It will be an honor to meet Kim Jong-un - Donald Trump says

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

It will be an honor to meet Kim Jong-un - Donald Trump says

Just a day after calling North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un a 'smart cookie', U.S president, Donald Trump has revealed he'll be honored to meet the Asian leader but under the 'right conditions' as tensions between the U.S and North Korea have reached an all time high.

The U.S has deployed it's Navy warships to the Korean peninsula while Trump also last week said he'll be sending another warship armed with Tomahawk missiles following North Korea's failure last week in a nuclear missile test, but Trump aware that a war could break out any moment between both countries says he's still open to a diplomatic solution.

"Under the right circumstances," Trump saidMonday, in a Bloomberg interview.

"If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would absolutely, I would be honored to do it,"  

"If it's under the, again, under the right circumstances. But I would do that."

The White House, responding to Trump's statements said even though Trump said he'll like to meet Kim under the 'right circumstances', those circumstances/conditions do not exist at the moment and Kim must end all his nuclear ambitions if he wants diplomacy with the U.S.

White House spokesman Sean Spicer said  "those circumstances do not exist now." 'There would have to be significant change for a meeting between President Trump and Kim to be a possibility.

When a reporter questioned Spicer on why Trump would consider it an honor to meet with the North Korean leader, the press secretary said 

'Kim is still a head of state."

'Trump is doing everything diplomatically, economically and militarily to stave off the nuclear threat that North Korea poses to the United States.''

In an interview with CBS on Sunday, Trump said he had "no idea" whether Mr Kim was sane.

President Trump, asked what he made of the North Korean leader, told CBS: "People are saying: 'Is he sane?' I have no idea... but he was a young man of 26 or 27... when his father died. He's dealing with obviously very tough people, in particular the generals and others.

"And at a very young age, he was able to assume power. A lot of people, I'm sure, tried to take that power away, whether it was his uncle or anybody else. And he was able to do it. So obviously, he's a pretty smart cookie."

Photos: Klitschko makes first public appearance with his fiance after losing heavyweight bout to Joshua

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Photos: Klitschko makes first public appearance with his fiance after losing heavyweight bout to Joshua

Wladimir Klitschko has made his first public appearance just a day after losing the IBF, WBA and IBO heavyweight titles to British boxer, Anthony Joshua. The Ukrainian boxer who was knocked out on Saturday in the 11th rounds, was spotted on Sunday with his fiance Hayden Panettiere signing autographs and posing for pictures with fans before they both made their way to west London restaurant Roka for a lunch date. See more photos after the cut...

Serena Williams, her baby bump and fiance, Alexis Ohanian step out at the 2017 MET Gala

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Serena Williams, her baby bump and fiance, Alexis Ohanian step out at the 2017 MET Gala

Tennis pro, Serena Williams made her very first red carpet appearance, since announcing her pregnancy, at the Met Gala in New York on Monday evening. Williams was dressed in a gorgeous emerald green gown that highlighted her baby bump and featured a plunging neckline, paired with sparkling diamond earrings that had jade green stones.

The Olympic athlete was accompanied by her fiance, Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, to the fashion gathering. See more photos after the cut.

Photos: Rainstorm destroys over 40 buildings, renders 200 people homeless in Kebbi state

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Photos: Rainstorm destroys over 40 buildings, renders 200 people homeless in Kebbi state

 

A Sunday night rainstorm has destroyed over 40 houses, healthcare centres and rendered 200 people homeless in were destroyed in in Makera village, Maiyama Local Government Area of Kebbi State.The Director of Social Development in the area, Salihu Mohammed, who confirmed the incident on Monday, May 1, in Birnin Kebbi, said that the storm occurred late at night.

Many people including primary and secondary schools pupils, whose schools were destroyed have been forced to seek refuge elsewhere.

"While no life was lost, residents of the affected households lost property, food stuff and other valuables to the storm" said Mr Mohammed.

Photo: India Narcotics Control Bureau arrest Nigerian man trying to smuggle 200grams of cocaine

Tuesday, 2 May 2017

Photo: India Narcotics Control Bureau arrest Nigerian man trying to smuggle 200grams of cocaine

Officials of the Narcotics Control Bureau have arrested a 35-year-old Nigerian national while he was allegedly trying to smuggle 200 grams of cocaine in the Rajadhani express from New Delhi to Bengaluru on Thursday, April 27.
Based on a tip-off, a team of officials boarded the train after it reached Secunderabad and caught Larry 'Frank' Onyedikachi.

The cost of the seized drugs in the international market is estimated to be around 1 crore, a senior official said.
Inquiries revealed that Larry was working as a courier in the drug racket and collected the contraband from his contact in Delhi and travelling to Bengaluru to hand it over to his associate.
The officials are further investigating to ascertain the details of his inter-State contacts.
Larry had come to India on a business visa in 2012 but overstayed even after his visa expired. He continued to live in Chander Vihar in New Delhi and had been carrying forged travel documents, the official added.