Section: Time (USA)
Russian President Vladimir Putin to Visit Xi Jinping in Beijing This Week
Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit Beijing on Saturday at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, Chinese state media has confirmed. The two leaders are expected to ink a $6.2 billion high-speed rail deal as well as discuss extended military cooperation. Up to 30 trade agreements could also be signed, reports the South...
Vladimir Putin Says He Will Work With Whoever Is the Next U.S. President
(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia)— President Vladimir Putin says Russia will work with whoever is elected the new U.S. president. Putin earlier on Friday dodged the question of whether he would prefer Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton as the new commander-in-chief. Speaking at a meeting with the leaders of the major news agencies Putin said Moscow is...
U.S. Will Patrol the Black Sea Despite Russian Warnings
The U.S. will stay in the Black Sea says a U.S. Navy Secretary on Thursday, despite Russia warning that the patrolling U.S. destroyer undermines regional security. Speaking to Reuters, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus says it is the U.S. Navy’s role to deter aggression and keep sea lanes open in the Black Sea basin, which bounded by Russia,...
Murdered British Lawmaker Jo Cox Advocated for Syrians in This Powerful Speech
Jo Cox, the member of British Parliament who was killed Thursday, was an outspoken humanitarian, who advocated for refugees and for the U.K. to take a more active role in the crisis in Syria. On May 3, Cox called an “Urgent Questio”‘ in Parliament, and made a moving speech in favor of protecting Syrian civilians. Watch the speech in the video...
Unruly Russian Soccer Fans Are Both Assets and Liabilities for Russia
(MARSEILLE, France) — The Russian soccer hooligans who have fought with rival supporters at the European Championship in France have at various times been both an asset and a liability to the Russian authorities. While the often-nationalist hardcore fans provide a reserve of support for adventurous foreign policy moves and a bulwark against...
The Hollow Alliance
For decades, the transatlantic partnership has been crucial to international security and the stability of the global economy. Through organizations like NATO, U.S. and European leaders have worked together to advance democracy, liberty, rule of law and the market-based values that have helped lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty...
E.U. Leaders Gather in Russia, Potentially to Ease Sanctions
(ST. PETERSBURG, Russia) — After a two-year break, which felt more like a boycott, European leaders and chief executives of top multinational companies are back at Russia’s top economic gathering in a sign of weariness about European sanctions against Moscow. Russia’s annexation of Crimea in March 2014 and its support for separatist...
England and Russia Could Be Kicked Out of Euro 2016 Over Fan Violence
(PARIS) — England and Russia have been threatened with expulsion from the European Championship if there is further violence by their fans. Expressing its “utter disgust” over three days of disorder in Marseille, UEFA told the English and Russian federations on Sunday “to appeal to their supporters to behave in a responsible and respectful...
France to Kick Off Euro 2016 Under Shadow of Terror Threat
This was supposed to be a week of wild excitement for France, as millions of soccer fans and 24 national teams arrive in the country for the four-yearly European Football Championships—a month-long tournament of the world’s most beloved sport, featuring many of the best players on the planet. Instead, after months of violent protests over...
Inside the British Town Where 1 in 3 Are E.U. Migrants
Ramunas Savickas has invested a lot of time and money on building a new life outside Lithuania. Since moving to Britain in 2005, he has worked as a driver, dishwasher, factory worker and vegetable picker before saving enough funds to start his own business in Wisbech, a rural town 100 miles north of London. Sitting in his restaurant, Smakas,...
