The United States and North Korea are expected to reopen denuclearization talks soon and it would "go well," a senior South Korean official said on Thursday, boosting hopes for progress in negotiations after a prolonged stalemate.
... Some of Hong Kong's biggest banks published full-page newspaper advertisements on Thursday calling for the preservation of law and order in the Chinese territory and condemning violence, as weeks of pro-democracy protests show no sign of abating.
... The man behind a petition drive to recall a California state senator and physician pushing for tougher vaccine requirements was charged on Wednesday with assault after livestreaming himself shoving the lawmaker in a sidewalk confrontation in Sacramento... ... Washington state Governor Jay Inslee, who made the fight against climate change the focus of his White House campaign, said on Wednesday he was withdrawing from the race for the 2020 U.S. Democratic presidential nomination.
... U.S. President Donald Trump stepped up a series of attacks on automakers on Wednesday for not backing his administration's plan to roll back Obama-era fuel efficiency rules, singling out Ford Motor Co in particular for backing a deal with California f... ... The German captain of rescue ships that saved hundreds of migrants' lives in the Mediterranean has turned down Paris's highest civilian award, accusing the city of hypocrisy over the treatment of migrants.
... The U.S. Agriculture Department said on Wednesday it had pulled all staff from an annual crop tour after an employee was threatened, and three sources said the threat of violence was made during a phone call from an angry farmer.
... Texas on Wednesday put to death a man found guilty of the **** and ****** of a 19-year-old college student in an execution that followed arguments from the inmate's attorneys that authorities ignored key evidence that would exonerate him.
... Russian chess grandmaster Anatoly Karpov has been unable for several months to obtain a visa to travel to the United States, his friend, the owner of a chess academy in New York who invited him to teach a summer camp there, said on Wednesday.
... Russia and China have asked the United Nations Security Council to meet on Thursday over "statements by U.S. officials on their plans to develop and deploy medium-range missiles," according to the request seen by Reuters.
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South Korea says U.S., North Korea will restart dialogue ‘soon’
Banks in Hong Kong condemn violence, urge restoration of ‘harmony’
Anti-vaccine activist charged for assault of California senator
Washington Governor Inslee withdraws bid for U.S. Democratic presidential nomination
Trump attacks Ford Motor for not backing fuel economy rollback
Captain of migrant rescue vessel refuses honor from Paris
Farmer’s threat prompts U.S. Agriculture Department to pull staff from crop tour
Texas executes man convicted of abducting, killing college student
Russian chess legend Anatoly Karpov unable to get U.S. visa, friend says
Russia, China seek U.N. Security Council meeting on U.S. missile developments