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'Practical work' summit for Biden, Putin: No punches or hugs

by Jonathan LemireAamer Madhani
| June 17, 2021 12:03 AM

GENEVA (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russia’s Vladimir Putin exchanged cordial words and plotted modest steps on arms control and diplomacy but emerged from their much-anticipated Swiss summit Wednesday largely where they started -- with deep differences on human rights, cyberattacks, election interference and more.

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