US 'ready to restart negotiations' with North Korea
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he is ready to restart negotiations with Pyongyang, with the aim of denuclearising North Korea "by 2021".
Discussions between the two sides had stalled following a broad-strokes agreement made earlier this year.
But this week's inter-Korean summit saw the North's Kim Jong-un agreeing to shut a major missile launch site.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in also gave an unprecedented speech in front of tens of thousands of North Koreans.
A very Australian coup: Murdoch, Turnbull and the power of News Corp
In the first part of a series, Guardian Australia reveals the outsize influence of a media mogul two Australian prime ministers blame for theirby Anne Davies
In his farewell speech as prime minister last month, Malcolm Turnbull pointed to “an insurgency” in his own party and “outside forces in the media” as the architects of his demise.
If there was any doubt at all who the media forces Turnbull was referring to during those final minutes in the prime mister’s courtyard in Canberra, there is, after the events of the past 24 hours, none now.
Rupert Murdoch is the name firmly in the frame along with his ubiquitous News Corp empire – an organisation which is accused of playing a major role in orchestrating the removal from office of not just Turnbull but also Labor’s Kevin Rudd.
Pussy Riot: Who is Pyotr Verzilov and how is he involved with the anti-Putin punk protest collective?
Feminist guerrilla art group known for daring demonstrations against Kremlin oppression
Doctors treating Russian political activist Pyotr Verzilov have said they think it “highly plausible” he has been poisoned.
Mr Verzilov was taken ill following a court hearing in Moscow on 12 September over his part in a pitch invasion during the 2018 FIFA World Cup Final on 15 July.
The patient, said by doctors Germany to be out of danger, was demonstrating against Vladimir Putin’s administration with fellow members of Pussy Riot, the feminist punk band and protest collective who have made headlines around the world since their founding in 2011.
How two US towns have countered Donald Trump's refugee policy
In a split-screen reality, as the Trump administration continues to slash the number of refugees admitted to the US, two Montana communities have gone the opposite way. One of them elected a former refugee as mayor.
One year after Americans voted Donald Trump into the White House on an anti-immigrant platformin 2016, the citizens of Montana's capital, Helena, elected a former refugee from Liberia as their mayor. In his first run for elected office, Wilmot Collins, a 54-year old child protection specialist, defeated a four-time incumbent to become the first black mayor in the history of the state.
Collins' election made global headlines and was arguably the most visible expression of an openness to refugees in a place where one might not necessarily expect it. Montana is one of the largest US states by area, but also one of the least populated. It is predominantly white and overwhelmingly backed Trump in the presidential election.
Collins' election made global headlines and was arguably the most visible expression of an openness to refugees in a place where one might not necessarily expect it. Montana is one of the largest US states by area, but also one of the least populated. It is predominantly white and overwhelmingly backed Trump in the presidential election.
Former columnist jailed for 'abusive' Facebook posts on Aung San Suu Kyi
A former columnist for state media has been jailed for seven years for "abusive" Facebook posts about Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi, a court official said Wednesday, the latest case threatening free expression in the country.
Ngar Min Swe was sentenced for sedition on Tuesday, Yangon's Western District Court spokesman Htay Aung told AFP.
"He was convicted... for writing abusive posts on Facebook against State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, making people get the wrong impression of her," Htay Aung s
Abe tops Ishiba in Liberal Democratic Party election and secures historic third term
BY TOMOHIRO OSAKI
STAFF WRITER
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe cruised to victory in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s leadership election Thursday, securing a historic third term that will effectively extend his time in power by another three years.
Abe comfortably beat his only contender, former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba, by securing 553 out of a total 807 votes. He won 329 out of the 402 valid ballots cast by LDP members of the Diet, and 224 out of the remaining 405 votes allocated to LDP branches in each prefecture based on the number of members age 18 or older who have paid party fees.
His extended term in office signals the possibility that Abe, who has already been at the helm of the world’s third-largest economy for nearly six years in his second stint as premier, may become the longest-serving prime minister in Japanese history.
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