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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang. CNN's Nic Robertson reports. from https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/05/31/sergey-lavrov-russia-foreign-minister-north-korea.cnn

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw Attorney General Jeff Sessions under from https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-says-wishes-hadn-130151758.html

Many residents subsequently left.A closer look at the Buckee calculation shows that while the researchers estimate 4,645 deaths, statistically there's a 95 percent chance that the actual number could be as low as 793 and as high as 8,498. When the researchers tried to adjust for the fact that people living in single-person households couldn't report their own death, they estimated 5,740 excess deaths, with a margin of error ranging from 1,506 and 9,889.The Buckee number is more than four times higher than a December estimate by the New York Times, which reported that the actual death toll was probably about 1,052 excess deaths based on data from the island's vital statistics bureau and a comparison of deaths during a comparable period in the two previous years. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/puerto-rican-death-toll-hurricane-maria-73-times-153514756.html

Russia's embattled liberal community was reeling Wednesday from the murder of fiercely anti-Kremlin journalist Arkady Babchenko who was gunned down in Ukraine after leaving Moscow following a campaign of harassment. A prominent Russian war correspondent, Babchenko, 41, was murdered on Tuesday evening in a contract-style killing in the stairwell of his building in the Ukrainian capital Kiev where he moved last year. The journalist was killed less than a month after President Vladimir Putin was inaugurated for his fourth Kremlin term and as Russia gears up to host the World Cup later this month. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/murder-anti-kremlin-war-reporter-shocks-russians-065532273.html

The TV star says she was under the influence of the sleep aid when she made the remark about Valerie Jarrett, a former adviser to President Obama. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/roseanne-blames-ambien-tweet-got-122719188.html

By Jolyn Rosa HONOLULU (Reuters) - Fast-moving lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano forced officials to close part of a highway on Tuesday, and they warned that sharp, thin strands of volcanic glass fibers carried by the wind could injure eyes and lungs. As lava crossed Highway 132, officials shut a stretch of road from Lava Tree State Park to Four Corners and told residents who had not evacuated to leave the area immediately. The lava flow destroyed a farm where Kevin Hopkins and partners raise tropical fish and the ornamental carp known as koi. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/fast-lava-hawaiis-kilauea-volcano-closes-highway-023434998--finance.html

Congress recently approved the federal right-to-try bill after a months-long from https://www.yahoo.com/news/try-bill-puts-patients-risk-190426337.html

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian university students in a meeting with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered harsh criticism of the country's direction, local media reported Tuesday, an unusually frank discussion showing the concerns many feel over the Trump administration's pullout from the nuclear deal with Tehran and Iran's battered economy. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/report-students-harshly-criticize-iran-supreme-leader-071112256.html

Another early death has struck "Deadliest Catch." from https://www.yahoo.com/news/apos-deadliest-catch-apos-star-154832606.html

President Donald Trump dubiously suggested investigators from special counsel from https://www.yahoo.com/news/offering-no-evidence-trump-says-132208971.html

Jenna Dewan might've lopped off Tatum from her last name (and her brunette from https://www.yahoo.com/news/jenna-dewan-apos-very-happy-191436167.html

The family of the young boy saved by "Spiderman" Mamoudou Gassama in a daring rescue that won him global acclaim and a promise of French citizenship has thanked the Malian youth for his quick thinking. Gassama, 22, scaled four storeys of an apartment bloc in France on Saturday to rescue the four-year-old who was spotted dangling from a balcony. On Tuesday, French authorities began the first steps towards making him a citizen in recognition of his bravery. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/french-family-rescued-boy-thanks-hero-malian-spiderman-090213153.html

The family of a small boy found hanging from a balcony in Paris have expressed heartfelt thanks to the Malian migrant who saved him. "He's truly a hero," the boy's grandmother said of Mamoudou Gassama, who climbed four floors before a crowd of well-wishers to pluck the child from danger. The four-year-old's father, who had allegedly left him in their flat to go shopping, and then stayed out longer than planned to play Pokemon Go, faces charges of child neglect. The daring rescue, which has earned him the nickname of Spider-Man, saw Mr Gassama become an overnight national hero and he was offered French citizenship. President Emmanuel Macron awarded him a medal for bravery after inviting him to the Elysée Palace on Monday and offered him a job in the fire brigade. “Thank you France. That’s all I can say,” said Mr Gassama after coming out of the state prefecture in of Bobigny, north or Paris, where he was handed a residency permit while awaiting full citizenship. It ...

MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the reported slaying in Ukraine of a Russian journalist: (all times local): from https://www.yahoo.com/news/latest-ukraine-faked-death-russian-journalist-143300107.html

More than 50 senior Taliban commanders were killed in an artillery strike on a meeting in Afghanistan's southern province of Helmand, a U.S. military spokesman said on Wednesday, as fighting continued across the country. Details of last week's operation emerged as fighting continued in other parts of Afghanistan, where the Taliban, aiming to restore their version of hardline Islamic law, launched their annual spring offensive last month. There were also serious incidents in Takhar province in the north, in Loghar, east of the capital, and Kandahar in the south, keeping up a pattern of attacks across the country. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/rocket-strike-kills-50-afghan-taliban-leaders-u-070842234.html

As you might expect, Donald Trump's bizarre self-pitying tweet regarding ABC's from https://www.yahoo.com/news/twitter-users-eviscerate-donald-trump-175640931.html

"Is it safe to roast marshmallows over volcanic vents?" one Twitter user asked from https://www.yahoo.com/news/please-don-apos-t-roast-121733923.html

An airplane flying from China to Vietnam turned back to make an emergency landing after cracks appeared in a window, just two weeks after another airliner's cockpit window broke mid-flight in the country, state media said Wednesday. The Beijing Capital Airlines flight bound for Nha Trang in southern Vietnam with 211 people aboard returned to the eastern city of Hangzhou around an hour after take-off on Tuesday, the official Xinhua news agency said. Several disgruntled passengers refused to board an alternative flight because they considered the compensation too low and were upset that the airline did not offer an apology, it said. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/china-plane-makes-emergency-landing-window-cracks-093600102.html

President Trump on Wednesday responded to the ABC’s firing of Roseanne Barr over a tweet that included with a racist slur against former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett. And, true to form, the president made it about him. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-weighs-roseanne-wheres-apology-abc-163401187.html

Roman Abramovish has become an Israeli citizen a month after the UK delayed renewing his visa in a move that could allow him to return without one. The Chelsea FC owner, who is Jewish, exercised his right under Israel’s Law of Return, which states that Jews from anywhere in the world can become citizens of Israel. The oligarch, worth an estimated £8.6 billion, instantly became Israel’s wealthiest person after receiving his citizenship yesterday.  The 51-year-old had been travelling in and out of the UK for years on a Tier-1 investor visa, designed for wealthy foreigners who invest at least £2 million in Britain. He applied to renew the visa in April but did not immediately receive approval from the Home Office amid diplomatic tension between London and Moscow. It is unclear if the UK decided to reject his application permanently but a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Telegraph that the renewal process seemed to be taking an unusually long time. Amber Ru...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man arrested on suspicion of having explosives after a blast killed his ex-girlfriend at her day spa has walked free after U.S. prosecutors said Tuesday that they had dropped the charge against him. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/prosecutors-tossing-charge-tied-fatal-california-blast-171517796.html

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan played down a spate of recent Taliban attacks on Wednesday, saying violence levels were still lower than average as some insurgents talked peace - a situation he described as "talking and fighting." "You see mid-level, senior-level Taliban leaders engaging with Afghans," said Army General John Nicholson, adding that a lot of the diplomatic activity was taking place "off the stage." Nicholson's remarks came the same day that gunmen armed with assault rifles and grenade launchers attempted to penetrate the heavily fortified headquarters of the Afghan interior ministry, battling security forces for more than two hours in the latest attack on the capital Kabul. The attack was a reminder of the challenges facing U.S.-backed Afghan forces even after 16 years of war, including in the capital Kabul. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/taliban-talking-fighting-says-u-commander-afghanis...

The story of a dramatic rescue of a child that was dangling from a Paris balcony took a depressing turn on Tuesday when it was revealed that the child's father was off playing Pokémon Go at the time of the incident . SEE ALSO: Real-life 'Spider-Man' who climbed building to save child to meet with French president The child was rescued by 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama, an undocumented Malian migrant. In the now-famous feat, Gassama scaled several stories, earning him the "Spiderman" nickname, to save the child. But it turns out the child's father is now in very hot water over what he was doing at the time of the rescue. French prosecutor Francois Molins told a CNN affiliate that the father had gone grocery shopping, leaving the child alone and then proceeded to play Pokémon Go after leaving the shop. (The child's mother was away on a trip visiting family at the time.) The father has been charged with "failure to meet parental obligations" and co...

