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Trump and Putin Kick off Alaska Summit With a Hand Shake

This is Beirut, 15/08 22:30 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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:Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin shook hands and smiled at an air base in Alaska on Friday as they opened a high-risk summit that will test the US president's promise to end the bloody war in Ukraine. In choreographed drama, Trump and Putin each arrived in their presidential jets and walked under gray skies to greet each other on the tarmac, ...

Falsehoods Swirl Around Trump-Putin Summit

This is Beirut, 15/08 21:05 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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From false claims of a Ukrainian assassin shot dead in Alaska to baseless reports of Russia declaring the sale of the territory to the United States illegal, misinformation has swirled around the summit between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump. The online falsehoods spreading across tech platforms were muddying the waters around Friday's closely ...

Ukraine: From the First Shot to the Trump-Putin Summit

Moncef Ait-Kaci, 15/08 20:45 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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It all began in Maidan Square, at the heart of what history would remember as the “Revolution of Dignity” or “Euromaidan.” In November 2013, thousands of Ukrainians gathered in Kyiv to say “no” to a pro-Russian turn and to demand “a European future.” Months of violently repressed protests led to the flight of President Viktor ...

Putin, Trump to Discuss Settling Ukraine Conflict in Talks: Kremlin

This is Beirut, 14/08 13:00 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and US counterpart Donald Trump are to discuss ways to settle the Ukraine conflict during their landmark summit in Alaska on Friday, the Kremlin said. The meeting will be the first between sitting US and Russian presidents since 2021, and comes as Trump seeks to broker an end to Russia's nearly three-and-a-half ...

Trump and Putin: A Strained Relationship

This is Beirut, 13/08 09:35 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Donald Trump styles himself as a strongman. And that's exactly what he sees in Vladimir Putin. Their complicated relationship will be put to the test at a summit in Alaska on Friday, where the two leaders who claim to admire each other will seek to outmaneuver one another over how to end Russia's invasion of Ukraine. While the two were close to ...

The Russian Past of Alaska, Where Trump and Putin Will Meet

This is Beirut, 11/08 09:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will hold a high-stakes meeting about the Ukraine war on Friday in Alaska, which the United States bought from Russia more than 150 years ago. Russian influence still endures in parts of the remote state on the northwest edge of the North American continent, which extends just a few miles from ...

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