51 h. ago Trump says next steps for Ukraine talks unclear after Putin meeting

The path ahead for Ukraine peace talks is unclear, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday, after what he called “reasonably good” talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and US envoys. The Kremlin said on Wednesday that Putin accepted some US proposals aimed at ending the war in Ukraine and was prepared to keep working to find a compromise. US special envoy Steve Witkoff and Trump adviser and son-in-law Jared Kushner spent hours at the Kremlin, departing in the early hours of...

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3 d. ago Ukraine talks: Putin meets Trump envoys in Russia, sends Europe a warning

Russian President Vladimir Putin met US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner in the Kremlin on Tuesday for talks on a possible way to end the deadliest European conflict since World War II. Just before the meeting, Putin warned Europe that it would face swift defeat if it went to war with Russia, and he dismissed European counterproposals on Ukraine as being absolutely unacceptable to Russia. Trump has repeatedly said he wants to end the war but his...

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5 d. ago US sees progress after Ukraine talks in Florida as Trump envoy heads to Russia

US and Ukrainian officials held what both sides called productive talks on Sunday about a Russia peace deal, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio expressing optimism about progress despite challenges to ending the more than three-year-long war. Rubio met with a Ukrainian delegation led by a new chief negotiator in Florida, his home state, for talks that he said were meant to create a pathway for Ukraine to remain sovereign and independent. “We continue to be realistic about how difficult this is,...

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5 d. ago US sees progress after latest Ukraine talks as Trump envoy heads to Russia

Diplomats faced an uphill battle to reconcile Russian and Ukrainian positions as a renewed US-led push to end the more than three-year war gathered steam, with Ukrainian officials attending talks in the US over the weekend and a Washington official expected in Moscow this week. US Secretary of State Marco Rubio met with a Ukrainian delegation led by a new chief negotiator in Florida, his home state, for talks that he said were meant to create a pathway for Ukraine to remain sovereign and...

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2 w. ago China, Running Piraeus Port, Tells U.S. Not for Sale, Butt Out

China, Running Piraeus Port, Tells U.S. Not for Sale, Butt Out  The National Herald

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2 w. ago Greece’s Piraeus port not for sale, China tells US By Reuters

Greece’s Piraeus port not for sale, China tells US By Reuters  Investing.com

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2 w. ago China accuses US of undermining ties with Greece in envoy’s Piraeus port remarks

China has accused the United States of trying to undermine its relations with Greece after the US ambassador Kimberly Guilfoyle urged Athens to sell the Chinese-operated port of Piraeus. Guilfoyle called the presence of China’s state-owned shipping giant Cosco at the port in the south of Greece “unfortunate”, in an interview last week with Greek broadcaster Antenna TV. “But I think there are ways around it, that something could be worked out, whether you pursue a path of enhancing output in...

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2 w. ago E&E News: China’s top envoy blasts EU climate goals and Trump’s ‘bad example’

E&E News: China’s top envoy blasts EU climate goals and Trump’s ‘bad example’  POLITICO Pro

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2 w. ago China’s top envoy blasts EU climate goals and Trump’s ‘bad example’

China’s top envoy blasts EU climate goals and Trump’s ‘bad example’  politico.eu

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2 w. ago Why this US politician is wrong about ‘pushing China out of Piraeus port’

Why this US politician is wrong about ‘pushing China out of Piraeus port’  Global Times

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3 w. ago Trump envoy warns Greece that US wants China out of Piraeus port

Trump envoy warns Greece that US wants China out of Piraeus port  politico.eu

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