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Examining China's Take On The Trump-North Korea Summit

6:52am June 13, 2018

David Greene talks to the Wilson Center's Robert Daly, who has long diplomatic experience with China, about China's reaction to the summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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A Case Study In How To Apologize For A War Crime

6:51am June 13, 2018

by Gregory Warner

NPR podcast Rough Translation explores what makes a successful public apology by telling the story of Japan's attempts to apologize to U.S. prisoners of war that were used as slave labor during WWII.

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'New Yorker': How Trump, Israel And The Gulf States Plan To Fight Iran

6:09am June 13, 2018

Israel has quietly formed a partnership with the United Arab Emirates in an effort to check the influence of Iran and shape U.S. foreign policy. Steve Inskeep talks to Adam Entous of The New Yorker.

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Across Asia, Governments React To Meeting Between U.S. And North Korea

11:01pm June 12, 2018

by Anthony Kuhn

Governments across Asia and beyond are welcoming the first-ever summit between US and North Korean leaders as a step towards peace and nuclear disarmament. But there are differences of opinion on exactly what the statement signed by the two leaders means, and about what comes next.

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Looking Back On History-Making Summits Between U.S. Presidents And Foreign Leaders

11:01pm June 12, 2018

by Ron Elving

President Trump's meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is not the first history-making presidential summit with a foreign leader. There have been several, beginning with President John F. Kennedy's meeting with Soviet statesman Nikita Khrushchev in 1961.

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Macedonia will now be named Republic of North Macedonia after its prime minister reached an agreement with his Greek counterpart. A monument to Alexander the Great is seen in the center of Skopje on Sunday.

Macedonia Gets New Name, Ending 27-Year Dispute With Greece

9:06pm June 12, 2018

by Laurel Wamsley

Both countries claim the name "Macedonia" as their own. After decades of thorny negotiations, the former Yugoslav republic will become the Republic of North Macedonia.

A Rohingya woman walks past a flooded farm near the Kutupalong Refugee Camp in Bangladesh, where the monsoon season started in June and has caused casualties and landslides.

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Boy Dies, Thousands At Risk As Monsoon Rains Lash Rohingya Refugee Camps

7:15pm June 12, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

Members of the Muslim minority group who fled rape, murder and brutality in Myanmar now face different threats in southeastern Bangladesh: flooding, landslides and disease.

President Trump speaks during a news conference Tuesday after meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sentosa Island in Singapore.

President Trump's Press Conference On North Korea Summit, Annotated

7:03pm June 12, 2018

President Trump spoke to reporters after his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Tuesday. NPR reporters have annotated the transcript of the press conference.

At a press conference on Tuesday, President Trump said North Korea would dismantle a missile test site. But without further details, experts say it may not mean much.

Trump Says North Korea Will Destroy Missile Site. But Which One?

5:18pm June 12, 2018

by Geoff Brumfiel

The president boasted Tuesday of a bonus "favor" from Kim Jong Un, but experts say it might not mean much without independent verification.

President Trump Agrees To Suspend Military Drills With South Korea

5:09pm June 12, 2018

by Tom Bowman

President Trump has agreed to suspend military drills with South Korea in return for denuclearization from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The announcement came after the summit in Singapore, with Trump calling the drills "very provocative" — an echo of past North Korean sentiments.

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