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Paul Manafort, the former Trump campaign chairman, faces new obstruction charges in the Russia case. Mr. Manafort's aide was also charged.

Trump calls for readmitting Russia to G-7 four years after it was expelled for its role in Crimean crisis.

President Trump said he supported readmitting Russia to the Group of 7, putting him further at odds with U.S. allies before the group meets.

President Trump says he is considering a posthumous pardon for Muhammad Ali. The boxing great was convicted in 1967 after refusing to serve in Vietnam

North Korea has perpetuated human rights abuses for decades.

I think your influence will be less than if you went in together with others.

A long discussion has transpired in recent days.

what Trump did in Quebec on Friday and Saturday will matter more in the country's long-term geopolitical future

he floated the possibility of Russia rejoining the G7

He described the meeting as a "10" out of 10 

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/26/politics/travel-ban-supreme-court/index.html

It may seem counterintuitive, but this therapy actually restricts the amount of time the patient spends in bed.

The Supreme Court has upheld President Donald Trump's travel ban.

"The Proclamation is squarely within the scope of Presidential authority,"

he felt vindicated.

"This ruling is also a moment of profound vindication following months of hysterical commentary from the media and Democratic politicians who refuse to do what it takes to secure our border and our country

"Plaintiffs argue that this President's words strike at fundamental standards of respect

"But the issue before us is not whether to denounce the statements. It is instead the significance of those statements in reviewing.

Liberal lawmakers, groups denounce ruling

The majority here completely sets aside the President's charged statements about Muslims as irrelevant.

That holding erodes the foundational principles of religious tolerance that the court elsewhere has so emphatically protected

Sotomayor dissent 

the court blessed the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II

the judiciary forced a recalcitrant administration to at least give its order the veil of constitutionality,

We continue to believe, as do four dissenting justices, that the travel ban is unconstitutional

official racism and xenophobia

an outright attack on the Muslim community

The order was focused on countries that are in true states of disarray

concurring dissenting

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, ousted 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York's 14th congressional district on Tuesday.

Even as Ocasio-Cortez ran defiantly to his left.

sending former city councilwoman Annabel Palma as a surrogate. 

I think that's reflective of the strength of what we have built here.

President Donald Trump is renewing his censure of NATO

protesters are devising ways to disrupt the President's long-delayed visit to the United Kingdom.

when Trump departs for Europe on a trip intended to shore up alliances but more likely to reveal their strain.

After this month's G7 meeting ended in recriminations between allies, 

though the official suggested that option had now been largely ruled out. 

has sent ripples of consternation through European capitals. 

Upon his return, he snidely questioned the intentions of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Trump has displayed a more conciliatory attitude toward Russia.

 to reinstate Putin in their group after he was expelled for Russia's 2014 incursion into Ukraine. 

important to trying to put the relationship back in place with a common set of understandings,

US investigations probe Moscow's attempts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election.

Most European leaders have insisted a sanctions regime remain in place as long as Russia maintains its annexation of Crimea.

Trump's indignation at European defense spending 

escalating a tit-for-tat trade battle

he's bemoaned Europe's handling of migrants

They have been overrun.

This morning / today morning(x), personnel, at the Incheon Airport, 

Waivers are only granted under certain conditions. / magic wand / light saber / dubbed into Korean / I'm not a big fan of

Sorry to burden you with my problems.

Professional life career at this company

but became stranded in the dark tunnels by a sudden and continuous downpour.

Additional divers will accompany the doctor and nurse

there were exhausted but jubilant scenes on Monday night.

labyrinth

a passenger plane that can shuttle customers around the globe at five times the speed of sound.

the concept is still in the early stages of development. 

It's possible the concept could become a reality in 20 to 30 years, Jackson said in an email.

a technology that requires additional testing and refinement as we work to understand how it might fit into the market place,

Boeing unveiled a design for an autonomous hypersonic drone

but if they win that match will then face the winners of the game between Brazil and Mexico in the last eight.

the idea of plotting a route all the way to the semifinals seemed quite farfetched.

Southgate fielded vastly different starting

neither side appeared disjointed and the idea of finishing second in the group seemed preposterous.

prejudice against Busan / one-lane roads / dog person / incident / instinctively 

European Union leaders have averted the collapse of a key summit with a deal struck on migration in the early hours of Friday morning

was dominated by the issue of how to deal with the arrival of boatloads of desperate migrants attempting to cross into European waters.

