Japan set to host G-7 summit in Hiroshima
President Joe Biden sits with Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a bilateral meeting with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Hiroshima, Japan, May 18, 2023, ahead of the start of the G-7 Summit.
Japan is set to host the G-7 summit in Hiroshima, the site of one of the only two nuclear attacks in history. Also, a comedy group in China is being heavily fined for a viral joke that made light of a Chinese military slogan. And, a longtime ban on dreadlocks at elementary schools in Malawi has been lifted. Plus, we hear the second part of report on how a Sudanese warlord rose to power, while operating with impunity.
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