A gunman killed two female police officers and a man in a parked car in the eastern Belgian city of Liege, before he was shot dead by police. The assailant is suspected of being radicalised in prison by Islamist militants. - At around 10:30 am (0830 GMT), a man followed two female police officers in Liege, stabbed them several times, then grabbed their firearms and shot them both dead. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/belgium-police-officers-shot-dead-know-130059235.html

President Trump on Wednesday expressed fresh regret for appointing Jeff Sessions his attorney general. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wish-didnt-pick-jeff-sessions-135218302.html

US forces killed over 50 Taliban leaders in a series of strikes against those behind a recent attack in the Helmand provincial capital of Farah, US military and NATO commander General John Nicholson said Wednesday. After pushing out fighters in Farah, Afghan and US forces continued to pursue them, Nicholson told reporters at the Pentagon via video link. "What it looks like is it was a group of commanders, meeting in part to discuss the operation in Farah that many of them had just participated in," said General Nicholson. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/over-50-taliban-leaders-killed-us-operation-232644819.html

By Matthias Williams and Andrew Osborn KIEV/MOSCOW (Reuters) - A dissident Russian journalist reported murdered in Kiev on Tuesday dramatically reappeared alive on Wednesday during a televised briefing by Ukrainian state security about the killing, which they then said they had faked. Authorities said Arkady Babchenko was shot dead at his flat and found by his wife in a pool of blood. "I would like to apologize for what you have all had to go through," said Babchenko, who looked on the verge of tears. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/ukraine-russia-trade-accusations-over-killing-dissident-journalist-113810960.html

TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp's new chief executive is embracing entertainment content, but for now appears to be steering clear of direct competition with tech giants such as Apple Inc and Netflix Inc . from http://www.reuters.com/article/us-sony-strategy/sonys-push-into-entertainment-aims-for-stability-not-splashiness-idUSKCN1IW0R0?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews

President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw Attorney General Jeff Sessions under from https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-says-wishes-hadn-130151758.html

Congress recently approved the federal right-to-try bill after a months-long from https://www.yahoo.com/news/try-bill-puts-patients-risk-190426337.html

CHESTERFIELD, S.C. (AP) — The mother of an 11-month-old baby found dead in a diaper box near her South Carolina home has been charged with lying to police and improperly disposing of a body, authorities said Wednesday. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/mother-baby-girl-found-dead-diaper-box-faces-214145137.html

The success of the rebooted version of "Roseanne" on ABC may not have been due from https://www.yahoo.com/news/fans-want-apos-roseanne-apos-064820305.html

The Pentagon is renaming its oldest and largest military command to reflect the growing importance of the Indian Ocean in US strategic thinking, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Wednesday. From now on, the storied US Pacific Command, or PACOM, which was formed after World War II, will be known as the Indo-Pacific Command. The name change is largely symbolic for now, and won't immediately result in any shifts in the command's boundaries or assets across the vast area stretching from the western part of India to America's Pacific coastline. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/nod-india-us-military-renames-pacific-command-200015176.html

President Donald Trump reportedly asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions to from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-asked-jeff-sessions-reverse-005915034.html

A British man died after falling from a plane on to a runway at Dalaman airport in south-west Turkey early on Tuesday morning. Local media reported that staff were trying to remove the 30-year-old when he fell from a door. The unconscious passenger was taken to hospital where he was found to have broken ribs. The man - named by a relative as Andrew Westlake - never regained consciousness before dying later that day, according to Hurriyet newspaper. It reported that the man had spent three days at the airport waiting for a flight home after losing his ticket. After finally boarding the aircraft at 3am he became argumentative with cabin crew and was ordered off the plane as a risk to flight safety. Dalaman airport serves the south-west of Turkey, including resorts such as Marmaris Credit: Alamy Stock Photo An investigation has been launched. A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We are supporting the family of a British man following his death in Turkey and are in touch with the local author...

