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South Korean officials said the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, had told them he would abandon his nuclear weapons if Washington ended the Korean War and promised nonaggression.
A life-threatening heart infection afflicts a growing number of people who inject opioids or meth. Costly surgery can fix it, but the addiction often goes unaddressed.
Remarks about Sarah Huckabee Sanders opened a partisan divide in an awkward evening of comedy and politics.
The two companies are betting that regulators will finally allow the American wireless market to shrink to just three national players.
Kristen Gibbons Feden talks about her fiery closing argument and the moment she accused Mr. Cosby of laughing. “I’m thinking, ‘Are you kidding me?’” she said.
Music on My Birthday
The Top 50 albums for the chart week of April 25, 2018, covering April 29, 2018.
Jason Aldean
Cardi B
Breaking Benjamin
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John Prine
2018Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (born 1929)[†]
Luis García Meza Tejada was a Bolivian general who served as the de facto 57th president of Bolivia from 1980 to 1981. He was a dictator convicted of human rights violations and leader of a violent coup. A native of La Paz, he was a career military officer who rose to the rank of general during the dictatorship of Hugo Banzer (1971–78).
2018Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945)[†]
Michael John Martin, Baron Martin of Springburn, was a Scottish politician who served as Speaker of the House of Commons between 2000 and 2009. A member of the Labour Party prior to becoming speaker, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Springburn from 1979 to 2005 and for Glasgow North East until 2009. He was elected as Speaker of the House of Commons in 2000, remaining in the office for nine years until his involuntary resignation in 2009.
In 2018, the world population was approximately 7,729,902,781 people[†]