Foreign policy
Power cuts and blackouts: Why can’t Iraq keep the lights on?
Iraq was plunged into a nationwide blackout earlier this week, as a temperature surge to 122 degrees Fahrenheit (50° Celcius) — and subsequent spiking demand for electricity — pushed the country’s faltering power grid to the breaking point. For a country that has seen as much conflict and instability as Iraq, this could come as […]
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Russian media is buzzing over Trump–Putin talks. The mood in Kyiv is very different
Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with the media at his campaign headquarters in Moscow on March 18, 2024. Natalia Kolesnikova | Afp | Getty Images Russian media outlets were in high spirits on Friday as Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin headed to meet U.S. President Donald Trump for an Alaskan summit widely presented as a win […]
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Five things that could change after Trump and Putin’s high-stake talks
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump during a meeting at the G20 summit in Osaka, Japan June 28, 2019. Mikhail Klimentyev | Kremlin | Sputnik | Reuters When Russian President Vladimir Putin travels to meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday for talks on ending the war in […]
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Nothing is off the table as Trump and Putin set to meet
US President Donald Trump (R) and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin speak during their meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, on July 7, 2017 Mikhail Klimentiev | AFP | Getty Images As Russian President Vladimir Putin holds face-to-face talks with White House leader Donald Trump on Friday, Ukraine — and the […]
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Trump’s meeting with Putin is a win-win for European defense stocks, no matter the outcome
European defense stocks have further to run regardless of whether U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin achieve a breakthrough on the war in Ukraine later this week, market watchers say. Trump and Putin are slated to meet in person in Alaska on Friday, with a view to discuss what it would take […]
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How Putin could try to outmaneuver Trump when they meet
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s standing in the West may be pretty low, but he’s a skilled and seasoned statesman who shouldn’t be underestimated, analysts say — and he’s likely to be looking to outmaneuver his less experienced U.S. counterpart when the leaders meet in Alaska on Friday. Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump are meeting […]
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European powers threaten ‘snapback sanctions’ if Iran doesn’t return to nuclear talks
The flag of Iran is seen in front of the building of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Headquarters on May 24, 2021 in Vienna, Austria. Michael Gruber | Getty Images News | Getty Images France, the U.K. and Germany have told the United Nations they support reinstating snapback sanctions on Iran, if it doesn’t […]
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Trump says he’s open to letting Nvidia sell a downgraded version of its most advanced chip to China
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, right, speaks alongside President Donald Trump about investing in America, at the White House in Washington, on April 30, 2025. Jim Watson | AFP | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump has singaled that he’d be open to allowing Nvidia to sell a downgraded version of its most advanced artificial intelligence […]
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Sidelined from Trump-Putin talks, Ukraine warns the world not to trust Russia
US President Donald Trump and Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy meet in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, Feb. 28, 2025. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Sidelined from forthcoming talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump to negotiate an end to the war, Ukraine has warned […]
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U.S.-China tariff truce: These are the big sticking points in deal talks
The U.S. and China agreed to extend the tariff truce for another 90 days — major sticking points are holding up a deal, and both sides are planning a leaders’ summit later this year to break the impasse. Hours before the higher tariffs were set to kick in, the two countries on Monday announced the […]
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