RIO DE JANEIRO — French President Emmanuel Macron told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday to climb down from making nuclear threats after Russia lowered its threshold for launching a nuclear strike earlier in the day. “Be reasonable,” and refrain from showing “an aggressive approach to the international community,” Macron urged Putin in comments made on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. “Russia is becoming a force for destabilization,” he said. Putin’s decision to change Russia’s nuclear doctrine came after outgoing United States President Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons to strike deeper inside Russia.…
Author: Clea Caulcutt, Joe Stanley-Smith
RIO DE JANEIRO — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called Monday for the European Union to urgently conclude the mega trade deal with the South American trade bloc. “After more than 20 years, we now need to finalize the free trade agreement,” Scholz told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The German Chancellor’s push to wrap up the deal came as French President Emmanuel Macron tried to delay talks during a tour of Latin America, going as far as seeking help from populist Argentinian President Javier Milei. Brazilian officials held a bilateral meeting with Commission President…