Sunday, February 24, 2019

Evening Edition: U.S. wants North Korea to view Vietnam as a model for transformation

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U.S. wants North Korea to view Vietnam as a model for transformation
When President Trump meets North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi this week to discuss rapprochement and denuclearization, Washington will point to the host country as an example: a vibrant, fast-growing market economy that has a close relationship with the United States.
Pompeo says North Korea remains a nuclear threat, contradicting Trump
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the remark in an interview days before President Trump holds his second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
 
House Democrats to subpoena Mueller if report is not made public, Schiff says
Rep. Adam B. Schiff (D-Calif.), the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said Democrats will go to court if necessary to publicly release the special counsel's report on Russian interference in the 2016 campaign.
 
White House to select scientists to counter government climate findings, officials say
The move would be the administration's most forceful effort to challenge the scientific consensus that greenhouse gas emissions are helping drive global warming.
 
All three Kieboom brothers had pro potential. But Carter wants to be great.
The older Kiebooms are used to being asked about Carter, now the Nationals' top prospect. As Trevor Kieboom put it, "I'd say, 'He's nothing like us. He's so much better.' " And that doesn't bother them much.
 
 
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Pope calls for 'all-out battle' against sexual abuse, remains short on specifics
The pontiff's words at the end of a Vatican summit underscored looming challenges for an institution that has acknowledged the seriousness of clerical abuse but nonetheless struggled to curtail it.
 
91st Academy Awards | Critic's Notebook
Five things that should happen at this year's Oscars
Give Spike Lee his Oscar, already. Over more than three decades, he has captured the tenor and timbre of his era with films that provoke, infuriate, amuse and linger.
 
Go bold like Trump, Democratic presidential candidates have decided
Swing-for-the-fences ideas are the norm for 2020 candidates, who saw President Trump's boldness as saying more to some voters than Hillary Clinton's incremental proposals.
 
After humanitarian aid met with violence, Venezuela opposition looks to foreign allies
Opposition leader Juan Guaidó suggested he will entertain more radical solutions to try to oust President Nicolás Maduro.
 
Tornado death confirmed as violent storms smack the South
Homes, highways and bridges were flooded or put out of commission amid the heavy rains and severe storms.
 
 
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Proposed amnesty for crimes against humanity stirs outrage in Guatemala
The bill would allow former army officers who committed abuses during the 36-year civil war to go free.
 
Trump announces plans for July 4 celebration at Lincoln Memorial
"HOLD THE DATE!" the president tweeted Sunday morning. It was unclear if the festivities would complement or compete with the existing celebration on the Mall and who would pay for them.
 
Voters in Japan's Okinawa prefecture deliver a resounding no to new U.S. military base 
The referendum is not binding, but its result is a headache for Japan's government and the U.S. military as they seek to relocate the much-maligned Futenma base.
 
Hijacking suspect killed after Dubai-bound flight makes emergency landing
The man, described by authorities as a "terrorist," was shot by military commandos who stormed the plane after it landed in Bangladesh.
 

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