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Mike Pompeo Says 'Bad Deal' With North Korea Not an Option, Hopeful About Summit
Pompeo expressed hope the summit will take place on June 12 in Singapore as scheduled after Trump said on Tuesday there was a "substantial chance" it will be called off amid concerns Pyongyang is not prepared to give up its nuclear arsenal.
US Lawmaker Pushes for Lifting Country Cap on Green Card
Individuals from small countries with relatively few emigrants to the US face relatively short green card delays, while individuals from large countries like India and China face decades-long delays.
Pakistan Heatwave Kills 65 People in Karachi, Says Report
The temperature hit 44 degrees Celsius yesterday and the heatwaves coincided with the month of fasting when most of the Muslims do not eat or drink during daytime.
In Breakthrough, French Surgeon Builds Windpipes From Arteries
Since 2009, Martinod and his team at Avicenne Hospital near Paris have carried out more than a dozen trachea transplants using donor aortas reinforced with custom-made internal scaffolding, called stents.
Trump Willing to Walk Away from North Korea Summit: Pence
"It would be a great mistake for Kim Jong Un to think he could play Donald Trump," Pence said according to excerpts of an interview made available by Fox.
Fearing Russian Offensive, Sweden Tells Citizens to Prepare for Conflict in Cold War-Style Booklet
The 20-page pamphlet titled "If Crisis or War Comes" gives advice on getting clean water, spotting propaganda and finding a bomb shelter, in the first public awareness campaign of its kind since the days of the Cold War.
Germany's Nazi Hunters in Final Lap of Race Against Time to Track Holocaust Criminals
Once all the perpetrators are gone, Germany will close the judicial side of its coming-to-terms with the Nazi government's extermination of six million Jews and hundreds of thousands of others in the Holocaust.
Boeing 737 Carrying 104 People Crashes After Take Off from Havana Airport
A military officer who declined to provide his name to reporters said that there appeared to have been only three survivors in critical condition, but other officials declined to confirm that figure.
'Animals'? Trump Says He'll Keep Using Term for Gang Members, Immigrants
Trump has repeatedly referred to members of the violent street gang as "animals" in speeches, rallies and at White House events. He has also used the term to describe terrorists and school shooters.
Trump Seeks to Placate North Korea's Kim Over Uncertain Summit
In rambling remarks in the White House's Oval Office in which he also sharply criticized China over trade, Trump said that as far as he knew the meeting with Kim was still on track, but that the North Korean leader was possibly being influenced by Beijing...
North Korea Refuses to Hold Talks with South Until Ties Improve
A high-level meeting between the two neighbours had been scheduled for Wednesday, but the North pulled out early that morning over joint military exercises between the US and the South.
Tillerson Warns of U.S. Ethical Crisis, in Apparent Swipe at Trump
Tillerson, who was fired by Trump in March after little more than a year on the job, did not mention the U.S. president by name during his address to cadets in Lexington, Virginia. But he warned that a crisis involving truthfulness and integrity is threat...
White House Aide told Meghan McCain She Would Apologize Publicly for Morbid Joke, But Hasn't
McCain told Sadler she needed to apologize publicly, and the White House aide said she would, according to the source. As of Sunday, however, neither the White House nor Sadler has made a public apology.
French Family Beats Cheetahs in Race for Life After Breaking Cardinal Safari Rule
Identified as French by Dutch media, two members of the family people run down a grassy verge back to the car as a cheetah runs past them to join another of the big cats that appears to be chasing the small child.
Taliban Kill Dozens of Police in Western Afghan Province
Since the Taliban announced the start of their annual spring offensive last month, fighting has been intense in many areas of the country and it is expected to pick up further once the opium harvest is completed in coming weeks.
Seventeen Deaths Reported in Congo as Ebola Outbreak Confirmed
It is the ninth time Ebola has been recorded in the central African nation, whose eastern Ebola river gave the deadly virus its name when it was discovered there in the 1970s, and comes less than a year after its last outbreak during which eight people we...