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Jilted by Trump, Xi and Kim seek upper hand before G-20

Bloomberg Both China’s Xi Jinping and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un have suffered from President Donald Trump’s penchant for walking away from talks. Now, he’ll have to worry about what they tell each other behind closed doors. Xi’s state visit to Pyongyang on Thursday — the first such visit by a Chinese president in 14 years — will showcase a renewed ...

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‘Changes to nuke deal minimum Iran could do’

Bloomberg President Hassan Rouhani said Iran’s decision to end its compliance with some measures within the nuclear deal were the “minimum” that the Islamic Republic could do in response to the US violating the landmark accord, according to the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (INSA). Rouhani said “the other side in the agreement” hadn’t only failed to fulfil its obligations ...

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Merkel sees ‘strong evidence’ Iran attacked Gulf oil tankers

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel said there is “strong evidence” supporting a US accusation that Iran was behind last week’s attacks on oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman. “We of course take these explanations very seriously, and there is strong evidence,” the German Chancellor said at a news conference after talks with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Berlin. “But ...

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