U.S. special envoy for North Korea, Stephen Biegun,urged Pyongyang on Monday to return offers of talks, dismissing leader Kim Jong Un’s year-end deadline while highlighting Washington’s willingness to discuss “all issues of interest”. Tension has been rising in recent weeks as Pyongyang has conducted a series of weapons tests and waged a war of words with President Donald Trump.
The chief executive officer of Hallmark Cards apologized on Sunday nightand said the company would reverse an earlier decision to pull television advertisements featuring same-sex couples from the wedding registry and planning website Zola. Hallmark Channel faced a public outcry after it pulled the ads last week, under pressure from the conservative group One Million Moms.
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Protests over a new Indian citizenship lawbased on religion spread to student campuses on Monday as critics said the Hindu nationalist government was pushing a partisan agenda in conflict with the country’s founding as a secular republic. Students threw stones at police who locked up the gates of a college in the northern city of Lucknow to prevent them from taking to the streets.
Tear gas engulfed central Beirutas security forces chased protesters near Lebanon’s parliament on Sunday in a second night of street clashes that wounded dozens of people. Protesters had returned despite a fierce crackdown by security forces the night before when clashes also injured dozens.
Boeing is considering whether to cut or halt production of its grounded 737 MAX after the Federal Aviation Administration said last week it would not approve the plane’s return to service before 2020, a person briefed on the matter said on Sunday.
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