Trump signs executive order to release classified files on Kennedy assassination

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to publish classified files on the assassination of the 35th President of the United States John Kennedy.

The document also provides for the publication of previously inaccessible documents on the assassination of the brother of the assassinated president Robert Kennedy and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martin Luther King.

“That’s a big one, huh? A lot of people are waiting for this for a long – for years, for decades,” he said when signing the document.

Trump directs aides to arrange phone call with Putin

President-elect Donald Trump has directed his team to arrange a phone call with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in the first days after his inauguration set for January 20, CNN reports, citing sources.

“Trump has directed his aides to arrange a call with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the days after he’s sworn in,” the report reads.

According to the broadcaster, one goal of the conversation will be “to discuss an in-person meeting in the coming months” to try to end the conflict in Ukraine.

Trump did not rule out on January 7 that resolving the Ukraine issue could take more than 24 hours, a timeframe he had set during his election campaign. Trump announced plans to hold talks with Putin on the Ukraine crisis within six months after his inauguration. Keith Kellogg, the US president-elect’s special envoy on Ukraine, said that he would like to meet a 100-day deadline.

North Korea fires missile into Sea of Japan

North Korea has stepped up its missile test program, launching its 15th missile into the Sea of ​​Japan on Saturday.
North Korea has fired a short-range ballistic missile, according to South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff. The Japanese Coast Guard also confirmed that the missile had landed in Japan’s East Sea. The Japanese Defense Ministry also said the launch could be a ballistic missile. Japanese public broadcaster NHK quoted government sources as saying it was outside Japan’s exclusive economic zone.

North Korea fired a ballistic missile three days before the swearing-in of South Korea’s newly elected president, Yoon Sook-yeol, who has vowed to crack down on Pyongyang.

The North’s missile strike has been interpreted as a warning to South Korean newly elected president. US President Joe Biden is scheduled to visit South Korea on May 21 and meet with the newly elected president.