President Vladimir Putin dismissed as “farcical” accusations that Russia was behind cyber attacks against the US in an interview with NBC broadcast Monday ahead of his summit with President Joe Biden. “Where is proof? It’s becoming farcical,” he said. “We have been accused of all kinds of things, election interference, cyber attacks and so […]
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Putin says open to possible prisoner swap with US
President Vladimir Putin said in an interview broadcast Monday that Russia was open to a possible prison swap with the United States, as he spoke ahead of his summit with President Joe Biden. “Yes, of course,” Putin told NBC News when asked if he would consider a prisoner swap — a likely topic of discission […]
G7 adopts global infrastructure plan in riposte to China
G7 leaders on Saturday adopted a rival plan to oppose China’s Belt and Road Initiative by helping build infrastructure in poorer nations in a “values-driven, high-standard and transparent” partnership. The adoption of the US-inspired “Build Back Better World” (B3W) project came after President Joe Biden and leaders met to address “strategic competition with China and […]
G7 leaders target one billion jabs and climate drive
G7 leaders gathered Friday for their first in-person talks in nearly two years, with an expected pledge to donate one billion Covid vaccine doses to poor countries on the agenda in a show of Western democratic cohesion. The club of leading economies — Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and United States — say a […]
Biden and Johnson hold first meeting, but N. Ireland casts shadow
Joe Biden and Boris Johnson will hold their first face-to-face meeting Thursday, during which they will lay the foundations for a new pact, despite Brexit and its consequences in Northern Ireland casting a shadow on the old “special relationship”. Biden — on his first overseas tour as US president — and the British Prime Minister […]
Muslim World League launches interfaith summit in Sri Lankan capital
RIYADH: The Muslim World League (MWL) launched an interfaith summit in Colombo in the presence of Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena. Participants included Islamic, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist and Hindu religious leaders, as well as more than 2,000 religious scholars, politicians, intellectuals and media professionals. Sirisena delivered the opening speech. He thanked the MWL for holding […]
US, North Korea in behind-the-scenes talks over third summit, Moon says
The United States is in behind-the-scenes talks with North Korea over a possible third summit and has proposed working-level negotiations that have been stalled since the second such meeting in February, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Wednesday. Moon, in written answers to questions posed by visiting foreign journalists, said there was no reason […]
Trump says he will meet Putin at G20 summit next week
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he will meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at next week’s G20 summit in Japan. In an interview on Fox News, Trump said he would hold meetings with Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Trump confirmed earlier this week he would be meeting with Xi. “I want to get […]
Kim Jong Un open to another summit with Trump
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year’s end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the state-run media said Saturday. Kim made the comments during a speech Friday […]
Pakistan to participate in summit against modern slavery
Delegates from Pakistan are scheduled to attend an international key conference, titled “Tackling Modern Slavery, Forced Labour and Human Trafficking in Public Sector Supply Chain” in London from 27 March onwards. The Conference is co-hosted by the Ethical Trading Initiative, the UK government and the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), in partnership […]