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Pointing to lessons of the past, North Korea has admonished the White House to ‘take a sincere approach’ in its diplomatic dealings with the northern Asian nation.

US President Donald Trump is planning to extradite exiled cleric Fethullah Gulen to Turkey, according to a Sunday statement by Ankara’s foreign minister.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - US President Donald Trump on Sunday again defended the practice of separating detained adult migrants from their children amid the death of a seven-year-old girl from Guatemala in Border Patrol custody.

The South Pasadena Police Department posted a video of a dramatic accident that took place in South Pasadena, California on December 14. Two black males tried to rob a Vana Watch and Jewelry, with one of them attempting to stab the business owner.

Prada's designers have been accused of missing history classes over a new line of accessories which depict a black monkey with oversized red lips, with some critics accusing the brand of using "blackface" imagery.

This comes after 77-year-old Democratic Senator Bernie Sanders reportedly signalled readiness to launch a more powerful 2020 presidential bid than his first one in 2016, when he was defeated by Hillary Clinton, who in turn lost to Donald Trump in that year's elections.

The company had been looking at purchasing a start-up which develops at-home health tests and even had a team working on home diagnostics.

The former US president voiced his opinion on social media on Saturday, urging people to sign up for health care on the final day of the Affordable Care Act enrollment period for 2019, noting that the Friday ruling doesn’t change anything.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The United States does not intend to participate in the Paris Agreement on climate change, the US State Department said in a statement, following the UN climate conference in Poland's Katowice.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke denied accusations of using misconduct and using his position for own benefit as false, following the announcement of his resignation.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The United States will continue working with European countries as a unified front against Russia’s "aggression," the US State Department said in a statement, commenting on the Kerch Strait incident.

Included in a new lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein is the claim by the former Hollywood producer that he slept with the star of The Hunger Games. Weinstein allegedly pointed to the fact that actress Jennifer Lawrence had "just won an Oscar," suggesting that she was given the award due to their having had sex, a claim the actress vehemently denies.

Former supporters of the US president are turning evidence and jumping ship following reports that investigators now have Trump’s tax records, as well as the cooperation of the Trump family’s financial officers, lawyers and former business allies.

Video from the 2016 election campaign revealed the president’s new acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney making critical remarks about Trump.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Washington does not believe that Moscow is seriously committed to preserving the Russian-US Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty since the latter does not recognize having violated the treaty, White House National Security Council (NSC) Spokesperson Garrett Marquis told Sputnik.

The mockery was directed at the US Vice President after a picture featuring him with his eyes closed emerged.

The war between the US and Philippines erupted in 1899, as the First Philippine Republic fought for recognition of its independence. The conflict took the lives of 16,000 Philippine fighters and reportedly led to hundreds of thousands of deaths due to famine and disease.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are continuing to advance toward the centre of the Syrian city of Hajin, the last stronghold of the Daesh* terrorist group in the country, Col. Sean Ryan, the spokesman for Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve, told Sputnik on Saturday.

US President Donald Trump stated that the US administration would announce a new secretary of the interior next week. The resigning Ryan Zinke has held this position for a year.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) - The US special envoy to the international coalition fighting Daesh*, Brett McGurk, said on Saturday at the Doha Global Forum that Washington's only military mission in Syria and the reason for the US troops' presence in the country was the complete elimination of terrorists.