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N. Korean negotiator says US offered to resume nuclear talks in December Pyongyang has said the US is proposing a resumption of stalled nuclear negotiations in December as they approach an end-of-year deadline set by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the Trump administration to offer an acceptable deal to salvage the diplomacy. North Korean negotiator Kim Myong-gil on Thursday didn’t clearly say whether the North would accept the supposed US offer for talks. He said, however, that North Korea has no interest in talks if they are aimed at buying time without discussing solutions, AP reported. The talks have faltered since a February summit between Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump in Vietnam collapsed after the US rejected North Korean demands for broad sanctions relief ...

US Federal Reserve’s monetary policy is a BLACK HOLE that will swallow up everyone – RT’s Keiser Report Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway now has a massive cash pile of $128 billion after the company reported a 14 percent jump in profit. This is essentially "dead cash" because it is not invested into the economy, says Max Keiser. The Keiser Report digs into the issue where the US Federal Reserve is “printing so much money so fast” that some don’t even know how to spend it. “This is the endgame of this wealth inequality,” says Stacy Herbert. She explains that at the bottom there is a black hole, with “people running faster and faster just to stay in place and the debt keeps on catching up with them.” Meanwhile, on the other side...

Turkish President Erdogan says he 'can't harm relations with Russia' by ditching S-400 on Trump's demand Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has made it clear he would not abandon the purchase of Russian S-400 air defense systems at US President Donald Trump's request. The deal is too important for Ankara's friendship with Moscow. Despite the protestations of Washington, Turkey, a NATO member, took delivery of its first shipment of the Russian-made S-400 air defense system in July. After a meeting with Erdogan on Wednesday, Trump told reporters that Ankara’s “acquisition of the S-400 creates some very serious challenges for us,” yet no agreement was reached on limiting or cancelling the purchase. Erdogan said on Thursday that Trump had attempted ...

Saudi Arabia ‘intensifies’ informal talks with Houthis on Yemen truce – report Saudi Arabia is intensifying informal talks with the Houthi movement on a ceasefire in Yemen, Reuters reported sources familiar with the discussions as saying. The talks were launched in Jordan in late September, the sources said, with Riyadh taking sole responsibility for military efforts by the Arab alliance fighting in Yemen after the exit of its main partner, the United Arab Emirates. The discussions reportedly began after the Houthis offered to halt cross-border missile and drone attacks on Saudi cities if the Saudi-led coalition ended airstrikes on Yemen. A source said that “discussions on finalizing the security pact are moving very quickly now through a number of channels” but that Riyadh st...

Finland reopens Iraqi embassy after nearly 30 years Finland is reopening its embassy in Iraq and sending an ambassador to Baghdad after a hiatus of nearly 30 years to re-establish bilateral ties, help with the country’s reconstruction, and boost trade. Repatriating thousands of Iraqis who are staying illegally in Finland after the rejection of their asylum applications remains a thorny issue between the countries. Some 20,000 Iraqi migrants arrived in Finland in 2015. Finnish Ambassador Vesa Hakkinen told AP on Thursday, a day before taking up his new post, that the Nordic country and EU member had ceased its diplomatic presence in Iraq in the wake of the Gulf War in January 1991. The diplomatic mission will have an initial staff of four and be located in a Baghdad building th...