Trump and Putin to Discuss Possible Plague Case in Russia

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President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he has scheduled a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin to discuss a possible plague case at a Siberian research institute, following the death of an employee there. Health authorities are investigating the death, attributed to pneumonia of unknown origin, while the World Health Organization assesses the risk of spread outside Russia as very low. Trump said the US is in deep discussions on the topic. The call comes as the Trump administration faces an Oct. 18 deadline to decide on sanctions against Russian entities under a law Trump signed in September, with Ukraine providing a list of targets.


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