Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in embraced after pledging to work for the “complete denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula,” punctuating a day of smiles and handshakes at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade. Here are the major points of a joint statement they issued.
it's remarkable how thoroughly the west has been removed from arguably the biggest (theoretical) movements toward peace on the korean peninsula, but maybe that's how it was always supposed to be.
To win the battle for the House of Representatives,Democrats will likely have to take some Republican-leaning districts, and doing so will require winning over Trump voters. Interviews with about 20 lawmakers, candidates, strategists and campaign volunteers found that a growing number of Democrats are trying to do just that. But calls to woo Trump supporters are not sitting well with some party loyalists.
When President Santos and FARC leaders shook handsto end Colombia’s half-century war, people in towns like Tumaco were supposed to be relieved. Nineteen months later, they are anything but. Reuters reporters traveled to seven sites in Colombia to understand the advance of violent rivals rushing into void left by the FARC.
Myanmar civil groups signed an open letterto the country’s president yesterday, urging him to immediately release two Reuters reporters accused of possessing secret government papers and police officers involved in what it called an “obviously an unreasonable case”. Read more on the case as Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo enter their 137th day of imprisonment.
The U.S. government may start scrutinizing informal partnerships between American and Chinese companies in the field of artificial intelligence, threatening practices that have long been considered garden variety development work for technology companies, sources familiar with the discussions said.
After bouncing up, falling down and keeping investors on the edges of their seats, bitcoin may be maturing into a period of relatively boring stability, experts say.
