Why China’s President and Kim Jong-un Aren’t Disclosing Whatever They Said About Nukes at Pyongyang
Xi is tacitly accepting North Korea as a nuclear power while not pressuring Kim to agree to another summit with Trump.
By DONALD KIRK
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ICC Suspends Its Star Prosecutor, Who Sought To Arrest Netanyahu
Allegations of sexual misconduct against Karim Khan raise suspicion that arrest warrants he issued are like the fruit of a poisonous tree.
By BENNY AVNI
|Xavier Trudeau’s Celebrity Bid Flames Out on Social Media, but Prime Minister’s Son Deftly Handles It Like a Pol
‘He’s as good at singing as his father is at politics,’ one person joked of the 18-year-old son of Canada’s schismatic former prime minister.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Italy’s Largest Bank Launches $35 Billion Bid for World’s Oldest Bank, Eyeing Eurozone Banking Crown
Should the deal proceed, the merged institution would become the eurozone’s second-largest banking group by market value.
By JOSEPH CURL
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Afghan Girls Are Being Sold to Buyers That Nobody Names
Coverage of the crisis, when it surfaces at all, tends to center on the sellers who are struggling with poverty, Taliban policy, and other societal woes.
By HOLLIE McKAY
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President Xi’s Tryst With Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang Is a Bigger Deal for China Than Beijing Summits With Trump and Putin
India’s leading newspaper says, ‘Beijing is growing increasingly uncomfortable with Pyongyang’s warming ties with Moscow.’
By DONALD KIRK
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