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U.S.-North Korean Officials Meet, State Department Says

7:58am May 28, 2018

by Scott Horsley

Since President Trump called off the June 12th summit with North Korea last week, both countries have said the meeting could still happen. There has been no announcement that the summit is back on.

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Morning News Brief: U.S. Officials Travel To Korean DMZ

7:36am May 28, 2018

The State Department says the delegation was there meeting with North Korean officials preparing for a possible summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore.

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As Zimbabwe Prepares For Elections, It Seeks To Rejoin The Commonwealth

7:23am May 28, 2018

by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton

Years after Robert Mugabe, then-president of Zimbabwe, quit the commonwealth in anger over criticism of his leadership, the new leader has applied to rejoin the group of mainly ex-British colonies.

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Ivan Duque, presidential candidate for the Democratic Center, and his vice presidential candidate Marta Lucia Ramirez, raise arms after winning the first round of Colombia's presidential election. A runoff with Gustavo Petro will be held June 17.

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Colombia's Presidential Election Moves To A 2nd Round Pitting Right Against Left

5:05am May 28, 2018

by Doreen McCallister

Right-wing candidate Ivan Duque won a place in Colombia's June presidential runoff against leftist Gustavo Petro. That has some worried that a fragile peace pact with Marxist rebels could unravel.

U.S. troops wearing new sheep-lined coats march in downtown Vladivostok in November 1918.

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In Russia, Scant Traces And Negative Memories Of A Century-Old U.S. Intervention

5:00am May 28, 2018

by Lucian Kim

As Americans accuse the Kremlin of interfering in their elections, and Russians fiercely deny it, there's no debating that the U.S. once intervened militarily in Russia — with few, if any, results.

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In Italy, Populists' Bid To Form Government Fails After Presidential Veto

1:47am May 28, 2018

by Sylvia Poggioli

Furious over President Sergio Mattarella's rejection of the populist coalition's euroskeptic pick for economic minister, 5-Star Movement leader Luigi Di Maio called for Mattarella's impeachment.

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in speaks during a news conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Sunday. He met with Kim Jong Un on Saturday.

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South Korea's Moon: Kim Jong Un Still Committed To Denuclearization

8:10am May 27, 2018

by Elise Hu

The U.S. and North Korea are moving ahead with plans for a potential summit between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. It comes as South Korea's president held a surprise second summit with Kim.

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Latest On The North Korea Summit

8:10am May 27, 2018

NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro speaks to Korea expert Jean Lee of the Wilson Center about the latest on North Korea and a meeting between Kim Jong Un and President Trump.

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American Released From Venezuelan Prison Returns Home

8:10am May 27, 2018

by John Otis

Joshua Holt, an American prisoner in Venezuela for two years, has been released and returned to the United States.

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Failures In Afghanistan

8:10am May 27, 2018

A new report says the American effort to stabilize Afghanistan is a failure. Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with John Sopko of the office of the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction.