Politics

Top American diplomat Marco Rubio praises President Donald Trump for getting the deal done.

The United States and Russia swapped prisoners on Thursday, bringing a dual citizen jailed in Russia back home in return for a Russian-German national accused of exporting sensitive U.S. electronics for use in Russia’s military.

Ukraine has told the U.S. that accepting curbs on the size of its armed forces or on its military’s overall readiness would be a red line, a senior Ukrainian official said, as Donald Trump strives to negotiate an end to the war with Russia.

As the Trump administration intensifies efforts to acquire Greenland from Denmark — or take it by force — some Silicon Valley tech investors are promoting the frozen island as a site for a so-called freedom city, a libertarian utopia with minimal corporate regulation, three people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

Technical consultations between the United States and Ukraine on a minerals deal will begin in Washington on Friday, the Interfax Ukraine news agency quoted Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Olha Stefanishyna as saying on Thursday.

A lawyer for a Russian-American citizen serving a 12-year prison sentence in Russia told Reuters on Thursday that she had been released in a prisoner swap between Moscow and Washington.

Delay to collecting tariffs on €21 billion in U.S. exports would buy time to negotiate a deal with the Donald Trump administration.

The move would be a historic shift for France.

The Catholic Church starts its busiest week of the year on Sunday with the countdown to Easter, but Pope Francis remains out of public view after surviving double pneumonia and it is unclear whether he will take any part in the celebrations.

Ukrainian authorities are interrogating 2 Chinese soldiers taken prisoner in the Donetsk region earlier this week.