'Killing a generation': one million more children at risk from famine in Yemen
9/19/2018, 1:37:19 AMSave the Children warns of ‘starvation on an unprecedented scale’ as conflict disrupts food supplies ✔ Deadly clashes resumed around the Houthi-held port city of Hodeida following the collapse of talks in Geneva this month ✔ Saudi Arabia and its allies accuse the Houthi rebels of smuggling arms from Iran through Hodeida and has imposed a partial blockade on the port
North and South Korea commit to 'era of no war'
9/19/2018, 3:43:04 AMThe two Koreas said they were taking a step closer to peace by signing a joint military agreement that removes the threat of conflict on the Peninsula. ✔ The world is going to see how this divided nation is going to bring about a new future on his own, Kim said, to applause from those gathered ✔ Not a tentative change which could be volatile dependent on international situation, but irreversible, permanent and unwavering peace, regardless of what might happen on the global arena, Moon said on Twitter ahead of his departure
North Korea agrees to demolish nuclear site under expert supervision
9/19/2018, 3:58:48 AMKim Jong Un to visit Seoul after leaders sign agreement on lowering tensions ✔ Kim agreed to the permanent demolition of an engine test site and long-range missile launcher in the western coastal region of Dongchang-ri ✔ We agreed to make the Korean Peninsula [an area] with no nuclear arms, Kim said in a news conference after the signing ceremony ✔ Try 3 months for $9 Offer ends September 30th
North Korea to invite foreign experts to permanently scrap missile...
9/19/2018, 3:45:51 AMNorth Korea has agreed to "permanently" abolish its key missile facili... ✔ Security Council last year as part of global efforts to rein in Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile programs by drying up its revenue sources ✔ Moon is also scheduled to watch the North’s signature Brilliant Fatherland Mass Game which was reintroduced this year following a five-year hiatus, with a formation of glowing drones, lasers and stadium-sized gymnastics shows designed to glorify the country ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
White House, North Korea discuss possibility of second Trump-Kim meeting
9/19/2018, 4:00:03 AMNorth Korea leader Kim Jong Un has formally asked President Donald Trump for a second meeting, and the White House said it is open to the idea. ✔ In the months since, foreign policy analysts have criticized the agreement for lacking specifics on exactly when and how Kim might relinquish his nuclear arsenal , and some have suggested the North Korean leader is playing Trump ✔ We will both prove everyone wrong! Olivia Enos, policy analyst with the Asian Studies Center at The Heritage Foundation, said she is skeptical about the prospects of a second Trump-Kim meeting
Opinion | Chaos or not, Trump is racking up a record of foreign policy success
9/19/2018, 12:21:06 AMMany worried he would usher in a new age of American isolationism. That hasn’t happened. ✔ In Afghanistan, after a careful deliberative process in which Trump (correctly) pressed his generals for answers to tough questions, the president reversed his campaign position favoring a troop pullout and sent additional forces, with no timetable for withdrawal
Leaders of two Koreas begin one-on-one summit to unlock nuclear talks
9/19/2018, 2:17:56 AMLeaders of South and North Korea held one-on-one talks on the second day of thei... ✔ ART TOUR Later on Wednesday, Moon’s delegation will tour the Mansudae Art Studio, the North’s largest producer of art where state artists build statues and produce propaganda at a sprawling complex in Pyongyang ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
The Latest: Koreas to form joint military committee
9/19/2018, 3:52:18 AMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (all times local): 12:30 p.m. ✔ President Moon Jae-in began his third summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Tuesday with possibly his hardest mission to date brokering some kind of compromise to keep North Korea's talks with Washington from imploding and pushing ahead with his own plans to expand economic cooperation and bring a stable peace to the Korean Peninsula
Kim agrees to dismantle main nuke site if US takes steps too
9/19/2018, 3:52:10 AMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed to permanently dismantle his main nuclear complex at Nyongbyon if the United States takes corresponding measur ✔ PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un agreed to permanently dismantle his main nuclear complex at Nyongbyon if the United States takes corresponding measures, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Wednesday after the two leaders held summit talks in Pyongyang to try to sustain nuclear diplomacy with Washington, which has been pushing hard for stronger disarmament moves from the North ✔ The made-for-television welcome has become routine for their summits, after two meetings earlier this year
