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The president walked away without a deal. Plus the persistence of the "Momo" hoax, the lopsided demographics of study abroad-ers, and more
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In a much-hyped meeting with Kim Jong Un, the North Korean leader, in Vietnam, President Donald Trump did something —he walked away instead of folding and accepting a lesser deal. On Thursday, the second confab between the two heads of state ended in a failure, with no agreement on denuclearization and without a declaration, at long last, of an end to the Korean War. It was a stunning setback to Trump’s The surprising act of resolve, however, prevented Trump from The lone winner of the spectacle was Vietnam; the

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