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Ahead of summits, North Korea's ruling party calls meetingNorth Korea's ruling party has called a meeting to discuss "new stage" of policies ahead of summits with Seoul, Washington

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Plane skids off runway, shutting down Nepal's airportNepal's only international airport has been closed after a passenger plane attempting to take off skidded off the runway

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Prime minister says Australia will sail in South China SeaAustralia's prime minister says the Australian navy has a "perfect right" to traverse the South China Sea after a report that the Chinese navy challenged three Australian warships in the hotly contested waterway

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Moon faces tough challenges ahead of summit with KimA look at key points ahead of the Kim-Moon summit, which will be only the third summit between the Koreas since their 1950-53 war

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Australian financial firm CEO steps down over fee scandalThe AMP's chief executive has stepped down following revelations that Australia's largest wealth manager charged customers for financial services they never received and misled the industry watchdog

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A visitor looks at a map of North Korean towns at the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, April 18, 2018. U.S. President Donald Trump has given his "blessing" for North and South Korea to discuss the end of the Korean War amid a diplomatic push to end the North Korean nuclear standoff. One problem: There can be no real talks without the involvement of the other countries that fought the 1950-53 war, and especially the United States. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Seoul: N. Korean leader removes major nuclear sticking pointSouth Korean President Moon Jae-in says North Korea hasn't asked for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula as a precondition for abandoning his nuclear weapons

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Indian police arrest 18 Rohingya MuslimsIndian police say they have arrested 18 Rohingya Muslims in a remote northeastern region as they prepared to board a train for New Delhi after entering illegally from Bangladesh

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North Korea has a new budget and it's full of fiscal hijinksNorth Korean Economics 101: Pyongyang's new national budget reflects steady growth, gives big boosts to just about everything and perplexes experts trying to understand what's really going on

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Thai court acquits northeastern gold mine protestersA court in Thailand has found seven environmental activists not guilty of violating a law on public gatherings that imposes severe penalties for actions that disrupt public services

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CORRECTS DATE IN SECOND SENTENCE - In this April 18, 2018, photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese armed helicopter assaults targets with rocket projectiles in a live-fire exercise off China's southeast coast. Taiwan's government said Thursday, April 19, 2018, recent Chinese military drills are aimed at intimidating the island and are a threat to regional peace and stability. The Mainland Affairs Council said there would be no giving in or making of concessions to Beijing and that the situation was being closely monitored. China held live-fire exercises involving attack helicopters off its southeast coast on Wednesday. (Li Shilong/Xinhua News Agency via AP)

Taiwan calls Chinese military drills a threat to regionTaiwan's government says recent Chinese military drills are aimed at intimidating the island and are a threat to regional peace and stability

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Nepal honors 1st conquest of Everest without bottled oxygenNepal's government has honored two climbers who were the first to scale Mount Everest without supplementary oxygen 40 years ago

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People walk past an electronic board showing Hong Kong share index outside a local bank in Hong Kong, Thursday, April 19, 2018. Asian shares rose on Thursday as improving optimism about the global economy helped investors shake off worries about geopolitical risks for the moment. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Global stocks take a breather as oil price rally continuesGlobal stock markets traded in fairly narrow ranges Thursday following a solid rebound based on waning fears about a trade war

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Australian bank charges dead client service fee for a decadeAn Australian government inquiry has heard that financial advisers working for Australia's largest bank continued charging clients service fees after they died _ in one case for more than a decade

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Former Malaysian strongman Mahathir Mohamad speaks during an interview with Associated Press at his office in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Wednesday, April 18, 2018. Mahathir said a wave of change is evident among rural ethnic Malays and a 30 percent swing from the bloc's traditional support for the government would be enough to secure the opposition victory in next month's elections. Mahathir told in the interview that Malay support for the opposition has increased, but still he saw the opposition's chances as even. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Correction: Malaysia-Mahathir Interview storyCorrection: Malaysia-Mahathir Interview story

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Japan finance official denies sexual misconduct allegationJapan's vice finance minister has denied sexual misconduct allegations against him and challenged a TV station's report that its employee was a victim

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Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross speaks to the media during a news conference, Thursday, April 19, 2018 in Philadelphia. Ross apologized to the two black men who were arrested at a Starbucks, saying that the issue of race is not lost on him and he shouldn't be the person making things worse. (David Swanson/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP)

AP Online National News'Pharma Bro' moves to New Jersey _ for federal prison stay

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2017, file photo, Martin Shkreli is interviewed by Maria Bartiromo during her "Mornings with Maria Bartiromo" program on the Fox Business Network, in New York. The pharmaceutical-industry entrepreneur vilified for jacking up the price of a lifesaving drug has been placed in a low-security federal prison in New Jersey. Shkreli was moved Tuesday, April 17, 2018, from the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center in New York to the Federal Correctional Institution at Fort Dix. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

AP Online National News3 former US Army soldiers convicted in contract killing

FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2013 file photo, Joseph Hunter, second from left, a former U.S. Army sniper who became a private mercenary, is in the custody of Thai police commandos after being arrested in Bangkok, Thailand. Hunter and two other ex-American soldiers were convicted Wednesday in the contract killing of a real estate agent in the Philippines for an international crime boss who thought the woman had cheated him on a land deal. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

AP Online Top Political Short HeadlinesHHS secretary back in hospital for bowel condition

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2018, file photo, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar speaks at the National Governor Association 2018 winter meeting in Washington. A spokeswoman said Azar is back in the hospital for additional treatment and observation. He's been diagnosed with a painful bowel condition called diverticulitis. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

AP Online Top International Short HeadlinesTrump leaves open possibility of bailing on meeting with Kim

FILE - This combination of two file photos shows CIA Director Mike Pompeo, left, listens during his introductions before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Secretary of State on Capitol Hill in Washington on April 12, 2018, and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 9, 2018. CIA Director Mike Pompeo recently traveled to North Korea to meet with leader Kim Jong Un, two U.S. officials said Tuesday, April 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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