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Putin, Trump in phone call back normalizing US-Russia ties: Kremlin

Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President-elect Donald Trump spoke on the phone on the evening of Nov. 14 and agreed on the need to normalize ties between Washington and Moscow, the Kremlin said.

The Kremlin also said that the two politicians agreed to "make provisions for a personal meeting," AFP reported. 

Obama sees parallels in Trump, Brexit votes

President Barack Obama says one of the lessons he's learned from recent elections is the need to address inequality, economic dislocation and peoples fear that their children won't do as well as they have done.

Obama is being asked about what comparisons he draws from Donald Trump's election victory and the vote by Britain to leave the European Union.

Obama praises Greece for NATO commitment

President Barack Obama is praising Greece for its financial commitment to NATO - specifically, for being one of five NATO allies that dedicated at least 2 percent of its gross domestic product to defense spending.

Obama says Greece has met that threshold despite difficult times, and if it can do so, so should all NATO allies.

Obama offers Greeks reassurance about US commitment to NATO

US President Barack Obama opened his final foreign trip as president Tuesday with reassuring words in Greece about the US commitment to NATO even as he prepares to hand off to a Donald Trump administration, saying Democratic and Republican administrations alike recognize the importance of the alliance to the trans-Atlantic relationship.

Obama arrives in Greece at start of his final foreign tour

President Barack Obama has arrived in Greece on the first stop of his final foreign tour as president.

Air Force One touched down midmorning in Athens after an overnight flight from Washington. On his first day in Greece, Obama will meet with President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, plus hold a news conference with Tsipras.

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