| Red State Democrats In Hot Seat Over Trump's Supreme Court Pick Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:29 AM PDT  WASHINGTON ― The fate of President Donald Trump's upcoming Supreme Court
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| Bookstore Owner Calls Police On Woman Accosting Steve Bannon Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:00 AM PDT  A Richmond, Virginia, bookstore owner called the police on a customer for
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| U.S. Citizens Warned to 'Shelter in Place' as Looting Follows Violent Protests in Haiti Posted: 09 Jul 2018 12:32 AM PDT  At least three people were killed in protests Friday
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| The Latest: Largest California wildfire over half contained Posted: 07 Jul 2018 09:00 PM PDT  GOLETA, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires burning in the West (all times local):
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| After quitting, Boris Johnson says Brexit 'dream is dying' Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:45 AM PDT  Boris Johnson warned Monday as he quit as foreign secretary that the Brexit "dream is dying" and Britain is "headed for the status of colony" with its plan to stay close to the EU. "Brexit should be about opportunity and hope. "In that respect we are truly headed for the status of colony -- and many will struggle to see the economic or political advantages of that particular arrangement," he said.
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| Iranian teen detained over dancing Instagram post Posted: 08 Jul 2018 10:30 AM PDT  Iran has detained a teenage girl who posted dance videos on Instagram and attracted tens of thousands of followers. State TV broadcast a video on Friday in which Maedeh Hojabri, 18-year-old gymnast, acknowledged breaking moral norms while insisting that was not her intention, and that she was only trying to gain more followers. It was unclear whether her statement was made under duress. Shabooneh, a local news website, said Hojabri and three other individuals were detained on similar charges in recent weeks before being released on bail. She had posted around 300 videos on her account, many of which showed her dancing in both Iranian and Western styles. She also appeared in videos without wearing the obligatory Islamic headscarf. Her performances had thousands of followers on various accounts with her name on them, ranging from 12,000 to 66,000 followers. None of the accounts were verified. چیو باید اعتراف کرد؟ بابت لرزوندن سینه از کی خط گرفتی؟؟ چگونه قر کمر رو وارد کشور میکردین؟؟ هم دستات تو سبک باباکرم کیا بودن؟؟؟ A post shared by MahiMaedeh (@maedeh_hozhabri) on Jul 8, 2018 at 7:14am PDT Iranian police have said they plan to shut down similar accounts on Instagram, and the judiciary is considering blocking access to the site. Iran has already blocked access to many social media sites, including Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and the Telegram messaging app. Millions of Iranians continue to use the sites through proxies and VPNs. Iran's judiciary and security forces are dominated by hard-liners who launch periodic crackdowns on behavior deemed un-Islamic. The latest arrests came amid a series of protests against the government's handling of the economy. In 2014 authorities sentenced six young men and women to suspended prison terms after they appeared in a video dancing to Pharrell Williams' song "Happy."
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| Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:01 AM PDT ![Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment]( "Dozens killed in Turkey train derailment") A passenger train derailed in northwestern Turkey, killing two dozen people and injuring more than 300 others, officials said Monday.
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| Mexico's next president aims to end foreign fuel imports in three years Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:45 PM PDT  By David Alire Garcia and Miguel Angel Gutierrez MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will seek to end the country's massive fuel imports, nearly all from the United States, during the first three years of his term while also boosting refining at home. The landslide winner of last Sunday's election told reporters on Saturday morning before attending private meetings with members of his future cabinet that he will also prioritize growing crude oil production domestically, which has fallen sharply for years. "The objective is that we stop buying foreign gasoline by the half way point of my six-year term," said Lopez Obrador, repeating a position he and his senior energy advisor staked out during the campaign.
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| Giuliani 'Close To Determining' That Trump Won't Sit Down With Mueller Posted: 08 Jul 2018 11:06 AM PDT  Rudy Giuliani, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, said Sunday that he's
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| Trump will have 'pretty good gut feel' in choosing for Supreme Court: Chris Christie Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:57 AM PDT  The "This Week" Powerhouse Roundtable debates current politics, including President Trump's upcoming Supreme Court announcement.
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| Women in Iran Are Dancing to Protest the Arrest of a Teenage Instagrammer Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:35 PM PDT  Maedeh Hojabri had gained an instagram following for her dancing videos
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| New allegation that Rep. Jim Jordan knew of sexual abuse by Ohio State team doctor Posted: 08 Jul 2018 09:12 AM PDT  Another former college wrestler has come forward alleging sexual abuse by Dr. Richard Strauss, telling the Washington Post that former assistant coach Jordan had to know about it.