At around 5 a.m. Brussels time Friday, 

The European Council is determined to continue and reinforce this policy to prevent a return to the uncontrolled flows of 2015

 further stem illegal migration on all existing and emerging routes,

She is facing considerable pressure at home to reduce the number of asylum seekers 

Many make the perilous journey by sea.

This week, a search and rescue ship was stranded in the Mediterranean for five days with 233 migrants on board.

European governments had wrangled over the responsibility for migrants arriving.

Malta has impounded the ship while an investigation is carried out into whether it breached international law.

supporting the ship's assertion that it is correctly registered in the Netherlands.

faltering negotiations for Brexit.

maul / passerby

the entire EU summit would be rendered ineffective.

Europe is already dealing with a lingering debt crisis

https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/28/europe/italy-eu-summit-migrant-crisis/index.html

he “will not be pushed around. dairy.

where trade tensions dominated the atmosphere.

Since then, it has been abruptly canceled — and just as abruptly put back on the calendar.

Pyongyang take any "foolish and reckless" action.

Delegations from the US and North Korea met four times last week at the Capella Hotel to hash out the logistics of the summit

Peacock/ It is a stunning development for the two nations

the culmination of months of diplomatic wrangling and negotiations.

President Trump and Kim Jong Un have headed in for their first face-to-face talks on Tuesday

The extended talks are due to end at 11:30 a.m.

Moon is seen by many as the architect of the breakthrough in diplomacy with North Korea. 

A place where you finally found yourself so desperate to flee persecution, 

That's the reality for so many of the families whose plights we see and heart-rending cries we hear. 

Do we look away, or do we choose to see something of ourselves and our children?

Our ability to imagine ourselves in the shoes of others, 

honor our values at the same time – After all, almost all of us were strangers once, too. 

taught them that to be an American is about something more than what we look like, how our last names sound, or the way we worship. 

To be an American is to have a shared commitment to an ideal – that all of us are created equal, and all of us deserve the chance to become something better.

The US largely agreed to North Korea's demands for parity in all aspects of the summit, from the number of officials during the bilateral meetings to the number of US and North Korean flags side by side during the arrival ceremony.

cod fish

This is what (Kim) had in mind when he ramped up and accelerated the testing of his devices

 "a great prelude to peace." 

Meanwhile, people in Tokyo were glued to their TV screens

Trump and Kim went on a short walk.

he and Kim Jong Un were off to "a signing" after their working lunch.

President also said the talks had gone "better than anybody could have expected."

peek

he would elaborate on the agreement then

including the immediate repatriation of those already identified

commit to implement the stipulations in the joint statement fully and expeditiously.

the first in history -- was an epochal event of great significance 

an extremely bloody conflict ravaged the Korean peninsula. Countless people died in the conflict

adversaries can, indeed, become friends.

Otto was someone who did not die in vain

"his unwavering commitment

is robust as ever, that the US forces in Korea has played and will continue to play a crucial role for deterrence

there will be no sanctions relief for North Korea while it maintains nuclear weapons, contradicting North Korean state media

Postponing decommissioning "will be detrimental to the recovery of the local community

Justice Dept. Says Comey Was Insubordinate in Clinton Inquiry.

if war wasn't imminent, it was likely."

he said, stressing that sanctions pressure on North Korea should not be lifted.

decisions are made with our South Korean ally and not made unilaterally.

That shouldn't happen "until we come to the point that we can believe that Kim Jong Un is serious about negotiations."

tenure / lack of camaraderie / around the water cooler / what's the buzz around the water cooler?

Start-up of Finnish EPR put back four months

intermittent supply.

a holistic society perspective. 

but the rate at which new reactors will have to be built is no higher than what has been historically achieved.

development of nuclear alongside other clean forms of energy.” 

by the World Nuclear Association and is gaining traction in the global energy arena.

where lengthy hiatuses in new build have undermined the capability of the nuclear supply chain.

and eroding the appetite for building further nuclear power plants.

contribute to the preception of nuclear power among policy-makers, regulators and civil society.

must be supplemented by excellence in project management, driven from the start by the asset owner and the project’s sponsor.

Singapore "cannot afford to dismiss the option of nuclear energy altogether." 

had “never ruled out the option of using nuclear power.”

In a statement, the company said its decision was based on the "uncertain economic viability" of its continued operation and recent low operating performance.
operating periods of existing units will not be extended beyond their design life.