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Xi Jinping ‘bromance’ with Trump continues as US pressures China

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

When they met at US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in April, China’s President Xi Jinping found a way to charm the mercurial former real estate mogul. Trump hailed the “good chemistry” of the sunny summit in Florida and predicted “lots of very potentially bad problems will be going away.” The “bromance” is set to continue when Xi returns theRead more

Rosatom would bid in KSA nuclear plant tender

Paris - Muslimchronicle

State-owned Russian nuclear group Rosatom has sent initial proposals to Saudi Arabia for nuclear power generation and would bid if a tender was announced, the company said on Thursday. Saudi Arabia has sent a “request for information” to vendors to build two nuclear reactors in a first step toward a formal tender, sources told Reuters this week. “Rosatom has expressedRead more

First athlete stripped of medal in Russia doping scandal

Lausanne - Muslimchronicle

Cross-country skier Alexander Legkov has been stripped of his Olympic 50km title, the International Olympic Committee announced Wednesday after publishing the first conclusions from the Oswald Commission hearing in the wake of the Russian doping scandal. Legkov, who also won silver in the men's 4x10km cross-country event at Sochi 2014, was banned from participating in any future Winter Olympics alongRead more

Russian investment fund to send delegation to Saudi Arabia

Moscow - Muslimchronicle

The Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) has said it is sending a Russian business mission comprising more than 60 executives to Saudi Arabia on Nov. 1-2. The delegation will include representatives of prominent Russian companies including Gazprom, SIBUR, Lukoil and Sinara, a statement said. The attending Russian companies will present opportunities for investment and take part in sectoral discussions andRead more

Trump ex-campaign chief Manafort pleads not guilty

Washington - Muslimchronicle

President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort pleaded not guilty Monday to charges of conspiracy and money laundering after the Justice Department unveiled the first indictments in the probe into Russian election interference. Manafort, 68, and business partner Rick Gates, 45, both entered not guilty pleas in a Washington court after being read charges that they hid millions ofRead more

Trump campaign aide pleads guilty to lying about Russia links

Washington - Muslimchronicle

A Trump campaign aide has pleaded guilty to lying to FBI investigators probing the campaign's possible links to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, according to court documents unsealed Monday. George Papadopoulos, a foreign policy advisor to the campaign early last year, entered the plea October 5, admitting he sought to hide contacts with a Moscow linked professor offeringRead more

Russian helicopter missing in Arctic found on seabed, eight presumed dead: rescuers

Oslo - Muslimchronicle

A Russian helicopter that went down off the coast of Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic has been found and the eight people on board are presumed dead, Norwegian rescue crews said on Sunday, two days after the aircraft disappeared. "The wreck of the Russian helicopter has been located... northeast of Heerodden, at a depth of 209 metres (686 feet).Read more

Russian helicopter crashes at sea in Arctic, 8 aboard: Norway

Oslo - Muslimchronicle

A Russian helicopter with eight people on board crashed at sea in Norway's Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic on Thursday, Norwegian rescue services said. The aircraft went down two or three kilometres from Barentsburg, a Russian mining community in the archipelago, the rescue services said. Source:AFPRead more

Leading Crimean Tatar activists freed by Russia

Simferopol - Muslimchronicle

Two leading Tatar activists sentenced for their political activities by Russian authorities in annexed Crimea have been freed and have flown to Turkey, their family and lawyers said on Wednesday. "Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz are freed and most likely have already landed in Ankara," Umerov's wife Maye told AFP. Refat Chubarov, the head of the Crimean Tatars' banned assembly,Read more