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SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of -- South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday that his rival, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, isn't asking for the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Korean Peninsula as a precondition for abandoning his nuclear weapons. Source

AMHERSTBURG, Ont. -- There are no reports of injuries or damage after a minor earthquake struck southwestern Ontario Thursday night. The United States Geological Survey says the magnitude-3.6 quake struck near Amherstburg, Ont., south of Windsor, at a depth of about five kilometres. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump told former FBI Director James Comey that he had serious concerns about the judgment of his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, according to memos maintained by Comey and obtained by The Associated Press. Source

The interim leader of the PC Party says cultural-sensitivity training may be offered to its 16 MLAs after a comment made by one of them was labelled as racist. According to the Hansard transcripts, the MLA for Cumberland North, Elizabeth Smith-McCrossin, was speaking against the legalization of cannabis on Tuesday when she said: Source

An earthquake hit Windsor and Essex County Thursday. The United States Geological Survey is reporting the 3.6 magnitude quake's epicentre was in Amherstburg. "Magnitude 3.6 is not that big of an earthquake, however in this part of the country where we don't really see earthquakes all that often, any size of earthquake is going to be intense," said Jessica Turner, geophysicist with the U.S. Source

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump won't be joining his wife in attending the memorial service of former first lady Barbara Bush, matriarch of a political dynasty that Trump often clashed with during his 2016 campaign. Source

CALGARY -- One of the Humboldt Broncos hockey players injured in a bus crash in Saskatchewan earlier this month has been transferred to Foothills Hospital in Calgary. Ryan Straschnitzki, a 19-year old from Airdrie, Alta. Source

JOHANNESBURG -- Breathe easy, Switzerland: The tiny African kingdom of Swaziland is changing its name. King Mswati III announced it during celebrations of the 50th anniversary of independence and his 50th birthday. It appears to be as easy as that, as the king is an absolute monarch. Source

?Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, a one-time federal prosecutor, is joining U.S. President Donald Trump's personal legal team, Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow said in a statement on Thursday. "Rudy is great. He has been my friend for a long time and wants to get this matter quickly resolved for the good of the country," Sekulow quoted Trump as saying. Source

WASHINGTON -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani is joining the legal team defending U.S. President Donald Trump in the special counsel's Russia investigation. That's according to a statement from Trump personal attorney Jay Sekulow. Source