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Mongolia will get $5.5 bln. loans from IMF

25 May, 2017 41 views

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved a three-year extended arrangement under Extended Fund Facility (EFF) for Mongolia in a total amount of SDR 314.5054 million (about US$434.3 million, or 435 …

China and Russia Take on Airbus and Boeing With New Plane Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China and Russia’s United Aircraft Corp. are building a 280-seat long-haul plane

24 May, 2017 151 views

By Trefor Moss May 23, 2017 7:41 a.m. ET 2 COMMENTS SHANGHAI—China and Russia have joined forces to build a large passenger airliner designed to challenge Airbus SE EADSY -0.64%and Boeing Co. BA -0.10% …

Worries grew of Trump campaign contacts to Russia

24 May, 2017 43 views

By Patricia Zengerle and Doina Chiacu | WASHINGTON Former CIA director John Brennan said on Tuesday he had noticed contacts between associates of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia during the 2016 election and …

Congress hearings show no Trump campaign-Russia collusion

24 May, 2017 48 views

Hearings in the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday showed there is no evidence of collusion between the Trump presidential campaign and Russia and that President Donald Trump never jeopardized intelligence sources, a …

Duterte to meet Putin this week

22 May, 2017 19 views

MANILA — President Rodrigo Duterte will meet with Russian leaders again. President Duterte is set to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev this week. Medvedev met with President Duterte …

Venezuela holds 5,000 Russian surface-to-air MANPADS missiles

22 May, 2017 58 views

By Girish Gupta | CARACAS Venezuela possesses 5,000 Russian-made MANPADS surface-to-air weapons, according to a military document reviewed by Reuters, the largest known stockpile in Latin America and a source of concern for U.S. …

Trump campaign had at least 18 undisclosed contacts with Russians: sources

19 May, 2017 13 views

By Ned Parker, Jonathan Landay and Warren Strobel | WASHINGTON Michael Flynn and other advisers to Donald Trump’s campaign were in contact with Russian officials and others with Kremlin ties in at least 18 …

Motorist crashes into Times Square crowd, killing one person, injuring 22

19 May, 2017 39 views

By Daniel Trotta and Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A U.S. Navy veteran ploughed his car into pedestrians in New York City’s packed Times Square on Thursday, killing an 18-year-old woman and injuring …

Russian State-Run Bank Financed Deal Involving Trump Hotel Partner

18 May, 2017 106 views

By Rob Barry, Christopher S. Stewart and Brett Forrest Updated May 17, 2017 11:59 a.m. ET VEB, a Russian state-run bank under scrutiny by U.S. investigators, financed a deal involving Donald Trump’s onetime partner …