Korea in new drive for peace
9/19/2018, 3:06:29 AMTHE leaders of the two Koreas met yesterday to open three days of talks aimed at ridding the peninsular of nuclear missiles and agreeing a formal end to war. South Korean President Moon Jae-in Moon will act as a mediator between the US and North Korea. ✔ It is their third this year and the first in which the South Korean leader has visited Pyongyang ✔ Mr Moon rode alongside Kim in an open-topped car through the North Korean capital waving to locals in traditional dress ✔ But despite a deal with the US, satellite images still appear to show activity at a missile factory
Opinion | How peace keeps receding in the Middle East
9/19/2018, 12:21:04 AMThe efforts of a generation of Americans, Israelis and Arabs to end the Israeli-Palestinian conflict have largely come to naught. ✔ By David Ignatius David Ignatius Columnist covering foreign affairs Email Bio Follow Columnist September 18 at 7:09 PM This month commemorates two pinnacles for the benign, naive superpower that was America, both involving our now-lost role as Middle East peacemaker ✔ As a journalist who covered the Middle East in the years when Israeli-Palestinian peace was a diplomatic obsession, I have a trunkful of memories of how peace kept receding, even as U.S. mediation advanced
The Latest: Kim promises to visit Seoul 'in near future'
9/19/2018, 3:23:19 AMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (all times local): 12:10 a.m. ✔ (Pyongyang Press Corps Pool via AP) South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, his wife Kim Jung-sook, second from left, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju, second from right, attend a welcome banquet in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept
The Latest: Koreas agree to seek to co-host 2032 Olympics
9/19/2018, 3:37:53 AMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — The Latest on the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (all times local): 12:20 p.m. ✔ 19, 2018.(Korea Broadcasting System via AP) South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un look at a picture of themselves shaking hands as they arrive to attend a welcome banquet in Pyongyang, North Korea, Tuesday, Sept
Mass games planned for Korea summit, nuke progress unclear
9/19/2018, 1:56:18 AMPYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his second day of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, with the leaders planning to rele ✔ PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) South Korean President Moon Jae-in began his second day of talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday, with the leaders planning to release a joint statement that many are hoping will keep alive tentative nuclear diplomacy between Pyongyang and Washington ✔ Kim's strategy has been to try to elbow the U.S. away from Seoul so the two Koreas can decide for themselves how to bring peace and stability to their peninsula
Returning to Idlib - One Syrian's story
9/19/2018, 12:37:02 AMMuaz is risking his life back home in Idlib after returning to the city destroyed by war. ✔ Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device Returning to Idlib - One Syrian's story Muaz left Syria for Europe after being injured in an air strike ✔ Now he's risking his life back home in Idlib after returning to the city destroyed by war
'Ashamed': South Koreans chilled by Kim Jong-un's cuddles
9/19/2018, 1:18:31 AMGovernment of Moon Jae-in faces backlash for trying to soften citizens’ impression of North Korean dictator ✔ North Korea runs massive prison camps that hold between 80,000 and 120,000 political prisoners, according to a United Nations inquiry that compiled evidence of a raft of crimes against humanity ✔ Another sign said Let’s Bomb North Korea next to a cartoon of Trump pointing at onlookers
ZTE, Chinese cellphone company, targeted by senators ZERO act
9/19/2018, 1:29:54 AMPresident Trump on Tuesday got tough on China with tariffs, but a bipartisan group of senators want to get tougher, pushing legislation to crack down on Chinese cellphone giant ZTE. ✔ President Trump on Tuesday got tough on China with tariffs, but a bipartisan group of senators want to get tougher, pushing legislation to crack down on Chinese cellphone giant ZTE ✔ The Pentagon banned ZTE phones on military bases because of the risk of Chinese spying through the phones
Korean defense chiefs sign ‘military pact’ after Kim & Moon adopt denuclearization roadmap
9/19/2018, 3:44:58 AMSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in and the North Korean leader Kim Jong un have signed a joint statement following their bilateral talks in Pyongyang. ✔ Besides the joint statement on inter-Korean relations signed by the leaders, the countries’ defense chiefs also signed a separate military pact, Moon's press secretary Yoon Young-chan told reporters ✔ The Panmunjom Declaration, signed in April during the first meeting between the Korean leaders, mandated both countries to undertake joint efforts to get rid of military tension and to eliminate the danger of war on the Korean Peninsula