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| Landslide warnings as Japan digs through rain devastation Posted: 09 Jul 2018 03:19 AM PDT  Desperate relatives braced for bad news Monday as rescuers dug through landslides in the wake of severe floods that have killed more than 100 people and left swathes of central and western Japan under water. With the toll mounting, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cancelled a four-country foreign trip, the government's top spokesman said. "I can't reach her phone," he told AFP, sitting across from a house that had been ripped apart and tossed on its side by a huge landslide.
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| Miss Massachusetts Hopeful Resigns From Competition In Protest Of 'Me Too' Joke Posted: 09 Jul 2018 10:36 AM PDT  A contestant in the Miss Massachusetts competition has resigned in protest
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| Pilot may have saved lives in Chicago helicopter crash Posted: 08 Jul 2018 11:11 AM PDT  CHICAGO (AP) — A pilot may have saved lives by crashing a medical helicopter in a grassy area on the South Side of Chicago rather than on major interstate highways or a train station nearby, officials said Sunday.
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| Trump's Former Personal Driver Sues Claiming Years Of Unpaid Overtime Posted: 09 Jul 2018 11:12 AM PDT  He was Donald Trump's personal driver for 25 years ― and he's pretty sure
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| U.S. to reunite only half of young migrant children by Tuesday deadline Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:29 PM PDT  By Marty Graham and Tom Hals SAN DIEGO/WILMINGTON, Del. (Reuters) - The U.S. government is struggling to reunite immigrant families it separated at the border with Mexico and only about half the children under age 5 will be back with their parents by a court-ordered deadline of Tuesday, a government attorney told a judge on Monday. U.S. Judge Dana Sabraw in San Diego last month ordered the government to reunite the approximately 100 children under the age of 5 by Tuesday, and the estimated 2,000 older children by July 26. Sarah Fabian, an attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, said 54 children younger than 5 would be reunited with parents by the end of Tuesday, and the number could increase depending on background checks.
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| Secretary of State Pompeo Urges North Korea to Follow Vietnam's Example in Overcoming Hostilities With U.S. Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:22 AM PDT  'It's yours if you'll you seize the moment. This miracle can be yours'
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| Japan floods: Scores dead and dozens missing as two million are told to evacuate amid record rains Posted: 07 Jul 2018 07:57 PM PDT  Shinzo Abe, Japan's Prime Minister, has warned of a "race against time" to rescue flood victims as authorities issued new alerts over record rains that have killed at least 48 people and left dozens missing. The torrential downpours have caused flash flooding and landslides across central and western parts of the country, prompting evacuation orders for more than two million people. "Rescues, saving lives and evacuations are a race against time," Mr Abe said as he met with a government crisis cell set up to respond to the disaster. "There are still many people whose safety has yet to be confirmed," he added. Top government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said the death toll in days of record rains now stood at 48, but the toll was expected to rise further. National broadcaster NHK said at least 62 people were dead and 44 missing. The Japan Meteorological Agency said three hours of rainfall in one area in Kochi prefecture reached an accumulated 26.3 centimeters (10.4 inches), the highest since such records started in 1976. Local residents sit in a boat as they are rescued from a flooded area at a hospital in Kurashiki Credit: Reuters "We've never experienced this kind of rain before," an official at the Japanese Meteorological Agency told a news conference. "This is a situation of extreme danger." The unprecedented downpours have wreaked havoc primarily in the west of the country. Isolated residents are being rescued from their homes Credit: The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images The rain has completely blanketed some villages, forcing desperate residents to take shelter on their rooftops with flood water swirling below as they wait for rescue. Over two million people have been told to evacuate, but the orders are not mandatory and many remained at home, becoming trapped by rapidly rising water or sudden landslides. The meteorological agency issued its highest level alert for two new regions on Sunday, while lifting the alerts for other areas where rains were subsiding. An aerial view shows a local resident being rescued from a submerged house by rescue workers using helicopter at a flooded area in Kurashiki Credit: Reuters In the town of Mihara, in the south of the Hiroshima region, a temporary let-up in rain laid bare the devastation wrought by the downpours. Roads were transformed into muddy flowing rivers, with dirt piled up on either side and stranded cars barely withstanding the current flowing around their wheels. Cars are damaged by floodwater as heavy rain continues in Hiroshima, Japan Credit: Getty "The area became an ocean," said 82-year-old Nobue Kakumoto, a long-time resident. "I'm worried because I have no idea how long it will stay