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Essential News from The Associated Press
Latest Headlines Seoul: N. Korean leader removes major nuclear sticking pointApril 19, 201810:45 AM ET SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that his rival, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, isn't asking for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula as a precondition for abandoning his nuclear weapons. If true, this would seem to remove a major sticking point to a potential nuclear disarmament deal. Trump leaves open possibility of bailing on meeting with KimApril 19, 201811:12 AM ET WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said that although he's looking ahead optimistically to a historic summit meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he could still pull out if he feels it's "not going to be fruitful." Diaz-Canel replaces Raul Castro as Cuba's presidentApril 19, 201811:55 AM ET HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro said Thursday that he expected 57-year-old Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez to serve two five-year terms as president and eventually take Castro's place as head of the Communist Party, potentially dominating Cuban politics until 2031. Doctor who treated Prince pays $30K for illegal prescriptionApril 19, 201811:34 AM ET MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Minnesota doctor accused of illegally prescribing an opioid painkiller for Prince a week before the musician died from a fentanyl overdose has agreed to pay $30,000 to settle a federal civil violation, according to documents made public Thursday.
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