1. U.S. President Donald Trump has announced that he will meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Sunday when he visits the Demilitarized Zone which separates the two Koreas.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Russian President Vladimir Putin sat down after the G20 summit and pledged to continue negotiations towards a peace treaty.
3. Japan’s withdrawal from the International Whaling Commission has gone into effect.
1. On Day 2 of the G20 summit in Osaka, world leaders are discussing ways to narrow global inequality and tackle climate change.
2. The leaders of the world’s two biggest economies—currently embroiled in a trade war – have held talks one on one for the first time in nearly seven months.
3. U.N. officials say almost 1,600 migrant children were reportedly dead or missing between 2014 and 2018.
1. World leaders have gathered in Osaka for the G20 summit.
2. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese President Xi Jinping have agreed to realize Xi’s visit to Japan as a state guest next spring.
3. Tropical storm Sepat is soon likely to change into a low-pressure system off the coast of the Kanto region in eastern Japan.
1. Leaders of the Group of 20 economies will have some thorny issues to work through when they meet in Osaka on Friday for their annual summit.
2. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has expressed his determination to seek common ground among the countries taking part in the G20 summit.
3. U.S. President Donald Trump has hinted at additional tariffs on China should his upcoming talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping fail to produce results.
1. The Cabinet of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe decided on Wednesday to hold the ballot and vote-counting on July 21.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to retaliate with “great and overwhelming force” for any attacks by Iran.
3. The U.S. State Department has denied a media report that President Donald Trump privately mentioned pulling his country out of a security pact with Japan.
1. U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to meet his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on Saturday amid continuing trade friction between the two countries.
2. The U.S. special envoy for North Korea will visit Seoul this week, ahead of President Donald Trump’s arrival.
3. The United Nations says leaders from more than 140 countries are expected to attend a high-level climate meeting in September.
1. The U.S. secretary of state says there is a very good possibility denuclearization talks between his country and North Korea may resume.
2. U.S. President Donald Trump says he has set no preconditions for talks with Iran amid growing military tensions between the two countries.
3. Turkey’s ruling party led by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has lost again in a repeat mayoral election in Istanbul.
1. China’s Foreign Ministry has confirmed that President Xi Jinping will visit Japan this week.
2. North Korea’s state-run media has reported that the country’s leader Kim Jong Un received a personal letter from U.S. President Donald Trump.
3. President Trump says he is putting additional sanctions on Iran following the downing of a U.S. drone by Tehran.
1. U.S. President Donald Trump has acknowledged he approved military airstrikes on Iran, but pulled back just minutes before they were to be carried out.
2. The International Labour Organization has adopted the first global convention to combat violence and harassment in the workplace.
3. The European Union has stressed that it will not renegotiate Britain’s withdrawal agreement from the bloc even if Britain’s next prime minister seeks changes to the so-called Brexit deal.