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We are going to do ‘Some Great Things,’ Says Trump After Meeting Jack Ma

We are going to do ‘Some Great Things,’ Says Trump After Meeting Jack Ma

USA
New York, United States:  President-elect Donald Trump and China's billionaire founder of e-commerce giant Alibaba held "great" talks in New York on Monday focused on creating US jobs and enabling trade with Asia. The incoming Republican president, who will be sworn in as commander-in-chief in less than two weeks' time having never previously held elected office, has made job creation a key promise of his incoming administration. His team said the meeting between the 70-year-old real estate tycoon and China' richest man was focused on how Alibaba can create one million US jobs by enabling one million US small businesses to sell goods into China and Asia. "We had a great meeting," Trump told reporters afterward in accompanying Ma back down to the lobby of his Trump Tower headquarte...
Obama believes India-US relationship worth investing, says White House

Obama believes India-US relationship worth investing, says White House

USA
President Barack Obama has deeply invested in strengthening Indo-US ties in the eight years of his administration as he believes that there are profound diplomatic and economic benefits in doing so, the White House has said. “Obama has invested deeply in strengthening the relationship between the United States and the world’s largest democracy in India and the President believes that there are profound national security, diplomatic and economic benefits for strengthening those ties,” White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters at his daily news conference. Earnest was yesterday responding to questions on what are the things Obama would like President-elect Donald Trump to do when it comes to Indo-US relationship. “So, I have not heard the incoming President articulate ...
CIA Says Russia Favored Trump by leaking emails

CIA Says Russia Favored Trump by leaking emails

International
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system, according to officials briefed on the matter. Intelligence agencies have identified individuals with connections to the Russian government who provided WikiLeaks with thousands of hacked emails from the Democratic National Committee and others, including Hillary Clinton's campaign chairman, according to U.S. officials. Those officials described the individuals as actors known to the intelligence community and part of a wider Russian operation to boost Trump and hurt Clinton's chances. "It is the assessment of the intelligence community that Russia's goal here was to favor one candidate ...