Section: San Francisco Chronicle (USA)
Trump says it’s ‘time to move forward’ with Russia
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that “it is time to move forward in working constructively with Russia” after his lengthy meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Germany. Trump said that Putin “vehemently denied” the conclusions of American intelligence agencies that Russian hackers and...
Tillerson to meet Ukraine’s president, reaffirm US support
Tillerson meets Sunday with Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, just 48 hours after sitting in on President Donald Trump’s first face-to-face talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Germany. Speaking to a group of reform advocates at the U.S. ambassador’s residence, Tillerson praised Ukraine’s progress in combating...
Putin hails meeting, thinks Trump accepted election denials
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin hailed his first face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, saying Saturday he thinks Trump accepted his assurances that Russia didn’t meddle in the U.S. presidential election and that their conversation could be a model for improving ties between the two countries....
The Latest: Ukraine conflict discussed at G-20 summit
The German government said in a brief statement that Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Emmanuel Macron and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit that a cease-fire that’s part of a 2015 peace agreement must be “implemented comprehensively.” European Union officials who briefed...
Trump and Putin meet at international summit in Germany
In the lead-up to the meeting, Trump, during a speech in Warsaw on Thursday, urged Russia to “cease its destabilizing activities in Ukraine and elsewhere and its support for hostile regimes — including Syria and Iran — and to instead join the community of responsible nations in our fight against common enemies and in defense of civilization...
The Latest: Thousands join G-20 protest march
There were no immediate reports of significant trouble, though police said a few bottles were thrown. Hamburg has boosted its police with reinforcements from around the country for the G-20 summit, so that 20,000 officers are on hand to patrol the northern German city’s streets, skies and waterways. The German government says Chancellor...
Merkel hopes for G-20 win-win solutions; protests expected
HAMBURG, Germany (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders of the Group of 20 top industrial and developing countries arrived Thursday in Hamburg as police in Germany’s second-biggest city braced themselves for a major protest by anti-globalization activists. Merkel said leaders would address regulating financial markets,...
As cyberattack hit, Ukrainians turned to Facebook, Google
BORYSPIL, Ukraine (AP) — When departure information disappeared from Kiev airport’s website after last week’s cyberattack, employees trained a camera on the departure board and broadcast it to YouTube. Today, government agencies regularly post official statements to their Facebook walls and press officers eschew emails to chat with...
Ukraine: We prevented second cyberattack
Ukraine is still trying to find its feet after scores or even hundreds of businesses and government agencies were hit by an explosion of data-scrambling software on June 27. Avakov said in a statement posted to his Facebook page that what he described as the second stage of that malware attack had been timed to hit its peak at 4 p.m. Ukraine time...
Dutch to try suspects in Malaysia flight downed in Ukraine
An international criminal probe concluded that the missile that destroyed the passenger jet and killed all 298 people aboard was fired from rebel-controlled territory by a mobile launcher trucked in from Russia and hastily returned there. …read more Source: San Francisco...
