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RAF Scramble To Intercept Russian Aircraft
May27

RAF Scramble To Intercept Russian Aircraft

Two British fighter jets were dispatched from a Royal Air Force base in Scotland on Saturday (May 27th) after an incursion by Russian jets, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said. “Two Typhoons were scrambled from RAF Lossiemouth this morning as part of the RAF’s Quick Reaction Alert in response to two Russian aircraft entering the...

US to be lone Paris accord holdout at G7
May27

US to be lone Paris accord holdout at G7

TAORMINA, Sicily — The U.S. will be the lone holdout on endorsing the Paris accord on climate change when leaders of the G7 will issue their 2017 declaration Saturday, officials said. President Donald Trump had said he would give European leaders a chance to make their case for the climate change accord, but will make a final...

Trump aides facing perilous stage of Russia probe
May27

Trump aides facing perilous stage of Russia probe

Robert Mueller’s special investigation may just be starting, but for President Donald Trump and his aides, it’s already entered one of the most legally treacherous phases. Now that Trump’s current and former aides and allies officially know a probe exists, they’re responsible for preserving...

Cohn: White House won’t roll back Russia sanctions
May26

Cohn: White House won’t roll back Russia sanctions

The White House will not move to reduce U.S. sanctions on Russia and may even pursue further action against Moscow, top White House adviser Gary Cohn told reporters on Friday, clarifying previous remarks. “We’re not lowering our sanctions on Russia,†said Cohn, Trump’s chief economic adviser and one...

Trump confirms Europe’s worst fears
May26

Trump confirms Europe’s worst fears

BRATISLAVA — If “hope dies last,†as a favorite German aphorism goes, Europe needs to find a Plan B for dealing with Donald Trump. For months, Europe’s leaders quietly hoped the American president’s bark wasn’t as bad as his bite, that his cartoonish public persona was...

Edgy Eastern Europe seeks reassurance in Trump’s NATO talk
May26

Edgy Eastern Europe seeks reassurance in Trump’s NATO talk

KIEV — These are worrying times for those members on NATO’s eastern edge, especially for countries such as Ukraine that are dependent on the alliance for support against a newly assertive Russia. And Donald Trump’s comments at this week’s summit in Belgium did little to alleviate their...

G7 must face down Russia or suffer disaster
May26

G7 must face down Russia or suffer disaster

KIEV — In 1936, when Winston Churchill cautioned that the “era of procrastination” was coming to an end and that the world was entering a “period consequences,” his warning had already gone unheeded for too long. Two years earlier, the British statesman had warned Europe about the impending peril and was dismissed as an alarmist....

Juncker: Trump wasn’t aggressive in saying Germany was ‘very bad’
May26

Juncker: Trump wasn’t aggressive in saying Germany was ‘very bad’

TAORMINA, Italy — Jean-Claude Juncker appeared to confirm reports that Donald Trump had complained in private about Germany being “very bad†for selling so many cars to the United States. The European Commission president described a “very frankly constructed meeting†with the U.S. president...

Manafort advised Trump team on Russia scandal
May25

Manafort advised Trump team on Russia scandal

Months after the FBI began examining Paul Manafort as part of a probe into ties between President Donald Trump’s team and Russia, Manafort called Trump’s chief of staff, Reince Priebus, to push back against the mounting controversy, according to four people familiar with the call. It was about a week before...

Trump meets top EU officials on his first Brussels trip
May25

Trump meets top EU officials on his first Brussels trip

Donald Trump, whose “American First†instincts and Euroskeptic campaign rhetoric rattled his European allies, made his first official visit to Brussels Thursday to meet top EU officials ahead of a summit at NATO — an alliance he once described as “obsolete.” While EU leaders are pleased he decided to visit them...