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Former central banker Mark Carney will become prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader Sunday in a landside vote with 85.9 percent support.

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s southwestern Hwanghae province. It called the weapons close-range but didn’t say how far they flew.

US Secret Service shoots armed man near White House after confrontation  The Guardian US

US Secret Service shoots armed man near White House after confrontation  The Guardian US

US Secret Service shoots armed man near White House after confrontation  The Guardian US

Democratic strategist Maria Cardona issued a warning to President Donald Trump about his handling of the economy, telling CNN Monday that it will “come back and bite him.” Trump had a chance to tamp down recession fears when asked by

Live updates: GOP-controlled Congress seeks to avoid government shutdown early in Trump’s term  The Washington Post Days from partial government shutdown deadline, here’s where things stand  Fox News House Democrats whip “NO” on GOP plan to avoid government shutdown  Axios Capitol agenda: Johnson’s

Zelenskyy to travel to Saudi Arabia before peace talks begin  DW (English) U.S. negotiators to meet with Ukrainian officials in Saudi Arabia  CBS News Russia-Ukraine updates: General denies Russian forces encircling troops  Al Jazeera English Zelensky Is Set to Meet With Saudi Crown

President Donald Trump has brought about an alarming retreat from American values on the world stage, in ways that all seem to empower Russia and Vladimir Putin, wrote conservative analyst Max Boot in a scathing column for The Washington Post

Stocks slump after Trump declines to rule out recession  ABC News US stocks drop after Trump says he won’t rule out a recession  CNN Stock market opens sharply lower as investors fret over Trump’s policies  CBS News Stock Market Today: Dow, Nasdaq Futures