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WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – President Donald Trump has tapped veteran diplomat and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman as ambassador to Russia, the White House said Tuesday. The announcement came amid swirling controversy and multiple investigations into allegations that the Trump campaign colluded with Moscow to win the 2016 election. Huntsman, 57, previously served as US ambassador to China and Singapore. If confirmed by the US Senate, Huntsman would venture to Moscow for a […]
(Eagle News) – A magnitude 7.8 quake shook Russia, 199 kilometers east southeast of Nikol’skoye off Bering Strait, triggering fears of a tsunami as the quake struck at a depth of only 11.7 kilometers. The quake struck at 7:34 a.m. (Manila time) in Russia. The quake’s magnitude was initially reported at 7.7 by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), but was later revised to 7.8. The United States Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said that […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.7 struck Monday off the eastern coast of Russia, according to the United States Geological Survey, causing officials to initially warn of a tsunami threat in parts of the Pacific. But the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center lifted that forecast a short time later, saying it did not expect “a destructive Pacific-wide tsunami,” and adding there was no threat to Hawaii. “Minor sea level fluctuations […]
KIEV, Ukraine (AFP) — Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on Monday insisted Russia must be held to account over the downing of Malaysia Airlines flight MH17, three years on from the tragedy that killed 298 people. International investigators have said the Boeing airliner flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur was blown out of the sky over conflict-wracked east Ukraine on July 17, 2014 by a Buk missile system brought in from Russia and fired from territory held by Moscow-backed rebels. The probe being led by […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — An imaging satellite and 72 micro-satellites were launched into orbit Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos and research center Glavcosmos announced. The Soyuz 2-1A rocket successfully lifted off at 0643 GMT with the satellite payload, Roscosmos said in a statement. According to Russian news agencies, Glavcosmos, charged with putting the satellites into orbit, later reported that by 1441 GMT all the satellites had successfully separated. […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – United States President Donald Trump said in an interview Wednesday that he has a good relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin after the two met for more than two hours in Hamburg last week. “People said, ‘Oh, they shouldn’t get along.’ Well, who are the people that are saying that? I think we get along very, very well,” Trump told evangelical leader Pat Robertson on the Christian Broadcasting Network. […]
MOSCOW, Russia (Reuters) — Russian President Vladimir Putin and United States President Donald Trump made no promises to each other to form a joint group on cyber security, but they stated their readiness to work in this direction, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday (July 10). The Kremlin also does not know the Russian lawyer who allegedly met Trump’s son, Donald Trump Jr., Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, last […]
WASHINGTON DC, United States (AFP) – US President Donald Trump said Sunday he wanted to work “constructively” with Russia, including on cyber security, despite confronting Vladimir Putin over alleged meddling in last year’s American elections. While ruling out easing sanctions so long as the two countries remain at odds over Syria and Ukraine, Trump said it was time for US-Russia relations to move forward, even though members of his own party said he should […]
HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) — Russia and the United States have agreed to a ceasefire in southwest Syria starting from midday on Sunday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced Friday. “Today in Amman Russian, American and Jordanian experts… agreed on a memorandum of understanding to create a de-escalation zone” in the regions of Daraa, Quneitra and Sweida, Lavrov said. “There will be a ceasefire in this zone from midday Damascus time on July 9.” Lavrov was […]
HAMBURG, Germany (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin exchanged a handshake for the first time on Friday as they arrived for the G20 summit in Germany, the Kremlin said. “They shook hands and said they will meet separately and see each other soon,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov. The billionaire tycoon and the ex-KGB agent’s meeting later Thursday in the German port city of Hamburg promises to be […]
Reuters — Russian strategic bombers fired advanced cruise missiles at Islamic State targets in Syria on Wednesday (July 5) from a distance of 1,000 kilometers (621.37 miles), in a show of force Moscow said demolished three ammunition depots and a command post. Moscow carried out the attack just two days before President Vladimir Putin and United States counterpart Donald Trump are due to hold their first face-to-face meeting at the G20 summit in Hamburg, and […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States is prepared to work with Russia on the establishment of “no-fly zones” in Syria, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Wednesday. In a wide-ranging statement issued two days ahead of President Donald Trump’s first face-to-face with Vladimir Putin, Tillerson said Russia had a “special responsibility” to help stabilize the war-ravaged country. “The (US) is prepared to explore the possibility of establishing with Russia joint mechanisms […]
