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"Hello," Biden said when asked his message for Kim Jong Un. "Period."The succinct greeting reflected the Biden administration's so-far-unsuccessful attempts at restarting diplomacy with Pyongyang. Attempts at outreach to the North have gone mostly unanswered. Instead, Kim has intensified missile launches and…

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s Prime Minister-elect Anthony Albanese is a politician molded by his humble start to life as the only child of a single mother who raised him on a pension in gritty inner-Sydney suburbia. He is also a hero…

SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- One person was killed and eight others were wounded in a shooting late Friday night involving a large crowd that had gathered for a party in San Bernardino, authorities said.The gunfire began just before midnight outside THA…

A federal judge appointed by former President Trump gave President Biden and Democrats an odd kind of reprieve on Friday. Judge Robert R. Summerhays issued a preliminary injunction Friday afternoon preventing the White House from lifting Title 42, the controversial measure that…

And during a news conference here Saturday, he did not sound particularly eager for a handshake with the North Korean despot."That would depend on whether he's sincere and whether he's serious," Biden said when asked whether he'd be willing to meet Kim.The…

U.S. President Joe Biden and South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol said after meeting Saturday that they will consider expanded military exercises to deter the nuclear threat from North Korea at a time when there’s little hope of real diplomacy on the…

Prime Minister Scott Morrison after casting his vote in Sydney on Saturday. Saeed Khan/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images When Scott Morrison first became Australia’s prime minister in 2018, he was so little known that when he went to shake the hand…

The hermit nation's intensifying provocations had been expected to be at the center of Biden's talks with South Korea's new president Yoon Suk Yeol, who took office a little more than a week ago and has signaled a tougher stance on Pyongyang…

President Joe Biden is devoting his Saturday to cementing ties with South Korea and its new leader Yoon Suk Yeol as the two sides consult on how best to check the nuclear threat from North Korea at a time when there’s little…