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- The United States and North Korea will continue high-level negotiations on the North’s denuclearization as the statement signed by the 2 leaders is short on specifics.
- Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated he will seek an opportunity for direct talks with the North Korean leader to resolve the North’s abductions of Japanese nationals.
- Japan’s Diet has approved amendments to the Civil Code that will lower the age of adulthood from the current 20 years to 18.
- The first-ever summit meeting between the United States and North Korea is underway in Singapore.
- The Japanese prime minister says President Trump has promised to raise the abduction issue during the summit.
- The U.N. secretary general says the United Nations is prepared. if asked, to help verify that North Korea has denuclearized.
- U.S. and North Korean officials have met to make final preparations ahead of Tuesday’s historic summit.
- Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has agreed with his Russian and Chinese counterparts to maintain the 2015 nuclear agreement.
- The Swiss city of Sion has given up its bid to host the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics because of the high costs of hosting such an event.