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U.S. President Donald Trump, after weeks of assailing North Korea’s nuclear weapons ambitions, said Monday he would be “honored” to meet with Pyongyang’s leader, Kim Jong Un, “under the right circumstances” to discuss the issue. In an interview with Bloomberg News, Trump declared, “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I …
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Showtime cable network is presenting four hours of director Oliver Stone interviewing Russian President Vladimir Putin on four consecutive nights in June. The network announced Monday that “The Putin Interviews” will air first on June 12 at 9 p.m. Eastern, with three additional hour-long installments on the following nights. Showtime said Stone interviewed Putin more …
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Human Rights Watch (HRW) says new evidence indicates that the Syrian government used nerve agents in four chemical-weapons attacks since December, including the one in Khan Sheikhun on April 4 that killed nearly 100 people, including 30 children. …
The UN high commissioner for human rights has voiced deep concern at mass arrests and firings of public employees in Turkey. …
Rallies on May Day illustrated Russia’s political divide, with a Putin-friendly gathering on Moscow’s Red Square and a protest march in St. Petersburg. (Current Time TV) …
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the Western military alliance is close to making a decision on whether to increase its troop numbers in Afghanistan to help with the battle against Islamist insurgents. …
Iranian President Hassan Rohani has officially opened a refinery on the Gulf that he says will make the country self-sufficient in gasoline production, a project he credits the 2015 nuclear deal for making possible. …
President Donald Trump is defending his decision not to name China a currency manipulator while, at the same time, reaffirming his determination to put the interests of American workers first. VOA’s Michael Bowman reports, North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs continue to preoccupy a president who regularly bashed China during last year’s campaign, but …
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Whether or not Emmanuel Macron wins the French presidency in next Sunday’s runoff, he has already accomplished the unthinkable. That’s thanks to an unorthodox, American-style grassroots campaign, which has harvested ideas from the left and the right, tossed them with a dose of startup culture and business school acumen and produced a political phenomenon. …
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Former premier Matteo Renzi regained the Democratic Party leadership, handily winning a Sunday primary that he hopes will bolster the center-left’s ability to counter growing support for populist politicians in Italy ahead of national elections. “Forward, together,” Renzi tweeted, invigorated by his comeback after a stinging defeat in a December reforms referendum aimed in part …
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Ukraine’s Elina Svitolina, ranked No. 13 in the world, beat Belgium’s Elise Mertens 6-2, 6-4 on April 30 to capture her third title of the season on the clay courts of the Istanbul Cup tennis tournament. …
Al Pacino was considered too short, Marlon Brando was required to do a screen test, and director Francis Ford Coppola was almost fired. The director and cast of The Godfather reminisced Saturday in a 45th anniversary reunion in New York about the trials, perseverance and inspiration that resulted in the Oscar-winning Mafia movies. Coppola, Pacino, …
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Growth in China’s manufacturing sector slowed in April, official data showed Sunday, pointing to an unsteady recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. The monthly purchasing managers’ index by the Chinese Federation of Logistics and Purchasing fell to 51.2 in April, lower than the 51.8 recorded in March. The index is based on a …
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The White House press corps gathered Saturday for its annual black-tie dinner, a toned-down affair this year after Donald Trump snubbed the event, becoming the first incumbent U.S. president to bow out in 36 years. Without Trump, who scheduled a rally instead to mark his 100th day in office, the usually celebrity-filled soiree hosted by …
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Iranian President Hassan Rohani warned Iranians that a vote for his hardline rivals could bring greater authoritarianism to the country, while his main opponent assailed him over his economic policies. …
Iranian President Hassan Rohani warned Iranians that a vote for his hardline rivals could bring greater authoritarianism to the country, while his main opponent assailed him over his economic policies. …
Pope Francis says a “good part of humanity” would be destroyed by a major war between the United States and North Korea, and he suggested a third country should enter as a mediator between the two rivals. …
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has reportedly told leaders of the EU’s largest political grouping that he will comply with Brussels’ demands to change parts of a law that critics say attacks academic freedom. …
Tens of thousands of environmental activists are expected to march in the U.S. capital city Saturday in an effort to draw support for climate-related causes. The event, dubbed the People’s Climate March, is meant to coincide with President Donald Trump’s 100th day in office, according to its organizers, who have condemned what they see as …
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The European Union has voted unanimously to adopt guidelines to negotiate Britain’s exit from the bloc, the summit chairman said Saturday. “Guidelines adopted unanimously. [The] EU-27’s firm and fair political mandate for the Brexit talks is ready,” said EU president Donald Tusk, who tweeted from the summit where EU leaders met in Brussels without British …
Pakistan’s army has rejected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s decision to sack an adviser over his connections to a reporter who wrote an article last year saying there is a rift between civilian and military leaders over efforts to combat militancy. The army’s strong reaction came after Sharif ordered the firing of Special Assistant on Foreign …
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Turkish officials have blocked all access to the popular Wikipedia website within the country. …
Dozens of people have been detained while taking part in a protest campaign in many Russian cities urging President Vladimir Putin not to run in the country’s presidential election next year. …
President Donald Trump is re-opening for oil exploration areas that President Barack Obama had closed, a move that environmental groups have promised to fight. In an executive order Friday, the president reversed the Obama administration’s decision to prohibit oil and gas drilling in the Arctic waters off Alaska. The order also instructs the Interior Department …
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