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a story May 29 about a Russian journalist killed in Ukraine, The Associated Press and other media organizations reported, based on fabricated information from Ukrainian authorities, that Arkady Babchenko was shot and killed. Babchenko showed up at a news conference on Wednesday, saying that Ukraine's security services faked his death to thwart a plot on his life. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-journalist-shot-killed-ukrainian-capital-192728589.html

On Wednesday, May 30, White House press secretary Sarah Sanders got choked up after a young boy asked about school safety during a press briefing. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/sarah-sanders-gets-choked-young-195130508.html

The family of a small boy found hanging from a balcony in Paris have expressed heartfelt thanks to the Malian migrant who saved him. "He's truly a hero," the boy's grandmother said of Mamoudou Gassama, who climbed four floors before a crowd of well-wishers to pluck the child from danger. The four-year-old's father, who had allegedly left him in their flat to go shopping, and then stayed out longer than planned to play Pokemon Go, faces charges of child neglect. The daring rescue, which has earned him the nickname of Spider-Man, saw Mr Gassama become an overnight national hero and he was offered French citizenship. President Emmanuel Macron awarded him a medal for bravery after inviting him to the Elysée Palace on Monday and offered him a job in the fire brigade. “Thank you France. That’s all I can say,” said Mr Gassama after coming out of the state prefecture in of Bobigny, north or Paris, where he was handed a residency permit while awaiting full citizenship. It ...

Many residents subsequently left.A closer look at the Buckee calculation shows that while the researchers estimate 4,645 deaths, statistically there's a 95 percent chance that the actual number could be as low as 793 and as high as 8,498. When the researchers tried to adjust for the fact that people living in single-person households couldn't report their own death, they estimated 5,740 excess deaths, with a margin of error ranging from 1,506 and 9,889.The Buckee number is more than four times higher than a December estimate by the New York Times, which reported that the actual death toll was probably about 1,052 excess deaths based on data from the island's vital statistics bureau and a comparison of deaths during a comparable period in the two previous years. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/puerto-rican-death-toll-hurricane-maria-73-times-153514756.html

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President Trump on Wednesday expressed fresh regret for appointing Jeff Sessions his attorney general. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-wish-didnt-pick-jeff-sessions-135218302.html

The manufacturer of Ambien on Wednesday dismissed actress Roseanne Barr’s suggestion that the sleep aid was to blame for her racist and anti-Semitic tweets that led to the cancellation of her top-rated sitcom. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/ambien-manufacturer-responds-roseanne-racism-not-known-side-effect-152659255.html

By Wednesday afternoon, most of Arkady Babchenko's friends and colleagues had gone through the familiar cycle of grief and confusion that follows the killing of a Russian dissident journalist.  Obituaries had been written, travel arrangements were in train for the funeral, and Western politicians including Boris Johnson had announced they were "appalled".  Meanwhile, Ukraine had blamed Russia, Russia had blamed Ukraine, and both launched rival investigations to prove their stories.  And journalists in both countries, taught by bitter experience not to trust official probes into the deaths of their colleagues, pledged to run their own investigations. But then came a twist that no one could have predicted: Vasily Gritsak, the head of Ukraine's Security Service (SBU), called a press conference and announced the whole thing had been a hoax.  Arkady Babchenko, centre, told a Press conference in Kiev the reported murder was part of sting operation to catch a hit squad...

Roman Abramovish has become an Israeli citizen a month after the UK delayed renewing his visa in a move that could allow him to return without one. The Chelsea FC owner, who is Jewish, exercised his right under Israel’s Law of Return, which states that Jews from anywhere in the world can become citizens of Israel. The oligarch, worth an estimated £8.6 billion, instantly became Israel’s wealthiest person after receiving his citizenship yesterday.  The 51-year-old had been travelling in and out of the UK for years on a Tier-1 investor visa, designed for wealthy foreigners who invest at least £2 million in Britain. He applied to renew the visa in April but did not immediately receive approval from the Home Office amid diplomatic tension between London and Moscow. It is unclear if the UK decided to reject his application permanently but a source familiar with the matter told The Daily Telegraph that the renewal process seemed to be taking an unusually long time. Amber Ru...

President Trump on Tuesday accused, without evidence, investigators working on special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe of a partisan plot to meddle in the 2018 midterm elections. from https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-touts-new-conspiracy-muellers-team-will-meddling-midterms-135701678.html

Another early death has struck "Deadliest Catch." from https://www.yahoo.com/news/apos-deadliest-catch-apos-star-154832606.html

The remains of a man trying to escape the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius from https://www.yahoo.com/news/pompeii-apos-unluckiest-man-excavated-153030003.html