Trump and Kim sign agreement after summit
Is Japan feeling uncomfortable?
I guess you take whatever consolation you can find. SK channel TV Chosun here quoting Japanese media: "Trump shook hands with Kim for 13 seconds, but when Trump met with Abe, they shook hands for 19 seconds".
As expected, KJU has initiated an open-ended, drawn out negotiation process that ensnares the US into stop enforcing sanctions, empowers China and SK to resume subsidizing Pyongyang, and allows NK to continue to further advance its nuclear and missile programs.
Giant African baobab trees die suddenly after thousands of years
Demise of four out of 13 of the ancient landmarks linked to climate change by researchers
Some of Africa’s oldest and biggest baobab trees have abruptly died, wholly or in part, in the past decade, according to researchers.
The trees, aged between 1,100 and 2,500 years and in some cases as wide as a bus is long, may have fallen victim to climate change, the team speculated.
“We report that nine of the 13 oldest … individuals have died, or at least their oldest parts/stems have collapsed and died, over the past 12 years,” they wrote in the scientific journal Nature Plants, describing “an event of an unprecedented magnitude”.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions curbs asylum for immigrant victims of violence
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has delivered a ruling that curbs immigration judges from considering domestic and gang violence as grounds for asylum. The decision is expected to affect tens of thousands of cases.
US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has said immigration judges generally cannot consider domestic and gang violence as grounds for asylum. Monday's ruling could affect large numbers of Central Americans who have increasingly turned to the United States for protection."Generally, claims by aliens pertaining to domestic violence or gang violence perpetrated by non-government actors will not qualify for asylum," Sessions wrote in 31-page decision. "The mere fact that a country may have problems effectively policing certain crimes — such as domestic violence or gang violence — or that certain populations are more likely to be victims of crime, cannot itself establish an asylum claim."
Italian ships to take Aquarius rescue vessel migrants to Spain
Hundreds of migrants stranded on board the Aquarius rescue vessel in the Mediterranean will be transferred to Italian ships and taken to Spain, French charity SOS Mediterranee said Tuesday.
The 629 migrants, including pregnant women and scores of children, were saved by SOS Mediterranee on Saturday.
Net neutrality is officially repealed. Here’s what happens next.
Net neutrality can still be saved, but the window of opportunity just got smaller.
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We knew this was coming. The six-month delay from the date of the Federal Communications Commission’s controversial repeal of net neutrality was essentially about red tape; on Monday, the full terms of the repeal take effect.
So what does this mean for efforts to stop the repeal and, more importantly, for your internet connection?
For now, not much. Basically, very little has changed since last month, when Congress’s last-ditch attempt to cancel the repeal under the Congressional Review Act (CRA) made headlines. The measure passed in the Senate, but it’s extremely unlikely to pass in the House, where canceling the repeal is deeply unpopular with the majority of Republicans despite the fact that more than 80 percent of Americans support net neutrality. In fact, since Congress only has 60 days to review the law (starting from April 23, 2018), it’s possible the House could just stall and refuse to vote on the CRA at all until the time limit expires.
LAST MARCH AT the Gridiron Club dinner in Washington, D.C., President Donald Trump joked, “I won’t rule out direct talks with Kim Jong Un — I just won’t. As far as the risk of dealing with a madman is concerned, that’s his problem, not mine.”
This may be the only genuinely funny thing Trump has ever said. And it was funny ’cause it’s true. Trump’s behavior toward North Korea in 2017 was berserk and terrifying. Equally so was his recent hiring of ultrahawk John Bolton — who believes it would be perfectly legal and admirable for the U.S. to attack North Korea right this second — as his national security adviser. Trump’s bombastic exchange of threats with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was a key reason why the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its “Doomsday Clock” to two minutes to midnight, the closest it’s ever been.
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