Trump says he will know in first minute if North Korea summit will succeed
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday he would know within a minute whether something good will come of his meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Singapore, which he described as a “mission of peace.”
India strikes river, rice deals with China as relations thaw
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – China and India on Saturday settled a dispute over the flood-prone Brahmaputra river that flows from Tibet to Bangladesh in a sign of growing cooperation between them.
Catalan ex-minister not too optimistic about talks with Spain government
ABERDEEN, Scotland (Reuters) – The formation of a Socialist government in Spain provided a new chance of dialogue over the status of Catalonia, former Catalan minister Clara Ponsati said on Saturday, but she was not overly optimistic.
Russia’s Putin discusses political prisoners with Ukraine’s Poroshenko
KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Petro Poroshenko discussed a possible exchange of prisoners during a telephone call on Saturday.
Flight from Pyongyang lands in Singapore ahead of North Korean leader’s arrival
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – A rare direct flight from Pyongyang landed in Singapore on Saturday ahead of the expected arrival of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump to discuss ending the North’s isolation and its nu…
Macron’s campaign economists warn French leader over rich-friendly policies
PARIS (Reuters) – French President Emmanuel Macron’s economic policy is viewed as favoring the rich and must change to address inequalities, according to a memo written by three economists who worked on his campaign program, Le Monde newspaper said on …
Trump to leave G7 early, missing environmental talks
LA MALBAIE, Quebec (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump planned to leave the summit of the Group of Seven wealthy nations on Saturday before it discussed climate change and the health of oceans, underlining fractures in the G7 exacerbated by U.S. tr…
Former Vatican diplomat indicted on child pornography charges
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – A Catholic priest who worked as a diplomat at the Vatican’s embassy in Washington was indicted on Saturday on charges of possessing child pornography in the United States and Canada.
Royal newlyweds attend Queen’s birthday parade
LONDON (Reuters) – Prince Harry and his new wife Meghan Markle, now known as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, attended the annual Trooping of the Colour ceremony on Saturday, the first time the couple have attended the Queen’s birthday celebrations toge…
Russia’s Putin, Ukraine’s Poroshenko discuss ‘political prisoners’: Ukraine
KIEV (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko spoke by phone on Saturday and discussed prisoners being held in each others’ countries, the Ukrainian president’s office said in a statement.