N Korea pledges to close missile test site, allow inspections
9/19/2018, 3:20:20 AMundefined ✔ North Korea has pledged to shutter its missile engine testing site and allow external inspectors to verify the process in a move aimed at demonstrating the regime's sincerity about denuclearisation ✔ Such a concession would like be a declaration ending the officially unfinished Korean war
Unfinished business: Moon's summit dreams echo late mentor
9/19/2018, 2:15:00 AMSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — This week's summit between rivals North and South Korea represents, in part, unfinished business for South Korean President Moon Jae-in. In ✔ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) This week's summit between rivals North and South Korea represents, in part, unfinished business for South Korean President Moon Jae-in ✔ Two days after North Korea flight-tested its first intercontinental ballistic missile in July last year, Moon vowed to build on the legacies of Roh and his liberal predecessor Kim Dae-jung
Summit may be the grand theater Kim needs to show his people
9/19/2018, 1:26:37 AMSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — If North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was searching for the perfect propaganda set piece, something designed to show his people that he's a strong leader pu ✔ SEOUL, South Korea (AP) If North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was searching for the perfect propaganda set piece, something designed to show his people that he's a strong leader pushing inexorably for the long-delayed, long-promised prosperity they deserve, then visiting South Korean President Moon Jae-in might be providing him with a unique opportunity ✔ Vipin Narang, a North Korea expert at MIT, said Kim's efforts this week fit into his new strategic line
Toward permanent peace
9/19/2018, 1:15:15 AMundefined ✔ Seoul's spy chief Suh Hoon and National Security Office (NSO) head Chung Eui-yong attended, while from the North, Kim Yong-chol, a senior ruling party official and first lady Kim Yo-jong participated, according to presidential secretary Yoon Young-chan in a media briefing at a main press center set up in Dongdaemun, Seoul, Tuesday morning
Opinion | Texas creates the perfect curriculum for the Trump age
9/19/2018, 12:21:01 AMThe Texas school board tells us what’s important, and what’s not, about our country and values. ✔ By Dana Milbank Dana Milbank Op-ed columnist covering national politics Email Bio Follow Columnist September 18 at 7:11 PM I tip my 10-gallon hat to the Texas school board, which just voted to streamline the public-school curriculum in a way that will surely Make America Great Again ✔ As The Post’s Damian Paletta and Erica Werner observed, the last time unemployment was at the current 3.9 percent, in 2000, the government ran a surplus
John Bolton socks it to the International Criminal Court
9/19/2018, 1:42:10 AMJohn Bolton has reprised his role as attack dog against out of control anti-American international organizations. This time, his target is the International Criminal Court (ICC), a U.N. organization created by the Rome Treaty, which the United States has refused to ratify and that four American presidents have wisely declined to support or acknowledge as legitimate. ✔ It was not originally designed to be used against functioning democracies with working and transparent judiciaries ✔ Many of these parasites make a career of bashing America and Israel while applauding the antics of reprobates such as Hugo Chavez and Daniel Ortega ✔ Gary Anderson lectures in Alternative Analysis at George Washington University’s Elliott School of International Affairs
Mexico's next anti-money laundering czar vows action after...
9/19/2018, 1:06:08 AMMexico's incoming financial intelligence chief said it was "shameful&q... ✔ He has given few details of how he will achieve this, but promises to set an example of probity from the presidency ✔ Tasked with helping to prevent and fight money laundering and terrorism financing, the financial intelligence unit receives and analyzes information that it should then pass on to prosecutors to investigate and construct a case ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Kim, Moon resume talks as inter-Korean summit enters day two - World
9/19/2018, 2:35:58 AMundefined ✔ Moon and Kim are expected to have a second round of talks on Wednesday and jointly announce the results of their two-day summit at a news conference ✔ The two leaders held their first summit in the border village of Panmunjom on April 27, followed by their second meeting there on May 26
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