TRUMP-JAPAN-THE LATEST The Latest: Trump arrives at Tokyo palace for banquet TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump has arrived at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace for a banquet in his honor. The president and first lady Melania…
TRUMP-JAPAN-THE LATEST
The Latest: Trump arrives at Tokyo palace for banquet
TOKYO (AP) — President Donald Trump has arrived at Tokyo’s Imperial Palace for a banquet in his honor.
The president and first lady Melania Trump are being hosted by the new Emperor Naruhito and his wife, Empress Masako. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (shin-zoh AH’-bay) and his wife, Akie, also are expected to attend the black-tie dinner with scores of other guests.
The meal caps a busy Monday that made Trump the first word leader to meet with Naruhito since his May 1 ascension to the throne.
Trump then spent hours meeting with Abe to discuss issues including North Korea and trade.
EUROPEAN ELECTIONS-THE LATEST
The Latest: Danish populists unhappy with poor EU result
BRUSSELS (AP) — A senior member of the anti-immigration and euroskeptic Danish People’s Party has expressed dissatisfaction with the party’s poor showing in the European Parliament election.
Kenneth Kristensen Berth says that “this was not what we expected” after the party’s support fell to 10.7% compared to 27% in 2014.
Berth, whose party is Denmark’s second largest in the national parliament, said Monday issues of the climate and the environment were “a bit hysterical” and that his party “is not a climate-denial party” but “we need to keep our heads cool.”
Green parties made big gains in Europe’s 751-seat parliament amid growing concerns over climate change.
The party, founded in 1995, got two seats, down from the four they got in five years ago. Pundits say scandals involving the party’s misuse of European Parliament funds contributed to the loss.
SEVERE WEATHER-THE LATEST
The Latest: 2nd apparent tornado hits Oklahoma near Tulsa
EL RENO, Okla. (AP) — The National Weather Service says a tornado touched down in the Tulsa area early Sunday, damaging structures, uprooting trees and toppling power lines.
Pete Snyder with the weather service said Sunday that officials had confirmed that a tornado caused damage in the Tulsa suburb of Sapulpa and surrounding areas.
Snyder says crews are assessing the damage to determine the tornado’s strength. He says the area also experienced damage from straight-line winds that officials say exceeded 80 mph (129 kilometers per hour).
The tornado was spawned by a powerful storm system that rolled through the state and occurred not long after another tornado killed two people and injured 29 others in El Reno, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) west of Oklahoma City.
OBIT-STARR
Bart Starr, 1960s Green Bay quarterback, dies at 85
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Bart Starr, the Green Bay Packers quarterback and catalyst of Vince Lombardi’s powerhouse teams of the 1960s, has died. He was 85.
The Packers announced Sunday that Starr had died, citing his family. He had been in failing health since suffering two strokes and a heart attack in 2014.
The Packers chose Starr out of the University of Alabama with the 200th pick in the 1956 draft, and after Lombardi’s arrival in 1959, Starr led Green Bay to six division titles, five NFL championships and wins in the first two Super Bowls.
But it was in the “Ice Bowl” on New Year’s Eve 1967 that Starr secured his legacy, scoring on a sneak with 16 seconds left to give Green Bay a 21-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys.
Starr was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1977.
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NORTH KOREA-UNITED STATES
North Korea calls Bolton ‘war monger’ over missile comment
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea has called U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton a “war monger” and “defective human product” after he called the North’s recent tests of short-range missile a violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency on Monday carried a statement by an unnamed spokesman of North Korea’s Foreign Ministry who said that Pyongyang was rightfully exercising its rights to self-defense with the launches.
North Korea tested short-range ballistic missiles on May 4 and May 9, ending a pause in launches that began in late 2017.
The tests have been seen as a way for North Korea to pressure Washington to soften its stance on easing sanctions against it without actually causing the negotiations to collapse.
ABORTION-WHAT’S CHANGED
Would overturning abortion rights turn back clock to 1973?
If the U.S. Supreme Court were to overturn Roe v. Wade, the ruling establishing the right to an abortion, it wouldn’t mean a full-fledged turning back of the clock to 1973.
For one thing, women now have far more methods to avoid unwanted pregnancies, as well as safer, easier options for abortion. Many abortions are induced at home with a two-drug combination. And advocacy groups are spreading the word about home abortions with drugs that can be done without a medical professional’s involvement.
PERU-EARTHQUAKE
Magnitude-8 earthquake strikes north-central Peru
LIMA, Peru (AP) — A large earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 8.0 struck north-central Peru early Sunday, the U.S. Geological survey reported.
The quake, at a moderate depth of 114 kilometers (71 miles) struck at 2:41 a.m., 80 kilometers (50 miles) southeast of the village of Lagunas and 158 kilometers (98 miles) east-northeast of the larger town of Yurimaguas.
There were no immediate reports of casualties or of major damage. Earthquakes that are close to the surface generally cause more destruction.
The Peruvian government’s emergency department tweeted that it registered a magnitude of 7.2 for the quake. In the capital, Lima, people ran out of their homes in fear. Power cuts were reported in a number of Amazonian cities.
Earthquakes are frequent in Peru, which lies on the Pacific’s so-called Ring of Fire.
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