Putin ‘Delighted’ To Meet Trump at Today’s G-20 Meetings: Here’s What We’re Reading
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Here’s what we’re reading today.
1. Putin ‘delighted’ to meet Trump as leaders hold first in-person talks at G-20
“President Trump hoped for ‘very positive’ openings with Moscow as he held more than two hours of direct dialogue Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the man believed to have ordered a campaign to influence the U.S. presidential election. It was Trump’s first face-to-face talk with the Russian leader.”
+1: How Putin made corruption great again – The Atlantic
+1: EU could start trade war with US over Steel tariffs – New York Times
+1: Donald Trump ‘has trouble finding hotel room at G20 summit’ – Independent
2. Omar Khadr says government apology ‘restores a little bit my reputation’
“The Liberal government confirmed today it has apologized to Khadr and awarded him a settlement as part of the wrongful imprisonment civil suit his lawyers launched against Ottawa. The government said Friday that details of the settlement are confidential, but sources told CBC News that amount totalled $10.5 million.”
– CBC News
3. In ten years, 27,000 Torontonians were arrested for marijuana possession. What’s going to happen to them?
“Selling, at least in some forms, will soon become legal. But when it comes to the legalized marijuana industry, marijuana convictions will likely exclude people from jobs. Meanwhile, everyone from the Tragically Hip to Shoppers Drug Mart is poised to cash in on the new economy.”
4. Europeans are drinking themselves to death
“Even more moderate drinkers are still consuming enough to increase their risk of cancer.”
5. Depressions naps are millennials’ fave new meme
me: i have so much energy im gonna fix everything in my life
me: time for ur depression nap b pic.twitter.com/uACvDwFk9L
— one of ur hoes (@miliondollameat) November 17, 2016
+1: So wait… Are the millennials having sex or aren’t they? – Vice
+1: Untreatable gonorrhea is most definitely becoming a thing – BuzzFeed News
