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Kim Jong-un applauds Trump for second summit plans

Kim also "set forth tasks and orientation for making good technical preparations for the second ( North Korea )-US summit high on the agenda, " according to K...

Australia Confirms One of Its Citizens Detained on Trip to China

Mr Pyne asked that Dr Yang be treated fairly and transparently and have immediate access to consular assistance. Yang has a sizeable following online and has ...

Drug war-plagued Mexico set new homicide record in 2018 at 33341

Information from the Interior Ministry revealed that investigators opened up 33,341 murder cases previous year - more than 91 a day, nearly four an hour; compa...

Denver Teachers Vote To Authorize A Strike

The new contract would restrict school privatization, calling on California to establish a cap on charter schools . In These Times spoke to five teachers ...

U.S. House Speaker Pelosi blocks Trump speech until government reopens

The address has generally been given in person before Congress since Woodrow Wilson . "This is her prerogative - I will do the Address when the Shutdown is...

Democrats push technology as alternative to Trump wall in shutdown impasse

A senior Democratic aide told CNN that lawmakers are indeed talking and attempting to work something out, but rejected the idea of a down payment on a bo...

Canadian ambassador says detained Huawei CFO has strong case

Saying she had a "strong case", McCallum outlined numerous weaknesses of the legal proceedings: political interference from Donald Trump, the extraterritorial n...

New Zealand signs pact with Britain for trade continuity

The Prime Minister reportedly told Scobie that "the Duke and Duchess are both very warm people... they really care about the work they do, they take their servi...

Netanyahu warns Gaza on violence

The Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) said their tank attacked a Hamas observation post in response to a Palestinian opening fire on IDF soldiers responding to...

'I am innocent': Alex Salmond after arrest

Media captionAlex Salmond speaking outside court said: "Let me say at the outset, I am innocent of any criminality whatsoever". He added: "I've got great fa...

Italy working with France, EU to solve migrant crisis

A French diplomatic official said Italian ambassador Teresa Castaldo was questioned about the "unfriendly and baseless" comments. Articles appear on euronews....

Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister attributes poverty in Africa to France

Tensions have flared between the two countries ever since the populist coalition government led by the Five Star Movement and the far-right League party...

Unrest in Venezuela capital after military uprising

In response to Pence's comments, Maduro told a press conference: "Never before has a high-level official said that the opposition should overthrow the governme...

Saudi sisters who washed up in NY had killed themselves

Barbara Sampson said in a statement Tuesday. Authorities said they were fully clothed, belted together with duct tape at the waist and ankles. Rotana and Tala...

Met Office extends Berkshire ice warning | getreading

A Met Office spokesperson said: "A band of rain and hill snow will move southeastwards across the United Kingdom during Monday evening and overnight". "Minimu...

Priyanka Gandhi officially enters politics, appointed Cong's Gen Secretary for UP

She will be taking charge with effect from the first week of February 2019, according to a statement released by the Congress. After her elevation, her brothe...

Nurse Charged With Sexually Assaulting Woman in Vegetative State Who Gave Birth

The records obtained by PEOPLE show that she's lived at the Phoenix facility since the age of 2 or 3, and received at least monthly visits in recent years by he...

Trump Recognises Venezuela’s Opp Leader Juan Guaido as Acting President

The opposition has been emboldened by young Congress chief Juan Guaido, who has led a campaign to declare Maduro a usurper and has promised a transition to ...

Russian Tu-22M3 long-range bomber crashes in Murmansk region

The news agency specifies that the aircraft of this particular kind is based on Olenya airfield, Kolsky peninsula, some 90 kilometers south from Murmansk. The T...

Drunk tries to divert Russian plane, forcing emergency landing

Incidents involving drunken passengers on flights in Russian Federation are apparently not uncommon, according to CBC News , but this passenger's request to ...

Corbyn blasts May Brexit talks 'stunt', as activists applaud new referendum talk

Outlining what she plans to do after her European Union divorce deal was rejected by Parliament last week, May said that she had heeded lawmakers' concerns over...

Turkey is 'not a reliable partner' in Syria: US aide

But that reversal never materialized, leading to Mr McGurk's exit just days after the resignation of US Secretary of Defense James Mattis. Two U.S. It incre...

Dyson to move headquarters out of Britain

Dyson's top executives - including Rowan and finance director Jørn Jensen - will be based in Singapore . Sir James Dyson is set to relocate his company's ...

'Bikini hiker' Gigi Wu's best hiking adventures

Because of poor weather conditions, rescuers had to try to reach Wu on foot. A native of New Taipei City, Wu was 36 and famous on Facebook for posting sizzl...

4 arrested in plot to attack Muslim community in NY

Police say three of the four suspects knew each other because they were involved in Boy Scouts. Police in the Rochester suburb of Greece this weekend arrested...

Iran Prepping to Eliminate Israel from Earth

This comes after Soleimani commented on the elections and said that an Iranian attack in Israel would destroy Netanyahu's chances , otherwise, Netanyahu will...

Man believes he camped near dingoes who attacked boy on Fraser Island

Labor minister Mark Bailey said he would launch an investigation into the incident. "I heard him screaming, bone-chilling screams of terror and fear and pain,...

Rep. Jared Golden vows fight to accept transgender military personnel

In both of those cases, Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, Sonia Sotomayor and Elena Kagan would have maintained a stay on the ban, the Supreme Cour...

German and France Will Now Become Even Bigger Buddies

France and Germany have renewed a 1963 treaty to further entrench their ties at a time when populist parties and the UK's planned departure from the European...

Ex-U.S. marine jailed in Russian Federation for spying was misled: lawyer

Russian Federation has dismissed any suggestion of a prisoner swap for Whelan and said Butina's guilty plea was coerced under "torturous" conditions in a USA pr...

Martin Luther King, Jr

A lovely day. Thank you for being here. "Appreciate it", Trump told reporters at the memorial, according to CNN . Trump was joined by Vice-President Mike Pe...

Bundle Up! Dangerous 35 Below Wind Chills in Central New York

The temperature is expected to reach a high of 2C on Wednesday. There is a 50 percent chance of snow after 3 p.m. for Monday. With temperatures well below fre...

Rogue Chinese scientist He Jiankui faces punishment for creating gene-edited babies

Officials involved in the investigation said He and "other relevant personnel and organizations" will receive punishment according to laws and regulations. It's...

Theresa May’s Brexit battle: What is going on in the Commons?

British MPs who want a softer Brexit are preparing to try to amend May's plans in a January 29 debate, and to use parliamentary rules to try to prevent a no-dea...

Top US senator urges meeting between Trump and Khan

Khalilzad highlighted that all countries in the region would benefit from peace in Afghanistan . Talking about trade-related relations with Qatar, he said th...