The Kremlin said on Monday that it ​would welcome contacts between U.S. Secretary ‌of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Manila this week where members of the ​Association of Southeast Asian Nations are gathering. Rubio, ​who is in Manila from July 19-23, ⁠said at the weekend he would be ​ready to meet Lavrov on the sidelines of ​ASEAN-related events, but that he was not sure if such a meeting had been finalised. Learn More

A bipartisan group of nine U.S. senators on Monday sought to reassure defense contractors from American allies that growing demand for ​their products is real and urged the Trump administration not to impose tariffs ‌on aerospace products. "Our message is encouragement to them to increase their capabilities to send the message that the demand signal is for real," said Republican Senator Jerry Moran at the Farnborough airshow. "We are doing the things ​in Congress that sugges

U.S. President Donald Trump called for a review related to the Federal Judicial Center's ​scientific reference manual in cases involving climate change, writing ‌in a Truth Social post on Sunday that the work contains "discredited" information that led to "huge losses" for the country. "Our Nation’s Federal Judges deserve Facts ​and Science, not Political Fraud and False Science on Climate," ​Trump posted. "With this TRUTH, I hereby order Federal Suspension ⁠and Debarment Of