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NORTH KOREA: Beijing confirms Kim Jong-un went to China

China says North Korean leader Kim met with Xi in Beijing. BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government confirmed Wednesday that North Korea’s reclusive leader Kim Jong Un went to Beijing and met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in his first known trip to a foreign country since he took power in 2011. The official Xinhua News Agency said Kim made an unofficial visit to China from Sunday to Wednesday. Xi held talks with Kim at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing and he and his wife Peng Liyuan hosted a banquet for Kim and his wife Ri Sol Read More

US prisons chief removed from position after Epstein’s death

FILE – In this July 19, 2019, file photo, acting Director of the Bureau of Prisons Hugh Hurwitz speaks during a news conference at the Justice Department in Washington. Hurwitz Read More

Botswana University to offer Brexit course

By BBC A course about Brexit, the UK’s plan to leave the European Union, is to be offered as an option by the University of Botswana’s history department. The course,Read More

Sudan’s ex-president al-Bashir ‘received $90m from Saudi Arabia’

Sudan’s deposed ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant’s cage during the opening of his corruption trial in Khartoum [Ebrahim Hamid/AFP] At the start of al-Bashir’s corruption trial, investigator tells Read More

Sudan’s ex-president al-Bashir ‘received $90m from Saudi Arabia’

Sudan’s deposed ruler Omar al-Bashir sits in a defendant’s cage during the opening of his corruption trial in Khartoum [Ebrahim Hamid/AFP] At the start of al-Bashir’s corruption trial, investigator tells Read More

Iranian tanker sought by US heading toward Greece

Renamed Adrian Aryra 1 super tanker hosting an Iranian flag sails in the waters in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected Read More

Iranian tanker sought by US heads to unknown destination

Renamed Adrian Aryra 1 super tanker hosting an Iranian flag sails in the waters in the British territory of Gibraltar, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2019. Authorities in Gibraltar on Sunday rejected Read More

Chinese embassy tells Canada to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs

OTTAWA (Reuters) – China’s embassy in Ottawa warned Canada on Sunday to stop meddling in Hong Kong affairs a day after the country issued a joint statement with the European Read More

Strangers come for miles to mourn El Paso shooting victim

Antonio Basco, left, the long-time companion of Margie Reckard, 63, speak to reporter Saturday, Aug. 17, 2019 in El Paso, Texas. Hundreds of well-wishers gathered at an El Paso cemetery Read More

Iranian tanker to leave Gibraltar soon despite US pressure

A view of the Grace 1 supertanker stands off the coast of the British territory of Gibraltar, Friday Aug. 16, 2019. The lawyer representing the captain of the Iranian supertanker Read More

Iranian tanker to leave Gibraltar soon despite US pressure

A view of the Grace 1 supertanker stands off the coast of the British territory of Gibraltar, Friday Aug. 16, 2019. The lawyer representing the captain of the Iranian supertanker Read More