 leaders’ summit in Argentina. Merkel said that she had expressed her...
World’s cartoonists on this week’s events
First published in The New York Times, U.S., November 28, 2018 | By Chappatte First published on POLITICO.eu, Belgium, December 1, 2018 | By Rytis Daukantas First published in Der Standard, Austria, November 29, 2018 | By Oliver Schopf First published on Caglecartoons.com, The Netherlands, November 27, 2018 | By Joep Bertrams First published on...
Strongmen strut their stuff on G20 stage
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — The strongmen are kicking ass on the world stage, and they know it. Only moments after European Council President Donald Tusk used a news conference to urge G20 leaders to address Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and Saudi Arabia’s evident disregard for human rights, video footage of the leaders’ arrivals...
German air force: No evidence sabotage behind Merkel’s plane woes
There is no indication Chancellor Angela Merkel’s airplane was grounded because of sabotage or a “criminal act,” a German air force spokesman said at a press conference Friday. The plane, carrying the chancellor and Finance Minister Olaf Scholz to the G20 meeting in Argentina, was forced to turn back to Germany and land at the Cologne-Bonn...
Ukraine bans Russian men from entering country
Ukraine banned Russian men aged between 16 and 60 years old from passing checkpoints into the country, President Petro Poroshenko said Friday. The measures were introduced after Ukraine implemented martial law earlier this week in response to an incident in which Russian forces opened fire on three Ukrainian naval ships off the coast of annexed...
Mueller follows Trump abroad — again
BUENOS AIRES — White House aides had hoped that the G20 summit would be an opportunity for President Donald Trump to showcase his deal-making skills. Now, they’re worried that special counsel Robert Mueller’s latest bombshell could overshadow his latest tour on the world stage. And some think that’s just the way Mueller wanted...
UN ambassador hunt drags on as top candidate fades
The hunt for a new United Nations ambassador — a job for which State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert was once considered a lock but is now out of contention — has faced repeated delays and is running up against Nikki Haley’s end-of-year departure date. Meanwhile, a raft of new candidates has emerged, but no one has grabbed the...
Trump cancels meeting with Putin at G20 summit
BUENOS AIRES — U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he is canceling a planned bilateral meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Argentina, citing Russia’s recent confrontation with Ukrainian ships. “Based on the fact that the ships and sailors have not been returned to Ukraine...
Macron says Trump acting to ‘detriment’ of allies
The bromance is officially over. Emmanuel Macron told Argentine newspaper La Nacion that while the alliance between France and the U.S. is “historic,” some of President Donald Trump’s recent decisions “have been done to the detriment of his allies.” “In these situations, I always clearly affirmed the French and European positions,” the...
