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Trump can’t help himself when it comes to Putin
OSAKA, Japan — Since Donald Trump’s first day in office, Russia has loomed over his presidency. Yet every time he’s had a chance to cast aside people’s doubts, Trump does the opposite. During a March 2018 phone call, Trump congratulated Putin on his reelection, despite rampant allegations of fraud and even his own aides’...
On display in Osaka: The new international disorder
OSAKA, Japan — The international order — and the multilateral trading system that underpins it — are hanging by a thread. As the leaders of the Group of 20 economies gathered for their annual summit on Friday, the main question seemed to be: Who among them is going to snip it? Would it be U.S. President Donald Trump, whose wrecking-ball approach...
Trump, Putin to hold first meeting since Mueller report
OSAKA, Japan — President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet Friday for the first time since special counsel Robert Mueller released his report detailing Russia’s “sweeping and systematic” campaign to disrupt the 2016 election in Trump’s favor. Trump and Putin are scheduled to talk for about an hour to discuss...
Trump, Merkel present friendly front despite simmering tensions
OSAKA, Japan — U.S. President Donald Trump and German Chancellor Angela Merkel decided to focus on the world’s problems, perhaps as a way of limiting discussion on their own tensions. In a meeting on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit here in Osaka, Japan, Trump and Merkel centered their comments on problems in other nations: Libya and...
‘It makes me angry’: Tillerson vents frustrations with Kushner
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson was having dinner at a local restaurant when the owner came over to tell him that Mexico’s foreign secretary happened to be eating at the same place. Would he like to say hello? Tillerson was surprised, he recently recounted to congressional aides, because he hadn’t been informed that...
Merkel seen shaking for second time this month
BERLIN — German Chancellor Angela Merkel was seen shaking for the second time within two weeks, but her spokesperson said she was doing “well.” Merkel was seen shaking for about two minutes as she met German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Thursday morning for a farewell ceremony for Justice Minister Katarina Barley, who will leave Berlin to...
Moldova’s new PM sets pro-Western course
As far as Moldova’s new prime minister is concerned, her country’s future lies to the west. Maia Sandu, whose nomination as prime minister launched a constitutional crisis this month, has vowed to steer her nation on a pro-Western course — despite concerns that her pro-Russian coalition partners have other ideas. In a phone interview...
Croatian named new head of Council of Europe
Croatian Foreign Minister Marija Pejčinović Burić was chosen Wednesday as the new secretary-general of the Council of Europe. She received 159 votes from members of the human rights body’s parliamentary assembly, with Belgian Foreign Minister Didier Reynders on 105. The election comes after a controversial decision by the parliamentary...
Council of Europe backs Russia’s return
The parliamentary assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) agreed Tuesday to allow Russian representatives to return to the body, five years after Moscow was stripped of its voting rights over the annexation of Crimea. Russia threatened to quit PACE if it was barred from voting in Wednesday’s election of a new secretary-general to replace...
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[Ticker] Council of Europe to chose Belgian or Croatian boss
There will be two candidates, when the Council of Europe, with 47 member countries, elects a new secretary general on Wednesday to replace Norway’s Thorbjorn Jagland from 1 October: Croatia’s liberal foreign minister Marija Pejcinovic Buric and Belgium’s liberal outgoing foreign minister, Didier Reynders. Meeting in Strasbourg...
