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Kim Jong-un open to another summit with Trump, with conditions

North Korean leader Kim Jong-on said he is open to a third summit with President Donald Trump, but set the year's end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement to salvage the high-stakes nuclear diplomacy, the North's state-run media said on Saturday. Kim made the comments during a speech […]

Ethno-food warriors are smearing New York chefs

Last week Arielle Haspel, the non-Asian owner of a new Chinese cafe called Lucky Lee’s, posted a promo online that enraged (some) people. She declared that her University Place eatery would serve “clean” Chinese-American dishes with healthier ingredients than those in traditional lo mein, which makes some people feel “bloated and icky the next day.” […]

Ilhan Omar drags George W. Bush into 9/11 controversy

Rep. Ilhan Omar on Friday refused to let the controversy die over remarks she made that critics said trivialized 9/11, tweeting out a partial comment that President George W. Bush made after the attacks — and bizarrely asking whether he was a Muslim. “’The people — and the people who knocked these buildings down will […]

Accused test taker in college scandal set to plead guilty

A Florida prep school administrator is set to plead guilty to taking entrance exams for students in a nationwide college admissions bribery scheme. Mark Riddell is due to enter guilty pleas Friday afternoon to one count each of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering at […]

Twitter mocks suggestion Julian Assange is in Britain’s Guantanamo Bay

‘Is he in Milton Keynes?’: Twitter users joke about whereabouts of Wikileaks chief Julian Assange after claims he’s been sent to ‘Britain’s Guantanamo Bay’ Assange was taken to Belmarsh prison after arrest at Ecuador’s London Embassy  Prison, in south east London, was given nickname briefly from 2001 to 2002 Twitter users suggested Britain’s real equivalent […]

Former cop busted after violating ex-girlfriend’s protection order

A former NYPD detective who poured urine on her ex-girlfriend’s door has been arrested again — for violating an order of protection in the case, police said Friday. Police Officer Lori Campbell, 52 — a former aide to Chief of Department Terence Monahan who was demoted from detective after her first arrest — was cuffed […]

Four EU nations will take in 64 migrants rescued in Mediterranean Sea

Four European Union member countries will take in 64 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea in a deal announced Saturday. The migrants will head to France, Germany, Portugal and Luxembourg after they were stranded at sea for almost two weeks. A German aid ship had rescued them off the coast of Libya, but Malta initially […]

Research student´s treatment hopes for rare bone cancer

Scientist, 25, who lost his arm to bone cancer is forced to find £120,000 for private treatment because NHS ‘won’t provide drugs to prolong his life’ Scott Stinson was first diagnosed with bone cancer osteosarcoma last year He was told that treatment available on the NHS would not be able to cure him  His family […]