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Kim Jong-un, North Korea's leader, expects to meet President Vladimir Putin in Russia,

according to American officials. The reclusive Mr. Kim will reportedly travel this month,

probably by armored train, to the far-eastern Russian city of Vladivostok.

Last week, the Biden administration expressed concerns over a potential arms deal between the two

as Mr. Putin seeks weapons for his war against Ukraine, the Kremlin declined to confirm the summit.

Enrique Tario, the former leader of the Proud Boys, a white nationalist group that stormed

America's capital on January 6, 2021, was sentenced to 22 years in prison for seditious conspiracy,

or plotting to overthrow the government. It was the longest sentence for any January 6

related conviction, though Mr. Tario was not actually in Washington DC that day,

having been earlier arrested and ordered to leave the city.

Oil prices surged above $90 a barrel for the first time this year after Saudi Arabia and Russia,

the world's second and third largest producers, said they would continue to limit output.

Saudi Arabia is choking supply at around nine million barrels per day,

25 percent below its declared maximum output, a regime it will maintain until the end of 2023.

France is in talks with Niger's junta to potentially withdraw some of its

1500 troops from the country, French officials told local media. The soldiers were stationed in

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