Greek talks with creditors to resume

Greek talks with creditors to resume

brussels

Bailout discussions between the Greek finance minister and his skeptical counterparts in the 19-country eurozone will resume today after breaking up after more than eight hours of talks without any apparent breakthrough that will secure the country’s future in the euro.

During talks Saturday, Greece clearly failed to give what its creditors in the euro- zone have been demanding – iron-clad proof that it can deliver on its promises to implement tough austerity and reform measures in return for billions more in rescue money.

The talks will resume a few hours before the Euro-pean Union’s 28 leaders are meant to descend on Brussels for a summit that has been billed over the past week as Greece’s last chance to convince creditors that it deserves more financial help.

Trump criticizes trade policy, more

PHOENIX

Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump criticized U.S. immigration and trade policies Saturday in speeches that veered from accusing Mexico of deliberately sending criminals across the border to professing respect for the Mexican government and love for its people.

Speaking to a gathering of Libertarians in Las Vegas before headlining an event in Phoenix, Trump repeated his charge that Mexico was sending violent offenders to the U.S. to harm Americans and that U.S. officials were being “dumb” in dealing with immigrants in the country illegally.

“These people wreak havoc on our population,” he told a few thousand people attending the Libertarian gathering FreedomFest inside a Planet Hollywood ballroom on the Las Vegas Strip.

In the 4,200-capacity Phoenix convention center packed with flag-waving supporters, Trump took a different view – for a moment – and said: “I love the Mexican people. I love ’em. Many, many people from Mexico are legal. They came in the old-fashioned way. Legally.”

Iranian leader: Keep up struggle against US

VIENNA

As negotiators at Iran nuclear talks labored to make headway, the country’s supreme leader called Saturday for the struggle against the U.S. to continue, in comments suggesting that Tehran’s distrust of Washington will persist no matter what the outcome of the talks.

The negotiations entered their 15th day Saturday with no indications of major progress after three extensions and four target dates for a deal, and diplomats said it remained unclear whether an agreement could be reached by Monday, the latest deadline.

Iran and the U.S. have threatened to walk away unless the other side makes concessions. It was unclear whether Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was preparing the ground for the failure of the talks.

Typhoon pounds China with heavy rain

BEIJING

A typhoon pounded the Chinese coast south of Shanghai on Saturday with strong winds and heavy rainfall, submerging roads, felling trees and forcing the evacuation of 1.1 million people.

Typhoon Chan-hom slammed ashore with winds of up to 100 miles per hour near Zhoushan, a city in Zhejiang province. It has dumped more than 4 inches of rain since late Friday — about a month’s average in less than 24 hours, China Central Television and the Xinhua News Agency reported. No deaths or injuries were reported by Saturday evening.

Associated Press