BERLIN (Reuters) – European Union sanctions on Russia are pointless, the frontrunner in France’s presidential election Francois Fillon said on Monday in Berlin, warning Russia and the United States under Donald Trump could forge links that exclude the EU. Speaking after meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who has taken a hard line in favor of […]
SEOUL — With President Donald Trump’s emphasis on “America First” economic policies, Japan and South Korea are bracing for contentious negotiations over trade and defense sharing costs. In his inauguration address on Friday, President Trump said he would enact protectionist policies to end free trade practices that he said had caused the U.S. economy to decline […]
Italian rescue teams say eight people have been found alive in a hotel buried by an avalanche nearly two days ago in the central part of the country. The survivors have yet to be pulled from the snow, but rescuers have been talking with them Friday. Workers dug through the night through deep snow and […]
LONDON — European governments struggled Tuesday to assess whether outspoken remarks by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, made in a weekend interview with two European newspapers, will be translated into new policies. European leaders had hoped that as Trump’s inauguration approached, the president-elect would tone down his campaign-trail criticism of the European Union and NATO, which […]