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The United States said it is ready to engage diplomatically with Pyongyang to achieve the ultimate goal of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, following the completion of a months-long U.S. policy review on North Korea.
“What we have now is a policy that calls for a calibrated practical approach that is open to and will explore diplomacy with North Korea, to try to make practical progress that increases the security of the United States, our allies and our deployed forces,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Monday during a virtual joint press conference with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab in London.
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May 04, 2021
Flurry Of Diplomatic Contacts Fuel Iran Nuclear Deal Speculation
A U.S. return to the deal would be the biggest and most controversial foreign policy initiative in the early months of Joe Biden s presidency.
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In this May 3, 2021, photo, Britain s Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, right, and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken speak at a news conference at Downing Street in London. A flurry of diplomatic activity and reports of major progress suggest that indirect talks between the U.S. and Iran may be nearing a conclusion. That s despite efforts by U.S. officials to play down chances of an imminent deal that would bring Washington and Tehran back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. (Chris J. Ratcliffe/Pool Photo via AP)
Ontario pharmacies help expand vaccine access while dealing with what can be an administrative nightmare.
Nova Scotia sees another daily coronavirus case record, 2 deaths.
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Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau, right, bumps elbows with British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab at a bilateral meeting in London on Tuesday. It was a part of the larger G7 meeting, the first in-person gathering of the ministers since the pandemic began. (Eddie Mulholland/Reuters)
âHorribleâ weeks ahead as Indiaâs virus catastrophe worsens
NEW DELHI (AP) â COVID-19 infections and deaths are mounting with alarming speed in India with no end in sight to the crisis and a top expert warning that the coming weeks in the country of nearly 1.4 billion people will be âhorrible.â
Indiaâs official count of coronavirus cases surpassed 20 million Tuesday, nearly doubling in the past three months, while deaths officially have passed 220,000. Staggering as those numbers are, the true figures are believed to be far higher, the undercount an apparent reflection of the troubles in the health care system.
The country has witnessed scenes of people dying outside overwhelmed hospitals and funeral pyres lighting up the night sky.