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Trump Says He'll Abandon Kim Talks If They're Not 'Fruitful'


Bloomberg President Donald Trump said he'll abandon plans for an unprecedented summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un if he decides it won't be successful -- or walk out of the meeting if it's not productive while he's there. “If we don't think it's going ... ---

Castro rule in Cuba nears end as Miguel Diaz-Canel named sole candidate for leadership change


Washington Post HAVANA — He was born a year after the last shot was fired in the Cuban revolution, prefers basketball to baseball, and clutches a tablet as he attends meetings with aging communists. Now Miguel Díaz-Canel, 57, is poised to take over what may be this ... ---

Canadian who posted drug smuggling trip on Instagram sentenced to prison


CNN (CNN) One of the two Canadian women who documented a lavish cruise trip to Australia on Instagram as a front for smuggling cocaine has been sentenced to at least four and a half years in prison. Melina Roberge, along with two accomplices, had embarked ... ---

Erdogan 'needs every vote' and is looking to Turks in US for support


NBCNews.com ISTANBUL — A year after his bodyguards brawled with protesters on a Washington street, Turkey's strongman president is bringing his ruling party to the United States in what observers say is a campaign to improve its battered reputation. President ... ---

New Russian Weapons Alarm Israel, May Trigger Next Syrian Crisis


Bloomberg Angered by last week's U.S. attack on Syria, Russia warned that there would be consequences. Only one of them was spelled out: The Kremlin said it may supply its Syrian ally with state-of-the-art air defenses. If the prospect rings alarm bells among ... ---

Plastic straw and cotton bud ban proposed


BBC News Plastic straws and cotton buds could be banned in England as part of the government's bid to cut plastic waste. Announcing a consultation on a possible ban ministers said 8.5bn plastic straws were thrown away in the UK every year. The prime minister ... ---

China carries out low-key live fire drills after warning Taiwan


Reuters BEIJING (Reuters) - China has conducted live-fire military drills along its southeast coast after increasingly stern warnings by Beijing for neighboring Taiwan to toe the line, but the exercises were more low key than had been flagged in state media ... ---

Trade issues expose the limits of Trump-Abe 'bromance'


Washington Post PALM BEACH, Fla. — Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted the new American president with a golden driver not long after Donald Trump won the White House. He's met with the billionaire businessman more than any other world leader, and he's Trump's ... ---

She Instagrammed her exotic drug-smuggling vacation. Now 'Cocaine Babe' is going to prison.


Washington Post A Canadian woman who tried to smuggle millions of dollars worth of cocaine into Australia has been convicted and sentenced to eight years behind bars. Melina Roberge, 24, was sentenced Wednesday after pleading guilty to smuggling 95 kilos (209 pounds ... ---

Pompeo visits North Korea, forms 'good relationship with Kim', says Trump


Reuters WASHINGTON/SEOUL (Reuters) - CIA director Mike Pompeo, U.S. President Donald Trump's nominee to become the top U.S. diplomat, visited North Korea last week and met leader Kim Jong Un with whom he formed a “good relationship”, Trump said on Wednesday ... ---