like this." Work crews could be seen elsewhere trying to clear multiple small landslides that coated roads in mud, rendering them virtually impassable. "We are carrying out rescue operations around the clock," Yoshihide Fujitani, a disaster management official in Hiroshima prefecture, told AFP. "We are also looking after evacuees and restoring lifeline infrastructure like water and gas," he added. "We are doing our best." In this aerial image, JR Nose Station is submerged in Hiroshima Credit: Getty In western Okayama prefecture, around 200 people including children and elderly people were trapped in a hospital after a river burst its banks and flooded the surrounding area. "The electricity and water has been cut off. We are suffering water and food shortages," a nurse told public broadcaster NHK. Over 50,000 rescue workers, police and military personnel have been mobilised to respond to the disaster, which has left entire villages submerged by flooding, with just the top of traffic lights visible above the rising waters. "My house was simply washed away and completely destroyed," Toshihide Takigawa, a 35-year-old employee at a gas station in Hiroshima, told the Nikkei daily on Saturday. "I was in a car and massive floods of water gushed towards me from the front and back and then engulfed the road. I was just able to escape, but I was terrified," 62-year-old Yuzo Hori told the Mainichi Shimbun daily in Hiroshima. Rescue workers dig to search missing people in Hiroshima Credit: Getty Though the typhoon began last week, the worst of the rain hit from Thursday, when a construction worker was swept away by floodwaters in western Japan. The toll has risen steadily since then, and the conditions have made rescue operations difficult, with some desperate citizens taking to Twitter to call for help. "Water came to the middle of the second floor," a woman in Kurashiki, Okayama wrote, posting a picture of her room half swamped by flooding. "The kids could not climb up to the rooftop," she said. "My body temperature has lowered. Rescue us quickly. Help us." In some place rescuers were using boats, or helicopters to airlift those affected to safety. Several major manufacturers, including carmakers Daihatsu and Mitsubishi, said they had suspended operations at plants in the affected areas. The disaster is the deadliest rain-related crisis in Japan since 2014, when at least 74 people were killed in landslides caused by torrential downpours in the Hiroshima region.
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| Elon Musk Reveals His Submarine to Rescue Remaining Boys in Thai Cave Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:35 PM PDT  Four teens have already been recovered, but the next phase might be different.
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| Man's Skull Fractured With Metal Pipe During Attack on NYC Subway Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:33 AM PDT  A man struck a subway rider in the face with a metal pipe, fracturing the man's skull during an apparent argument over money late Saturday, police said.
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| The Latest: Slain staffer remembered as 'beautiful soul' Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:36 PM PDT  DUNDALK, Md. (AP) — The Latest on services held for the victims of a shooting at a Maryland newspaper's office (all times local):
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| Officials Pose Alongside Enormous 13-Foot Alligator Captured in Florida Posted: 09 Jul 2018 08:00 AM PDT  "This may be the largest gator we've ever responded to," the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post.
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| Nissan admits falsifying emissions data on cars made in Japan Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:01 AM PDT  Nissan admitted Monday that data on exhaust emissions and fuel economy had been deliberately "altered", dealing a blow to the Japanese car giant's efforts to recover trust after an inspection scandal last year. The company did not say how many cars were affected by the falsifications, which were uncovered during voluntary tests of all parts of Nissan's operations conducted in the wake of last year's scandal. It said tests on exhaust emissions and fuel economy had "deviated from the prescribed testing environment".
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| Indian court upholds death for 2012 Delhi gang rape convicts Posted: 09 Jul 2018 04:45 AM PDT  By Sai Sachin Ravikumar and Suchitra Mohanty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's Supreme Court on Monday upheld the death penalty for three men convicted in the gang rape of a young woman in Delhi in 2012, a landmark case that brought an unprecedented level of attention to violence against women in the country. In 2016, there were around 40,000 rapes reported in India - up 60 percent from 2012, according to government data, and more cases go unreported, activists say. "Crimes against women will keep on rising unless the criminals are sent to the gallows," the father of the victim, who cannot be named under Indian law, told reporters after the Supreme Court ruling.
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| After talks, NKorea accuses US of 'gangster-like' demands Posted: 07 Jul 2018 06:39 PM PDT  TOKYO (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has delivered a dose of harsh reality to Donald Trump, bashing hopes for a quick denuclearization deal in a pointed rebuke to the president's top envoy while accusing the U.S. of making "gangster-like" demands.
