Tag Archives: Sanctions

Trump Bows to Putin’s Approach on Ukraine: No Cease-Fire, Deadlines or Sanctions  The New York Times After Putin Summit, Trump Backs Plan to Cede Land in Ukraine: Live Updates  The New York Times Zelenskyy outlines peace demands before high-stakes White House meeting with Trump  Fox News Trump drops ceasefire demand for Ukraine war after summit with Putin  The Washington Post Trump to meet Zelensky …

On Friday morning, the NCAA imposed a 10-year “show cause” order against former Michigan coach, and current Chargers coach, Jim Harbaugh. Neither the league nor the Chargers have any comment on the matter. Both declined comment in response to requests from PFT. That doesn’t necessarily mean the league will do nothing. It only means that, at least for now, the …

DONALD TRUMP had billed August 8th as deadline day for Vladimir Putin: stop fighting or face crippling sanctions. But as the day wore on, it seemed the ultimatum had come and gone without event. Then, around 6pm, the White House announced there would be a summit between Mr Trump and Mr Putin on August 15th in Alaska. Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s …

Trump hails progress in Russia talks, White House says secondary sanctions still planned  Reuters Trump Tells European Leaders He Intends to Meet With Putin and Zelensky  The New York Times US says secondary sanctions on Russia to go ahead, even though Putin-Witkoff meeting ‘went well’  CNN Trump hails ‘great progress’ after Witkoff meets Putin for talks on Ukraine  The Guardian Putin and Zelensky to …

Trump Live Updates: U.S. Envoy to Russia Meets Putin as Sanctions Deadline Looms  The New York Times Witkoff meets with Putin as Trump’s sanctions threat looms  CNN Trump’s envoy Witkoff meets Putin as ceasefire deadline looms  BBC Trump’s special envoy meets Putin as Russia-Ukraine peace deadline nears  WLOS Talks between Putin and US envoy Steve Witkoff ‘useful and constructive’, Kremlin says – Europe live  The …

Facebook Tweet Email Link President Donald Trump’s trusted foreign envoy Steve Witkoff landed in Moscow early on Wednesday after the Kremlin requested a meeting with him in a last-ditch effort to avoid the punishing new sanctions Trump has threatened to impose this week, people familiar with the matter said. Witkoff was was greeted at the airport by Russia’s investment envoy …

SAO PAULO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear who his new Latin America priority is: former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a personal and political ally. In doing so, he has damaged one of the Western hemisphere’s most important and long-standing relationships, by levying 50% tariffs that begin to take effect Wednesday on the largest Latin America economy, …

Witkoff to travel to Russia ahead of U.S. sanctions, Trump says  Axios Trump wants deal to end Russia’s war in Ukraine by Aug. 8, US tells UN  Reuters Secretary of State Marco Rubio with Brian Kilmeade of Fox Radio  U.S. Department of State (.gov) Trump offered Putin victory in Ukraine. Why did Putin refuse?  Atlantic Council Trump says 10-day deadline for Russia to broker …

The US says it is going to impose sanctions on the Palestinians’ self-governance organisation as well as the body that represents it on the international stage. The sanctions affect both the Palestinian Authority (PA) which was established by the Oslo peace accords, and the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) which was recognised after the same process as the official representative of …

U.S. stiffens sanctions against judge at center of U.S.-Brazil feud  The Washington Post U.S. Hits Brazil With 50% Tariffs and Sanctions in Sharp Escalation  The New York Times Trump accused of ‘attack on Brazilian democracy’ after sanctioning Bolsonaro trial judge  The Guardian Sanctioning Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes for Serious Human Rights Abuse  U.S. Department of State (.gov) U.S. sanctions Brazilian judge …