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South Korean leader heading to U.S. to meet with Trump

The meeting will be the first between the U.S. and South Korean leaders since President Donald Trump's summit with Kim Jong Un collapsed last month.

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Teacher shot in gun rampage says her thoughts were of her students

"In the ambulance I said, 'You need to get a substitute to Laurelhurst Elementary for tomorrow,'" the injured teacher recalled.

USA

New York expected to become 2nd US state to ban plastic bags

"I think we're going to look back and wonder why this isn't something that was commonplace before now," said a state senator who is a leading proponent of the ban.

USA

Fourth victims dies following Utrecht tram attack

The 74-year-old man died Thursday. Two men and a woman died on the day of the attack, and one victim remains injured in hospital.

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Bangladesh high-rise office building fire leaves more than a dozen dead

Many people were trapped inside the building, but fire officials said after battling the blaze for several hours that most had been rescued.

USA

What one strongman's exit plans say about Putin's future

Kazakhstan's Nursultan Nazarbayev helped steer his vast, oil-rich Central Asian nation through the turbulent years that followed the end of Communism.

USA

Special forces storm tanker after migrants hijack ship in Mediterranean

Maltese authorities said migrants had hijacked Turkish oil tanker after it rescued them in the Mediterranean Sea.

World News

Manchester United appoint Ole Gunnar Solskjær as permanent boss

Current caretaker manager Ole Gunnar Solskjær has been given the top job at Man United after presiding over a swift turnaround in the club's performances.

World News

Malta's armed forces intercept tanker hijacked by migrants

The tanker, El Hiblu 1, had rescued them off the coast of Libya on Wednesday. After it was hijacked it was re-routed towards Europe.

USA

Florida inmate seen on video punching public defender at court hearing

The assistant public defender was taken to a hospital and was later released.

USA

Massacre of 157 villagers in Mali spurs U.N. investigation

Women and children were burned in their homes by gunmen in the attack.

USA

Jussie Smollett did not get special treatment, Chicago prosecutor says

"Mr. Smollett was afforded the same opportunity that anyone in Cook County who had a nonviolent offense and the required background check would get," the prosecutor said.

USA

British PM Theresa May says she will quit if her Brexit deal is passed

Her offer to resign comes after months of chaos in Parliament and speculation that she would be forced out.

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British PM Theresa May says she will quit if her Brexit deal is passed, lawmaker says

May "will go if deal gets through," said the lawmaker. "Suggests she goes after a deal."

Norway

Disaster-dodging cruise ship’s engines ‘failed due to low oil levels’

The engines of a luxury cruise ship that became stranded in a storm failed because of low levels of lubricating oil, it's emerged.

USA

Suspected New Zealand shooter donated to Austrian far-right group

A man with the same name as New Zealand shooting suspect donated money to Austria's far-right Identitarian Movement in 2018, officials said.

USA

Gunmen kill more than 150 men, women and children in Mali

The attack by unknown gunmen on a herding community is one of the worst recent atrocities in a country beset by ethnic violence.

USA

India shoots down satellite, becomes a 'space power'

The development of weapons capabilities has raised fears of setting off a race between rival powers and sparking space conflicts.

USA

Smollett prosecutor catching flak for dropping charges

Kimberly Foxx had earlier asked Chicago police to hand over the Smollett case to the FBI, according to media reports.

USA

A Boeing 737 Max makes emergency landing at Orlando airport

No passengers were on board, and the plane was in the air about 11 minutes.