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Alone time: Trump, Kim Jong Un ditch aides to meet 1 on 1 12 Jun 2018 - 10:31 am
U.S. President Donald Trump waves next to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. Kevin Lim/The Straits Times via REUTERS
Trump, North Korea's Kim Jong Un sign unspecified document 12 Jun 2018 - 09:45 am
Kim Yo Jong shows a document to her brother, North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un as U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo shows a copy of it to President Donald Trump before they sign them at their summit at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore Jun
Vietnam MPs approve sweeping cyber security law 12 Jun 2018 - 09:01 am
Members of Vietnam parliament attend a session voting to approve a cyber security law in Hanoi on June 12, 2018. AFP / Vietnam News Agency / Vietnam News Agency
Official says suicide bomber kills 5 police in Afghanistan 12 Jun 2018 - 08:56 am
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Trump and Kim shake hands in scene complex as their rivalry 12 Jun 2018 - 08:45 am
US President Donald Trump (R) and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) reach out to shake hands at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (Kevin Lim / The Straits Times / Ha
Trump says summit with North Korea's Kim "better than anybody expected" 12 Jun 2018 - 08:15 am
US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk after lunch at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore June 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Trump-Kim handshake to open summit as outcome hangs in balance 12 Jun 2018 - 01:01 am
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) walks on the Jubilee bridge during a tour in Singapore on June 11, 2018. AFP / Nicholas Yeo
Excitement high, expectations lower on Trump-Kim summit eve 11 Jun 2018 - 09:13 pm
Singapore's Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan takes a selfie with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a visit in Merlion Park in Singapore, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 11, 2018. Kyodo/via Reuters
Former NBA star Rodman arrives in Singapore for Trump-Kim summit 11 Jun 2018 - 08:14 pm
Retired American professional basketball player Dennis Rodman speaks to the press as he arrives at Changi International airport ahead of US-North Korea summit in Singapore on June 11, 2018. AFP / ADEK BERRY
North Korea's Kim enjoys Singapore sites on eve of historic summit with Trump 11 Jun 2018 - 05:10 pm
Singapore's Finance Minister Vivian Balakrishnan, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, and Singapore's Education Minister Ong Ye Kung pose for a photo in Singapore June 11, 2018, in this photo obtained from social media. (Vivian Balakrishnan's Twitter page/vi
Suicide bomber kills 12 at Afghan ministry entrance-govt spokesman 11 Jun 2018 - 12:56 pm
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Fearsome Nepalese police offer security for Trump-Kim summit 11 Jun 2018 - 10:35 am
FILE PHOTO: Gurkha policemen stand guard at the venue of the 16th IISS Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore June 2, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo
Indian billionaire jeweller seeks asylum in Britain: report 11 Jun 2018 - 10:23 am
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Three Hong Kong democracy activists jailed up to seven years for rioting 11 Jun 2018 - 09:49 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on January 18, 2018, pro-independence protestor Edward Leung arrives at the High Court before facing rioting charges in Hong Kong, for his part in the 'fishball riots' that took place in February 2016. AFP / Anthony Wallac
New Zealand leader Jacinda Ardern to stay put as birth nears 11 Jun 2018 - 09:35 am
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Kim, Trump in countdown to historic summit 11 Jun 2018 - 09:26 am
US President Donald Trump attends lunch during a meeting at the Istana in Singapore June 11, 2018. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst
Roadside bomb kills 6 civilians in Afghanistan 11 Jun 2018 - 09:23 am
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Mother of 'nut rage' Korean Air heiress grilled over illegal maids 11 Jun 2018 - 08:36 am
File photo of the logo of Korean Airlines seen on a B787-9 plane at its aviation shed in Incheon, South Korea, February 27, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo

Europe

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(FILES) A sign indicates the site of a department for infectious diseases and respiratory medicine at the Campus Virchow of the Charite hospital in Berlin on May 11, 2026. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) US Ebola patient from DR Congo in Germany for treatment
Peninsula WHO says Ebola epidemic risk high at national, regional level; low at global level
File photo Lithuanians briefly head to bunkers over drone alert

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A health worker monitors visitors arriving at the Rodolphe Mérieux Laboratory, National Biomedical Research Institute (INRB) in Goma, on May 19, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) Race to find vaccines, treatments for Ebola strain behind outbreak
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A visitor has their temperature checked by a health worker before entering Kyeshero Hospital, as part of Ebola prevention measures in Goma on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Jospin Mwisha / AFP) WHO chief says 'deeply concerned' by 'scale and speed' of DR Congo Ebola outbreak
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Representational Photo File US stocks dip as markets fret over inflation
Fire fighters use a bulldozer to combat the Sandy Fire as it burns on a hill at a residential area in Simi Valley, California (Photo by Apu Gomes / AFP) Brush fire near Los Angeles forces thousands to evacuate
US President Donald Trump attends a healthcare affordability event in the South Court Auditorium of The White House in Washington, DC, on May 18, 2026. (Photo by Kent Nishimura / AFP) Tuesday's planned military attack on Iran paused: US President

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