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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

White House acknowledges strings attached in Trump withholding Ukraine aid

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President Donald Trump’s withholding of $391 million in military aid to Ukraine was linked to his request that the Ukrainians look into a claim – debunked as Read More

US picks Trump resort for G-7; critics call choice ‘brazen’ (VIDEO)

FILE – This June 2, 2017 file frame from video shows the Trump National Doral in Doral, Fla. The White House says it has chosen President Donald Trump’s golf resort Read More

Full text of Turkey, US statement on northeast Syria

The agreement comes after talks between Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan and US’s Mike Pence [Anadolu] Turkey agrees to halt its offensive in northeast Syria to allow Kurdish forces to withdraw Read More

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry Reportedly Notifies Trump of Intent to Resign

© Sputnik / Евгений Биятов US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has notified US President Donald Trump that he intends to depart from his post, it was revealed on Thursday. By Read More

US Energy Secretary Rick Perry Reportedly Notifies Trump of Intent to Resign

© Sputnik / Евгений Биятов US Energy Secretary Rick Perry has notified US President Donald Trump that he intends to depart from his post, it was revealed on Thursday. By Read More

Cummings, powerful congressman leading Trump probe, has died (VIDEO)

FILE – In this April 2, 2109 file photo, House Oversight and Reform Committee Chair Elijah Cummings, D-Md., leads a meeting to call for subpoenas after a career official in Read More

White House admits Ukraine aid held up in part over election probe

White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney announces that the G7 will be held at Trump National Doral, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) WASHINGTON (Associated Press)Read More

Ex-Mozambique finance minister fights extradition to US

FILE — In this Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019 file photo former Mozambican finance minister, Manuel Chang, appears in court in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Chang is challenging attempts to Read More

Ex-Mozambique finance minister fights extradition to US

FILE — In this Tuesday Jan. 8, 2019 file photo former Mozambican finance minister, Manuel Chang, appears in court in Kempton Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Chang is challenging attempts to Read More

ENERGY: Oil report for October 15, 2019 (CHARTS, GRAPHS)

Oil Markets Bearish Despite Rising Geopolitical Risk By OILPRICE.COM – The API gravity of the U.S. oil mix has lightened significantly over the past decade, with booming light oil production from major Read More