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Trump Under Fire After Summit with Putin

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Trump Under Fire After Summit with Putin

U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to side with Russian president Vladimir Putin on the issue of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, while dismissing the findings of the U.S. intelligence community, in a widely condemned press conference after their summit in Helsinki.

“I don’t see any reason why it would be [Russia],” Trump declared, “President Putin was extremely strong and powerful in his denial today.”

Trump’s comments ignited a firestorm of criticism across the political spectrum in the United States. Former CIA Director John Brennan tweeted that Trump’s performance in Helsinki was “nothing short of treasonous.” Within the Republican party, Senator John McCain derided Trump’s actions as “one of the most disgraceful performances by an American president in memory.”

The meeting came just days after 12 Russian agents were indicted by Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor investigating potential connections between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Japan: The European Union and Japan signed one of the world’s biggest trade deals, covering one-fourth of the global economy and affecting over 600 million people. The trade deal, the largest ever signed by the EU, is the latest in a string of European trade negotiations with nations in the Asia-Pacific region, including Australia, Vietnam, and China.

Europe is taking a more assertive stance in securing valuable trade deals in an apparent bid to offset the effects of tariffs imposed by the United States over the last year. U.S. President Donald Trump referred to the E.U. as a “foe” of the United States for its alleged trade practices on Sunday.

AFRICA

•  Former U.S. president Barack Obama urged Kenyan leaders to turn their backs on ethnic strife and fight corruption during a visit to his father’s home village of Kogelo in western Kenya.

•  The Nigerian military denied reports that over 20 of its troops went missing following a clash with Boko Haram militants in Nigeria’s northeast.

•  The head of the U.S. Overseas Private Investment Corporation warned African leaders to avoid China’s Belt and Road Initiative due to crippling debt and offered a “sustainable” alternative.

AMERICAS

•  Cuba began rolling out internet access on the mobile phones of select users as part of a move to provide mobile internet services nationwide by the end of the year.

•  Canada’s minister of Innovation, Science, and Economic Development, Navdeep Bains, revealed that Canada is considering both quotas and tariffs to curb the flood of foreign steel imports diverted by U.S. president Donald Trump’s trade policies.

•  As Venezuelan refugees pour into Colombia due to instability, the United States has pledged $6 million for health and nutrition programs to aid them.

ASIA

•
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un blasted officials in his country over delays in completing economic projects.

•  Asura, the most expensive film ever made in China, was pulled from cinemas after a single weekend due abysmal ratings and low ticket sales.

•  U.S. lawmakers urged the CEOs of Facebook and Google to resist changes stipulated by a new cybersecurity law rolled out by Vietnam, which critics have argued would give the Vietnamese government more power to crackdown on dissent.

EUROPE

•  British Prime Minister Theresa May caved to the demands of hardline pro-Brexit members of her party and accepted all four of their amendments to a customs bill. Several pro-European members of the Conservative Party voted against the amendments.

•  A Turkish court ruled that two Greek soldiers who were detained by Turkey in March must remain in custody, escalating tensions between Greece and Turkey.

•  The European Court of Human Rights condemned Russia for its handling of the arrest and conviction of members of the band Pussy Riot and the assassination of journalist Anna Politkovskaya.

MIDDLE EAST

•  U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that the United States will consider waivers on Iran sanctions in order to avert a massive disruption of the global oil markets.

•  Displaced Syrians rushed to the Israeli border in the Golan Heights but were turned back by Israeli soldiers as a Russian-backed Syrian offensive closed in.

•  Amnesty International called for a war crimes probe of prisons in Yemen run by the United Arab Emirates.

- By Humza Jilani

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