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Nigerian VP back in Abuja after Buhari meeting
Nigeria's vice-president has returned from a whistlestop trip to meet ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London and will chair Wednesday's weekly cabinet meeting, his spokesman said. Acting President Yemi "Osinbajo now back in Abuja from London & will be presiding over FEC (federal executive committee) this morning," tweeted Laolu Akande. Osinbajo, who has been acting president since Buhari left for medical treatment on May 7, flew to London on Tuesday.
Russia dirt on Clinton? 'I love it,' Trump son said in emails
Donald Trump's eldest son released emails Tuesday showing he embraced Russian efforts to support his father's presidential campaign, a shocking disclosure likely to further fuel speculation over Moscow's suspected role in the election. The revelation puts the president's son at the center of a burgeoning scandal involving multiple US investigations into whether Trump associates colluded with Moscow in its efforts to tilt the 2016 election in the Republican's favor.
Republicans quiet over Trump Jr as Democrats come out swinging
Republicans were reluctant to condemn Donald Trump Jr over the revelation that he met a Russian lawyer whom he was told was part of a Kremlin attempt to undermine Hillary Clinton. One senior Senate Republican said on Tuesday that outrage over the issue – which led Clinton’s running mate, Tim Kaine, to ruminate about potential “treason” – was “overblown”.
U.S. THAAD missile defenses hit test target as North Korea tension rises
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Tuesday it shot down a simulated, incoming intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) similar to the ones being developed by countries like North Korea, in a new test of the nation's THAAD missile defenses. Planned months ago, the U.S. missile defense test over the Pacific Ocean has gained significance after North Korea's July 4 launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) heightened concerns about the threat from Pyongyang.
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