1.#G20 summit: Trump and Xi agree to restart US-China trade talks

The United States and China have agreed to resume trade negotiations, easing a protracted row that has fuelled a global economic slowdown. US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping reached the agreement on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Japan. Mr. Trump said the talks had been "excellent". He had threatened to impose an additional $300bn (£236bn) in tariffs on Chinese imports. US and China - the world's two largest economies - have been fighting a damaging trade war over the past year. A quick guide to the US-China trade war Who loses out in the US-China trade war? Mr. Trump accused China of stealing intellectual property and forcing US firms to share trade secrets in order to do business in China. China, in turn, said the US's demands for business reform were unreasonable. The feud escalated in the months leading up to the summit after talks between the two countries collapsed in May. Speaking after his meeting with Mr. Xi at the summit, the US president said negotiations were "back on track". "We had a very good meeting with President Xi of China, excellent, I would say excellent, as good as it was going to be," Mr. Trump told reporters. "We discussed a lot of things and we're right back on track and we'll see what happens." In a statement, China's foreign ministry said the US had agreed not to impose new tariffs on Chinese imports, although the US has not confirmed this. It added that negotiators from both sides would discuss the specific details, but did not elaborate. China's official state news agency Xinhua also quoted Mr. Xi as saying: "China and the US have highly integrated interests and extensive co-operation areas and they should not fall into so-called traps of conflict and confrontation."

2#Russia plans to tow a nuclear power station to the Arctic. Critics dub it a 'floating Chernobyl'

Murmansk, Russia (CNN)Next month, a floating nuclear power plant called the Akademik Lomonosov will be towed via the Northern Sea Route to its final destination in the Far East, after almost two decades in construction. It's part of Russia's ambition to bring electric power to a mineral-rich region. The 144-meter (472 feet) long platform painted in the colors of the Russian flag is going to float next to a small Arctic port town of Pevek, some 4,000 miles away from Moscow. It will supply electricity to settlements and companies extracting hydrocarbons and precious stones in the Chukotka region. A larger agenda is at work too: aiding President Vladimir Putin's ambitious Arctic expansion plans, which have raised geopolitical concerns in the United States.