n a sit-down Saturday with Xi Jinping, President Trump backed off his tough talk against China for not doing enough to rein in North Korea. He even heaped praise on the Chinese president. “I appreciate the things that you have done relative to the very substantial problem that we all face in North Korea, a
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that he thinks he convinced President Trump that Russia did not interfere in the U.S. presidential election. Russian meddling in the election was the first thing Mr. Trump bought up when he two leaders had their first face-to-face meeting Friday, and Mr. Putin repeated his denials that Moscow was
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Saturday that “everybody knows” Russia interfered with 2016’s presidential elections during an interview on CNN, less than a day removed from reports that President Donald Trump accepted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s denials of such claims. Trump and Putin met for the first time Friday at the
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InternationalA final statement from the leaders of the world’s top economic powers Saturday reaffirmed their support for free trade but exposed a divide between the US and other G20 members on climate change. The Group of 20 summit came up with compromise language on trade, although officials struggled to find common ground on another contentious
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International, USACairo (dpa) – Islamic State late Friday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack on a military checkpoint in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula in which at least 26 soldiers were killed, including a senior officer. The Amaaq News Agency, which is affiliated with Islamic State, said that as the army was getting ready to launch a
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Middle EastLithuania has sentenced a Russian man to 10 years in prison for spying on the Baltic country for Moscow’s security services. A district court in Vilnius found Nikolay Filipchenko guilty of espionage for Russia’s federal security forces (FSB) – the first time one of the agency’s officials has been unmasked and imprisoned, Lithuania’s state department
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InternationalRwanda’s electoral commission has barred three candidates from running in next month’s presidential election, while allowing two opposition figures to stand against incumbent President Paul Kagame. Amnesty International, meanwhile, warned that the election would be held under a “climate of fear” and repression. Diane Shima Rwigara – hitherto the only female contender – Gilbert Mwenedata
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InternationalCARACAS, Venezuela — As news spread Saturday that Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez had unexpectedly been granted house arrest, hundreds of people crowded into his neighborhood chanting anti-government slogans and waiting to hear from the man who has become a symbol of the nation’s growing and chaotic resistance. Venezuela’s Supreme Court said Saturday morning that
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InternationalSenator Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) remains incredibly popular in his state and he certainly energized a portion of the left during his bid for the Democratic nomination in 2016. But at least one liberal in Vermont is fed up with the senator. Jon Svitavsky, 59, announced this week he planned to challenge the longtime Vermont politician
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USARussian government-sponsored hackers are suspected of being behind the penetration of computer systems at several U.S. nuclear power plants. Three people familiar with efforts to combat the hack told Bloomberg that Russian hackers were the chief suspects, who had planned to disrupt the nation’s power supply, officials said. The hackers accessed computer systems at at
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International, USAHamburg (dpa) – Police worked to clear a key street in central Hamburg early Saturday after violent protests dominated a Group of 20 summit of world leaders hosted by German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Police officers assisted by riot police succeeded in clearing most of the Schulterblatt, which had earlier been the scene of intense clashes
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InternationalA growing movement is pressing to restore the right of Jews to pray at the sight of the biblical Jewish temples, currently barred by Israel By Andrew Tobin Liberal American Jews are feeling thwarted in their years-long campaign for the right to pray as they wish at the Western Wall. Long frustrated that the plaza
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastBibliophiles in Iran, clear your weekend: The huge Book Garden center just opened in Tehran. Officials unveiled the Book Garden, a giant academic complex being called “the world’s largest bookstore,” on Wednesday. At roughly 65,000 square meters (about 700,000 square feet), the center has several movie theaters, science halls, classrooms, a restaurant, a prayer room
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastUS President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin held their first face-to-face talks on the sidelines of a G20 summit in Hamburg on Friday accompanied by just their foreign ministers. “We look forward to a lot of very positive things happening for Russia and the United States,” Trump said as he headed into the
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