Chinese and North Korean leaders meet
Chinese leader Xi Jinping called for deepening “strategic coordination and cooperation” with North Korea shortly after receiving a pomp-filled welcome to mark his first visit to the secluded nation in seven years. The two sides should inject “powerful momentum” into their ties, Xi said during a meeting Monday with Kim Jung Un as he kicked off his two-day state visit, according to a readout released by Chinese state media Xinhua. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and first lady Ri Sol Ju greeted Xi at the airport in Pyongyang, with official footage showing the pair clapping as Xi’s plane landed. At a welcome ceremony in Kim Il Sung Square, a mounted cavalry escort lined up to receive the guests, while carefully choreographed crowds waved flowers and flags beneath huge portraits of Xi and Kim installed over the square, state media footage showed.
Trump arch may need obstruction lights
The Trump administration’s Federal Aviation Administration says Donald Trump’s proposed “triumphal arch” less than two miles from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport would likely pose no risks to aviation but says red obstruction lights would have to be added because of its height. The FAA released a feasibility study concluding that the arch would have “no significant adverse effect on airspace and visual or instrument procedures” at Reagan National, one of the busiest airports in the nation just outside of Washington, D.C. However, evaluators determined that because of how tall Trump wants to build the arch, it would need “to be lit with red obstruction lights.” The request for review submitted by the National Parks Service notes that the total height of the structure will be 279 feet when the site elevation beneath the arch itself is considered. FAA regulations require structures that exceed 200 feet and are positioned at a site that potentially interferes with airspace be subject to a review.
Trump walks out of “Meet the Press” interview
President Donald Trump got angry and stormed out during an interview that was shown on NBC’s “Meet the Press” yesterday. The interview had been recorded on Friday when Trump made a visit to farmers in Wisconsin. Trump got angry when NBC correspondent Kristen Welker pressed him to provide evidence of claims he was making that the primary elections in California were fraudulent. She also had challenged other claims he made in the interview such as that Iran was desperate the end the war he started. When Trump lashed out at Welker, he accused her of being crooked and “Meet the Press” and NBC, ABC, CBS and CNN of being crooked. He accused Welker of being the “fake, dirty press” or “stupid” before getting up and leaving.
Earthquake hits Philippines
An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck the Mindanao region in the southern Philippines on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). At least 19 people were killed and over 200 others injured in the aftermath, the Associated Press reported, citing the Office of Civil Defense spokesperson Junie Castillo. The Philippines, Indonesia and Japan are situated in the so-called Ring of Fire, an arc of fault lines circling the Pacific Basin that is prone to frequent earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Just last year, the deadliest quake to hit the Philippines in more than a decade ripped through the nation, killing at least 74 people on the central island of Cebu. The quake on Monday hit off the shores near General Santos City in Sarangau province, the southernmost tip of the Mindanao island, the country’s seismology agency, Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said.
Putin says no point to meeting with Zelenskyy
Russian leader Vladimir Putin has rebuffed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call for a face-to-face meeting, saying there was “no point.” Zelenskyy had urged Putin to end the countries’ four-year war in an open letter posted as the Russian leader was preparing to address the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. But Putin responded with dismissiveness, calling the letter “rude” and voicing skepticism about Zelenskyy’s true intentions. The Ukrainian president can “come to Moscow” if he wants to talk, a Kremlin spokesperson said. “The war is bringing more and more negative consequences to Russia,” Zelenskyy wrote. Ukraine recently has greatly increased its ability to strike deep inside Russia, targeting energy facilities and other strategic targets
Albania investigates Kushner project
Albania’s special anti-corruption prosecution office, SPAK, has told local media it had opened an investigation related to a real estate project being pushed by Donald Trump’s daughter Ivanka and her husband Jared Kushner. The project is to develop a luxury resort on a private island in the middle of the Mediterranean plus five miles of Albanian beachfront intended to have various other resorts and hotels. The luxury venture has sparked large street protests in Albania’s capital. Some demonstrators are concerned that the project would damage the habitat of flamingos. Albania’s prime minister has backed the project. The stretch of beach slated for development sits within a protected nature area and is home to endangered species like monk seals, nesting sea turtles and more than 200 bird species, including flamingos and pelicans. Critics have repeatedly raised concerns about Kushner conducting private business dealings while serving as a special envoy for President Trump. He has received financial backing from sovereign wealth funds of countries with which he also conducts official government business.
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