President Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin both said their face-to-face summit in Anchorage, Alaska, was productive, but they made no indication that they had reached a deal to end the...

World markets are watching closely as U.S. President Donald Trump and Russia's Vladimir Putin meet in Alaska later on Friday to seal a possible ceasefire agreement in Ukraine.

Putin, whose war economy is showing signs of strain, needs Trump to help Russia break out of its straitjacket of ever-tightening Western sanctions.