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| 1-Year-Old Baby Appears In Immigration Court, Cries Hysterically Posted: 08 Jul 2018 06:01 PM PDT  A 1-year-old boy in federal custody who appeared in immigration court without
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| Firefighters Battle California Wildfires as Blazes Continue in Colorado and Utah Posted: 09 Jul 2018 01:16 AM PDT  Firefighters continued to contain around destructive wildfires in California, though one blaze grew significantly and crossed into Oregon
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| Haiti president tells protesters 'go home' after fuel hike suspended Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:37 PM PDT  Port-au-Prince (AFP) - Haiti's President Jovenel Moise called on protesters late Saturday to "go home" after the suspension of a fuel price hike that triggered violent protests and left at least two dead in the Caribbean nation. In an address broadcast on state television, Moise said he had "corrected what had to be corrected" following an about-face on the price increases earlier that day. Because you started sending me this message last night, I received it and corrected what had to be corrected," Moise said.
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| The F-35 Almost Never Happened: The Story of Boeing's X-32 Stealth Fighter Posted: 09 Jul 2018 07:30 AM PDT  What might have been.
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| Tesla dominated electric-car sales in Canada in June Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:01 AM PDT  Electric cars accounted for nearly 3 percent of all passenger vehicles sold in Canada in June, thanks to a surge of Tesla Model 3 deliveries.
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| EU calls on Myanmar to release Reuters reporters Posted: 09 Jul 2018 03:03 AM PDT ![EU calls on Myanmar to release Reuters reporters]( "EU calls on Myanmar to release Reuters reporters") The European Union on Monday called on Myanmar to drop charges against two Reuters reporters after a court charged them with obtaining secret state documents. Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw Soe Oo, 28, have been detained in Myanmar since December 2017. At the time of their arrest, they had been working on an investigation into the killing of 10 Rohingya Muslim men and boys in a village in Rakhine state.
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| Police open murder probe as 1 of 2 nerve agent victims dies Posted: 08 Jul 2018 03:06 PM PDT  LONDON (AP) — A woman who was poisoned by a military-grade nerve agent in southwest England died Sunday, eight days after police think she touched a contaminated item that has not been found.
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| 'Abolish ICE' protesters confront Mitch McConnell outside restaurant over Trump immigration policies Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:23 AM PDT  Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has become the latest Republican to face public protest over the Trump administration's immigration policies, as demonstrators chanting "Vote you out!" and "Abolish ICE!" pursued him across a restaurant parking lot in his hometown. More than half a dozen protesters from the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) and other groups confronted Mr McConnell as he left the Bristol Bar & Grille in Louisville, Kentucky this weekend, according to the Louisville DSA. One of the protesters, DSA member Andrew Massie, told The Independent that he and several others were attending an immigration rally nearby when they learned of Mr McConnell's location via social media.
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| Harley Celebrates 115th Anniversary in Prague Posted: 09 Jul 2018 06:05 AM PDT  Harley Celebrates 115th Anniversary in Prague In the midst of the tariff drama, the world is showing Harley-Davidson some love with a massive celebration that took place in one of Europe's most beautiful cities The celebrations for Harley-Davidson's 115th
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| Syria says Israeli strikes target air base Posted: 08 Jul 2018 02:13 PM PDT  Syria on Sunday accused Israel of targeting an air base in the central Homs province, saying its defences hit a jet involved in the attack. "Our air defences are responding to an Israeli aggression and intercepting a number of missiles targeting the airport, hitting one of the attacking planes and forcing the rest to leave the airspace," the official SANA news agency quoted a military source as saying. Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP that a missile bombardment targeted "Iranian fighters" at the T-4 base.
