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With US-Russia relations at a post-Cold War low, the bar for success was low on the Lake Geneva shoreline. Before shaking hands with Vladimir Putin, Joe Biden had spent a week rallying the troops at the G7 summit, at the Nato summit, at the EU-US summit. No hitting reset buttons or staring into souls. Even when it was over, the pair managed expectations when asked if they were happy.
Polls closing in Iran. The presidential election featuring a hardliner as heavy favorite and the rest of the field whittle down to just three challengers. Former judiciary chief Ebrahim Raisi – who is already under U.S. sanctions – reportedly the candidate backed by supreme leader Ayatollah Khameinei. The biggest question: will it be the…
