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Global markets were relatively subdued in their response to the historic negotiations between US President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un this week.

Trump also said in a separate tweet that North Korea is “no longer” the US’ “biggest and most risky problem”, telling Americans and the rest of the world they can “sleep well tonight!” “But the President said he expected immediate...

The president would not elaborate on these hazy measures of time.

One US official said the two sides were working to craft a joint US-North Korea “statement of understanding” that could be released after the talks.

“To all Americans and the rest of the world I’m honored to call President Trump a friend”, he said.

Former U.S. National Basketball Association star Dennis Rodman arrived in Singapore late on Monday for a summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, saying he was “excited to be part of it”. “If diplomacy does not move in the...

Dennis began weeping when he confessed that he received death threats for meeting with Kim in North Korea.

Mr Trump’s announcement, made in a press conference at the end of the historic summit with Mr Kim, could overturn longstanding U.S. policy and was described by experts as an “astonishing” concession. It followed a public greeting, one-on-one meeting, and...

“Following the initial greeting, President Trump and Chairman Kim will participate in a one-on-one meeting, with translators only, an expanded bilateral meeting, and a working lunch”, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said.

The pair met in front of a back drop of American and North Korean flags – a sign of how quickly relations between the two countries have thawed.

He met with Pompeo in NY last month before heading to the White House to hand-deliver a letter from Kim Jong Un to Trump.

“The senior officials of the party and government sincerely wished Kim Jong Un good successes in the first summit meeting and talks between the DPRK and the United States and his safe return”, the KCNA said. The official wasn’t authorized to discuss the plans...

“The worst case scenario would be if President Trump came into the summit and presented an ultimatum demanding complete and verifiable denuclearization”, said James Trottier, a former Canadian diplomat who led several missions to Pyongyang.

Traditionally, in meetings between world leaders, officials from both sides reach an agreement before the leaders sit down together.

So the summit was almost derailed by talk from Trump’s hawkish National Security Advisor John Bolton of a “Libya model” of disarmament.