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| Mike Pompeo hits back at North Korea's 'gangster' accusations Posted: 07 Jul 2018 10:29 PM PDT  Mike Pompeo hit back at North Korean accusations of "gangster-like" behaviour on Sunday and said sanctions on Pyongyang would only be lifted with "final" denuclearisation. Speaking in Tokyo after two days of intense discussions in Pyongyang, the US Secretary of State insisted the talks were making progress and were being conducted in "good faith." In stark contrast, Pyongyang's take was overwhelmingly negative, with the North warning that the future of the peace process was being jeopardised by overbearing US demands for its unilateral nuclear disarmament. In Tokyo, Mr Pompeo briefed his Japanese and South Korean counterparts on the talks, and sought to reassure them that the dialogue with North Korea would continue. His trip to Pyongyang had been aimed at fleshing out denuclearisation commitments made during last month's historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Rocket man: How Kim Jong-un emerged from his father's shadow to silence the doubters North Korea has long trumpeted a denuclearisation goal, but one that it sees as a lengthy process of undefined multilateral disarmament on the entire Korean peninsula, rather than a unilateral dismantlement of its nuclear arsenal. Mr Pompeo said his efforts to push the North on disarmament had the backing of the entire international community. "If those requests were gangster-like, the world is a gangster, because there was a unanimous decision at the UN Security Council about what needs to be achieved," he said. While insisting again that the talks were moving forwards, he stressed that nothing had happened to merit a relaxation of the tough sanctions imposed on the North over its nuclear missile programme. "Sanctions will remain in place until final, fully verified denuclearisation as agreed to by Chairman Kim (Jong Un) occurs," Mr Pompeo said, adding that the US would seek to smooth the path by providing security guarantees requested by Pyongyang. In practical terms, Mr Pompeo mentioned only that officials from both sides would meet on July 12 to discuss the repatriation of the remains of some US soldiers killed during the 1950-1953 Korean War. Taro Kono, Japan's foreign minister, right, speaks during a news conference with Mike Pompeo, U.S. secretary of state Credit: Bloomberg America's top diplomat had attempted to receive specific commitments from the North Koreans on denuclearisation and the repatriation of the remains of American soldiers killed during the Korean War. However, in a statement reported by the North's official news agency, a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said: "We had expected that the US side would offer constructive measures that would help build trust based on the spirit of the leaders' summit ... we were also thinking about providing reciprocal measures". "However, the attitude and stance the United States showed in the first high-level meeting (between the countries) was no doubt regrettable," the spokesman said. "Our expectations and hopes were so naive it could be called foolish," he added. Mr Pompeo had admitted that "there's still more work to be done", much of which would be done by working groups that the two sides have set up to deal with specific issues. U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo greets North Korean Director of the United Front Department Kim Yong Chol as they arrive for a meeting at the Park Hwa Guest House in Pyongyang Credit: Reuters The North provided a much harsher assessment of the talks, saying that the United States betrayed the spirit of last month's summit between President Donald Trump and Kim by making "one-sided and gangster-like" demands on "CVID," or the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of North Korea. It said the outcome of the follow-up talks was "very concerning" because it has led to a "dangerous phase that might rattle our willingness for denuclearisation that had been firm." In the days following his historic June 12 summit with Kim in Singapore, Mr Trump claimed the return of the remains and the destruction of the missile facility had been completed or were in progress. It later emerged further talks were needed on both issues. The trip was Mr Pompeo's third to Pyongyang since April and his first since the summit. North Korea's fiery relationship with the US Unlike his previous visits, which have been one-day affairs during which he has met with Kim Jong-un, Mr Pompeo spent the night at a government guesthouse in Pyongyang and did not see the North Korean leader, although US officials had suggested such a meeting was expected. State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert said no meeting with Kim had been planned. As they began their talks on Saturday, Kim Yong-chol alluded to the fact that Mr Pompeo and his delegation had stayed overnight in Pyongyang. "We did have very serious discussions on very important matters yesterday," Mr Kim told him. "So, thinking about those discussions you might have not slept well last night." Mr Pompeo, who spoke with Mr Trump, national security adviser John Bolton and White House chief of staff John Kelly by secure phone before starting Saturday's session, replied that he "slept just fine." He added that the Trump administration was committed to reaching a deal under which North Korea would denuclearise and realise economic benefits in return. Mr Kim later said "there are things that I have to clarify" to which Mr Pompeo responded that "there are things that I have to clarify as well." There was no immediate explanation of what issues needed to be clarified, but the two sides have been struggling to specify what exactly "denuclearisation" would entail and how it could be verified to the satisfaction of the United States. Mr Pompeo and Mr Kim met for nearly three hours on Friday and then had dinner amid growing scepticism over how serious the North Korean leader is about giving up his nuclear arsenal and translating the upbeat rhetoric following his summit with Mr Trump into concrete action.
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| Audi SQ8 Could Be Offered With Both Gasoline And Diesel Engines Posted: 08 Jul 2018 11:59 PM PDT  The diesel is expected to utilize the SQ7's powertrain.
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| 'IHOb' Is Already Back to Calling Itself IHOP Again Posted: 09 Jul 2018 01:24 PM PDT  IHOP is back to business as usual
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| Political Commentator Continues TV Interview, Unfazed by Cat Jumping on His Head Posted: 09 Jul 2018 09:26 AM PDT  Jerzy Targalski had to brush the cat's tail away from his eyes more than once.
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| Two-year-old dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound in California Posted: 08 Jul 2018 01:42 PM PDT  According to police, the toddler was in a bedroom of one of the homes when he accidentally shot himself in the head.
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| The 91 Fudgiest Brownies You'll Ever Eat Posted: 09 Jul 2018 02:35 PM PDT |
