What to Know About U.S. Talks With Iran Over Its Nuclear Program
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What to Know About U.S. Talks With Iran Over Its Nuclear Program

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines A brief handshake may be the most likely outcome from preliminary diplomatic talks set for Saturday between American and Iranian officials. It would probably be enough to keep the discussions going, and potentially lead to the first official face-to-face negotiations between the two…

Boeing Helped Power Russia’s Economy. Could It Return?
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Boeing Helped Power Russia’s Economy. Could It Return?

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines To hear President Vladimir V. Putin tell it, Russia’s economy has thrived despite Western sanctions, becoming more self-sufficient and reorienting toward new markets. But there is one company that Russian officials make no secret about missing: Boeing. The aviation giant’s planes play a…

Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump
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Why Iran’s Supreme Leader Came Around to Nuclear Talks With Trump

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines It was a closely held, urgent meeting. Iran was pondering a response to President Trump’s letter seeking nuclear negotiations. So the country’s president, as well as the heads of the judiciary and Parliament huddled with Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, last month,…

Plunge in Oil Prices Threatens Russia’s Vast Spending on Ukraine War
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Plunge in Oil Prices Threatens Russia’s Vast Spending on Ukraine War

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines President Trump spared Russia from the tariffs he had imposed on 180 other nations in a bid to reshape global trade. But that did not exempt the country from the ensuing economic havoc. The price of oil, the lifeline of Russia’s economy and…

Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s
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Trump Wants an Iran Nuclear Deal, but It Must Be Better Than Obama’s

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines In 2016, running for president and pressed for details on how he would handle some of the world’s knottiest security issues, then-candidate Donald J. Trump had a simple formula for defanging the Iranian nuclear program. Barack Obama’s negotiating team, he said, should have…

Ukraine Questions Value of Black Sea Truce With Russia
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Ukraine Questions Value of Black Sea Truce With Russia

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The Ukrainian Navy patrol boat zipped across the Black Sea, its double-barreled, 25-millimeter machine gun locked on the horizon. The enemy, Russia, was nowhere in sight, yet ever-present. In the command room, Captain Mykhailo and his crew scanned screens showing color-coded zones marking…

Opinion | What I Saw in China on the Eve of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’
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Opinion | What I Saw in China on the Eve of Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines I had a choice the other day in Shanghai: Which Tomorrowland to visit? Should I check out the fake, American-designed Tomorrowland at Shanghai Disneyland, or should I visit the real Tomorrowland — the massive new research center, roughly the size of 225 football…

U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad
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U.S. Sanctions Chinese and Hong Kong Officials for Pursuing Activists Abroad

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines The U.S. fired a new round of sanctions at China on Monday, targeting six high-level Chinese and Hong Kong officials over what it described as acts of transnational repression for their crackdown on pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong and on U.S. soil. The…

Opinion | How to Punish Russia, Make Money for America and End the War in Ukraine
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Opinion | How to Punish Russia, Make Money for America and End the War in Ukraine

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Even though Russia and Ukraine were engaged in cease-fire talks with American representatives in Saudi Arabia, apparently with some progress on Tuesday, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has shown little actual commitment to ending his war. President Trump needs some better cards. Several…

Russia and Ukraine Agree to Black Sea Cease-fire: What to Know
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Russia and Ukraine Agree to Black Sea Cease-fire: What to Know

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Russia and Ukraine have agreed to cease fighting in the Black Sea in a U.S.-brokered deal, but it remains unclear whether the agreement can come into force soon — if at all. Russia had a major caveat: it would abide by the deal…