Daily Brief

US delegation arrives in Peru for Summit of the Americas in renewed trade push 0
- Daily Brief
- April 13, 2018
Leaders across the Western Hemisphere will gather in Lima today for the eighth Summit of the Americas. The biggest story
Second round of coalition talks begin amidst stalemate 0
- Daily Brief
- April 13, 2018
Italian President Sergio Mattarella will host a second round of formal coalition talks following last week’s initial negotiations. While the
Israeli president heads to Poland for holocaust memorial amid tension 0
- Daily Brief
- April 12, 2018
Poland’s president will welcome Israeli President Reuven Rivlin today for a yearly march to remember Holocaust victims at the former
Congress to mull impact of Trump trade policy on America’s economy 0
- Daily Brief
- April 12, 2018
Today, the US House Ways and Means Committee will hold a hearing on Trump administration trade policy and its impact
Ukraine critical to construction of new major Russian gas pipeline to Europe 0
- Daily Brief
- April 12, 2018
The new pipeline would supply an additional 55 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year from Russia to Germany.
Trump threatens ‘missiles’ to strike Assad regime after suspected chemical attack 0
- Daily Brief
- April 12, 2018
Today, US President Donald Trump has threatened Bashar al-Assad’s regime with a missile strike in retaliation to a recent chemical

Trump plans response to chemical attack in Syria 0
- Daily Brief
- April 11, 2018
Western retaliation would ultimately target Assad’s allies Iran and Russia.
President Duterte of the Philippines heads to Hong Kong following talks with Xi of China 0
- Daily Brief
- April 11, 2018
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte will be in Hong Kong today, leading a delegation of Filipino business leaders for discussions on
Indonesia’s main opposition party holds conference to find new party leader 0
- Daily Brief
- April 11, 2018
Indonesia’s Gerindra Party will hold its national party conference today. Despite speculation the opposition party would announce its candidate for
Elections in Azerbaijan expected to retain incumbent in landslide result 0
- Daily Brief
- April 11, 2018
Azerbaijanis will head to the polls today for presidential elections that will see the victor govern the country through to
Ukraine’s Poroshenko arrives in Germany for renewed effort to revive peace plan 0
- Daily Brief
- April 10, 2018
Ukrainian President will today meet Angela Merkel in Berlin to discuss a possible UN peacekeeping mission for Ukraine’s troubled Donbass region.
Hawk John Bolton to assume powerful national security adviser post 0
- Daily Brief
- April 10, 2018
John Bolton will assume the role of US National Security Adviser today, a position that gives him the ability to

US delegation arrives in Peru for Summit of the Americas in renewed trade push 0