PYONGYANG – North Korea has said it may pull out of a summit with US President Donald Trump if the US insists it gives up its nuclear weapons. The highly anticipated meeting between Mr Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong-un is due to take place on 12 June. But in an angry statement, North Korea’s…
MORE than 500 doctors and 150 medial students have signed a public letter in protest over their own pay rises. The group, known as Médecins Québécois pour le Régime Public (MQRP), from Canada, have raised concerns that they would receive an increase in their salaries while patients and nurses are struggling. Like the UK, Canada has…
NEW YORK – US President Donald Trump obtained a restraining order against an adult film actress to prevent her from speaking publicly about their alleged affair, legal documents show. Mr Trump’s personal lawyer obtained the order against Stormy Daniels in private arbitration proceedings last month. It bars her from sharing “confidential information” about their alleged…
BEIJING – China has announced a military budget of 1.11 trillion yuan ($175bn; £126bn) for the coming year. The figure, an 8% increase on last year, was announced as the annual meeting of parliament got under way in Beijing. Prime Minister Li Keqiang also set a target of 6.5% growth for the economy. The National…
GERMANY – German Chancellor Angela Merkel is hoping for another term after more than a decade in power, but she’ll have to get past one major obstacle: a sneaker-wearing 28-year-old named Kevin Kuehnert. Kuehnert is the millennial behind the NoGroKo campaign, short for No Grand Coalition, which has turned Germany’s normally staid politics upside down….
AUCKLAND – A former regional newspaper editor, Michael McCormack, has been chosen as Australia’s new deputy prime minister. He replaces Barnaby Joyce as leader of the Nationals, the governing coalition’s junior partner. Mr Joyce resigned on Friday over his affair with a former staffer, after holding the post for two years. Mr McCormack, a relatively…
The International Committee of the Red Cross said 21 staff members have been dismissed or resigned for “paying for sexual services” since 2015. An additional two staff members suspected of sexual misconduct didn’t have their contracts renewed, Yves Daccord, the ICRC’s director-general, said in a statement Friday. “This behavior is a betrayal of the people…
WASHINGTON – An adult film star who has been embroiled in allegations of an affair with President Donald Trump is free to tell her story, her manager has said. Stormy Daniels is no longer bound by a non-disclosure contract after Mr Trump’s lawyer admitted he paid her, manager Gina Rodriguez says. Mr Trump’s personal lawyer…
KARACHI – At least 40 people have been tested HIV positive in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where an unqualified doctor had allegedly used a single syringe to treat all of his patients in the area, according to local media reports. The news broke on Tuesday, months after the victims, including children, were diagnosed…
WASHINGTON – US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would “love” to be questioned under oath by Russia collusion prosecutor Robert Mueller, saying it could happen in the coming weeks. Trump confirmed that his lawyers are in discussion with Mueller, who is leading the investigation into collusion between the US president’s campaign and Russia…
