Bloomberg The heads of the world’s two largest economies brushed over differences on North Korea and trade as they met in person for the second time. The unlikely diplomatic friendship of President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping seemed to hold firm as the pair met on the sidelines of the Group of 20 meetings in Hamburg. Heading into …

Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin said he believes Donald Trump agrees with his denial that Russia attempted to interfere in the 2016 US presidential election, which would put the US president at odds with the conclusion of multiple intelligence agencies. Putin and Trump met at the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg for more than two hours. At a press …

Bloomberg Secretary of State Rex Tillerson visited Ukraine to reaffirm US support for the former Soviet republic following the first meeting between President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin two days earlier. Tillerson said Ukraine, locked in a more-than-three-year conflict with its neighbor over the annexation of Crimea and Russian backing for an insurgency, “has come a long way”. …