|  | | | | | north korea | | Kim Jong Un is preparing for a high-stakes summit with President Donald Trump in Singapore on June 12. Nobel Prize winning anti-nuclear campaign group ICAN has offered to pay for the cost of the historic summit, including the hotel bill for the impoverished state’s leader.
| | | | | | A three-night stay at the fullerton would cost about $18,000, or roughly 3/100000th the price of a minuteman 3 icbm https://reut.rs/2Li25DA 8:27 AM - June 4, 2018 | | Reuters Graphics take a look at the diplomatic ups and downs in U.S.-North Korea relationship since March 9, when both parties agreed to meet. | | | | Commentary: Libya is not North Korea. And those who think the "Libya model" is a precedent for either denuclearization or regime change in North Korea "are heading either for confusion or disappointment," writes Karl P. Mueller. Read more from Reuters columnists about the Korean peninsula. | | | | | | | | | | | | | World | | A motorcycle suicide bomber killed at least eight people near a gathering of Muslim clerics in the Afghan capital after they had issued a fatwa against suicide bombings, officials said, in the latest in a series of attacks to hit Kabul. | | | | Commentary: Italy’s political crisis is over – and has just begun, writes columnist John Lloyd. The populist government “now has to attempt to govern within the constraints of a heavily indebted country with high unemployment, low productivity, pervasive corruption and powerful organized crime networks." | | | | | | A Lebanese tourist was arrested at Cairo airport and is facing 3-5 years in prison for posting a Facebook video complaining about sexual harassment and conditions in Egypt. https://reut.rs/2J6SkeR 12:02 PM - June 4, 2018 | | | | Two @Reuters journalists, Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone, have been detained in Myanmar since Dec. 12, 2017. Follow the case: https://reut.rs/2HhPIF3 9:59 AM - June 4, 2018 | | | | | | | | | | | Business | | Germany’s Bayer will wrap up the $63 billion takeover of Monsanto on Thursday and also retire the U.S. seeds maker’s 117 year-old name.
3 Min Read | | | | Airlines are locking in fuel hedges, lowering capacity, raising fares and retiring older jets to cope with rising costs alongside the highest oil prices since 2014, industry executives say.
5 min read | | | | In an effort to increase competition and bring down prescription drug prices, FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb wants to speed approval times for rivals to promising new first-to-market medicines. 5 min read | | | | | | | | | | | Top Stories on Reuters TV | | | | | | | |
