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Estonian prez rues ‘post-truth’ politics before Trump meeting

Bloomberg Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid criticized politicians who pursue divisive political campaigns and disregard facts, setting the tone a day before she meets US President Donald Trump. Leaders who win office with the help of “post-truth” campaigns but can’t deliver on their promises will see their governments fail, Kaljulaid told a conference in the Latvian capital, Riga, Wednesday. From there, …

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Trump-Putin talks raise anxiety ex-spymaster will get upper hand

Bloomberg Donald Trump’s encounter with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is raising concerns among veteran American diplomats and analysts about a mismatch between a US president new to global affairs and a wily former Soviet spymaster experienced in the long game of strategy and statecraft. Their highly anticipated meeting this week at the Group of 20 summit promises to set the …

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‘MH17 suspects’ to be prosecuted in Netherlands

Bloomberg The five countries working together in the investigation of the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in 2014 have picked the Netherlands as the country where suspects will be prosecuted. The choice for the Dutch legal system is an “important step” in the prosecution process as Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Ukraine are continuing their investigation, the …

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