Ukraine, Hungary Kick off Expert-Level Consultations

May 20 (Reuters) – Kyiv and Budapest ⁠began ⁠expert-level consultations online on ⁠Wednesday, the countries’ foreign ministers said. • Ukrainian ​Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said he focused his opening statement ‌on three key issues – ‌bilateral relations, minority rights, and Ukraine’s EU accession. • ⁠Both ⁠countries look to rebuild ties following a change of ​government …

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Russia and China Scold the United States Over ‘Golden Dome’ Plans

MOSCOW, May 20 (Reuters) – Russia and China said on ⁠Wednesday ⁠that U.S. President Donald Trump’s Golden ⁠Dome missile-defence shield plans threatened strategic stability and that Washington had ​been irresponsible not to work on a replacement for a landmark nuclear treaty. The rebuke was issued in ‌a joint statement after President Xi ‌Jinping welcomed President …

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US Homeland Security Says It Assisted Spain in Probe of Former PM Zapatero

WASHINGTON/MADRID, May 20 (Reuters) – The United States’ Department of ⁠Homeland ⁠Security assisted Spanish police in ⁠a money-laundering probe that led to an investigation by Spain’s High ​Court of former Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a DHS spokesperson said. The Spanish court said ‌on Tuesday Zapatero was being investigated ‌for allegedly leading an influence-peddling …

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Trump’s Portrait Hits New Delhi Traffic as US Embassy Rolls Out ‘Happy Birthday America!’ Rickshaws

NEW DELHI (AP) — In New Delhi’s chaotic traffic, where the backs of auto-rickshaws sometimes double as mobile billboards, some commuters are now being greeted by an unlikely face: U.S. President Donald Trump. Splashed beneath his portrait is the slogan, “Happy Birthday America!” About 100 auto-rickshaws carrying large images of Trump and the Statue of …

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US Wants Ukraine to Help Ease Restrictions on Belarus Potash, Bloomberg News Reports

May 20 (Reuters) – The United States ⁠is ⁠urging Ukraine to ⁠relax restrictions on imports of potash ​fertilizers from Belarus and to press European allies to ‌follow suit, Bloomberg News ‌reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with ⁠the ⁠matter. According to the report, Washington has argued that dropping ​restrictions on the imports of the key …

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Bulgaria Wants U.S. to Allow Visa-Free Travel for Its Nationals, Says PM

SOFIA, May 20 (Reuters) – Bulgarian Prime ⁠Minister ⁠Rumen Radev on ⁠Wednesday said he spoke to U.S. President ​Donald Trump over the phone and brought up ‌visa-free travel for Bulgarian nationals ‌to the U.S. “In my conversation with ⁠the American ⁠president, I insistently raised the issue of lifting ​U.S. visa requirements for Bulgarian citizens and …

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