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Kim Jong Un says he's open to another summit with Donald Trump

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Donald Trump considered nominating Ivanka to be president of the World Bank

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Australia PM Calls for General Elections on May 18

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5-year-old child hurt in Mall of America incident

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Trump signs orders making it tougher to block pipelines

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Man sets himself on fire outside the White House

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Magnitude-7 quake strikes Indonesia's island of Sulawesi: USGS

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Jallianwala Massacre: British Empire Should Apologise, Fawad Chaudhry

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Fire at Bangkok shopping mall kills at least two, injures 16

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Julian Assange's aide arrested trying to leave Ecuador

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Sudanese demonstrators maintain Khartoum sit

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Turn Over al-Bashir To International Criminal Court, Amnesty International Tells Sudan

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It’s up to Cain to move ahead with Fed nomination

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Julian Assange: Sweden considers reviving rape inquiry

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Trump adviser Tony Perkins says ‘circumstances’ made Pete Buttigieg gay

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New Zealand’s gun law reform given final assent to take effect

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Son of sheriff's deputy charged with burning three Louisiana black churches

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European Union offers UK Prime Minister Theresa May a Brexit delay until October

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Boeing shareholder alleges investors were misled on Max jet

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Pence asks United Nations to recognize Guaido as Venezuela's leader

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Trump's 55 percent approval claim is extremely wrong

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President Trump hails Egypt's al-Sisi in Washington DC meeting

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Ex-Obama WH counsel charged with lying about lobbying work

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DEVELOPING: IRS, DOJ to File 36-Count Indictment Against Michael Avenatti

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