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New French Government Unveiled, Le Drian Foreign Minister

Newly elected French President Emmanuel Macron appointed his first government on Wednesday, naming veteran Socialist Jean-Yves Le Drian to foreign affairs and European lawmaker Sylie Goulard as defense minister. Other key figures during his campaign were given senior roles, with the mayor of Lyon, Gerard Collomb, named as interior minister ...

May 17, 2017

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Putin ‘Ready to Provide Recording’ of Lavrov-Trump Exchange

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday that Moscow could provide a recording of the exchange between Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and US President Donald Trump, who is accused of sharing classified intelligence. “If the US administration finds it possible, we are ready to provide a recording of the conversation between ...

May 17, 2017

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Russia Ready for Dialogue with US on Cybersecurity Issues: Foreign Ministry

Russia said it was for dialogue with the United States on all issues of global cybersecurity, but the opposition of US President Donald Trump is preventing him from creating a team for practical cooperation. “Our president already said so in Beijing. In particular, he noted that we had offered to the US side a whole range of agreements, including on incident prevention ...

May 17, 2017

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VK, formerly known as VKontakte, is Russia's most popular social network.

Ukraine Blocks Popular Russian Social Networks

Ukraine on Tuesday blocked popular Russian social networks and an internet search engine as it expanded sanctions against the Kremlin for its alleged backing of separatists in the country’s east. President Petro Poroshenko signed a decree banning access to VK — often referred to as Russia’s Facebook — and Ukraine’s ...

May 16, 2017

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Putin Says N. Korea Missile Test ‘Dangerous’

Russian President Vladimir Putin said Monday that North Korea’s latest missile test was “dangerous”, but he warned that Pyongyang was being intimidated and called for a peaceful solution to regional tensions. “We are categorically against the expansion of the club of nuclear powers,” Putin told reporters after an international forum ...

May 15, 2017

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Macron Takes Power as French President

Emmanuel Macron was inaugurated as France’s youngest ever president on Sunday, saying the country had chosen “hope” and promising to relaunch the flagging European Union. Macron, a 39-year-old centrist, took the reins of power from Francois Hollande a week after he won a resounding victory over far-right leader Marine Le ...

May 14, 2017

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Moscow Says North Korean Missile ‘No Danger’ to Russia

The ballistic missile fired by North Korea on Sunday did not pose a threat to Russia, landing about 500 kilometers from its border, the Russian defense ministry said after Washington suggested that Moscow would be angry. “This missile launch represented no danger for the Russian Federation,” according to a defense ...

May 14, 2017

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Putin Holds Short Conversation with Erdogan on Sidelines of Beijing Forum

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday held a short meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. “Putin had a short conversation with Turkish President Erdogan, including on the issues discussed during the ...

May 14, 2017

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Europol Says Cyber Attack is of “Unprecedented Level”

The wave of cyber attacks wreaking havoc cross the globe is “at an unprecedented level”, European Union’s law enforcement agency Europol said Saturday. The attacks will “require a complex international investigation to identify the culprits”, the agency, which is working with countries and companies hit by the attacks, said in ...

May 13, 2017

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French Elections: Macron, a President, but..?

French presidential elections has brought Emmanuel Macron to the Elisee. The youngest president in France history has been able to defeat veteran candidates and parties that dominated the French scene for decades, namely, the republicans and the socialists. Occupying the first position in the French Republic however, does not entitle ...

May 12, 2017