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Kim gives US time until year end to strike nuclear deal

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Bloomberg North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said he’s willing to hold a third summit with President Donald Trump as long as the US offers acceptable terms for an agreement by the end of the year. In remarks carried by the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim said he wouldn’t welcome a repeat of the Hanoi summit in February, when ...

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Protesters celebrate as Sudan’s army council chief resigns

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Bloomberg Sudan’s pro-democracy movement claimed the scalp of its second leader in less than a week after the head of a transitional government stepped down to be replaced by another military figure. Defense Minister Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf announced his resignation in a televised speech, less than two days after the army ousted President Omar al-Bashir. The move was met ...

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Afghan Taliban spring offensive draws US ire

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Bloomberg The US condemned the Taliban’s launch of a new spring offensive in Afghanistan as the world’s biggest military power continues to pursue peace talks with militants in the war-torn country. Calling the Taliban move “reckless,” US Special Envoy on Afghan Reconciliation Zalmay Khalilzad said on Twitter that the insurgents demonstrated their “indifference” to the peace demands of the Afghan ...

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