North Korea’s Kim in Russia for Putin talks

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un was in Russia Wednesday for a rare summit with President Vladimir Putin that could lead to a weapons deal that the United States has warned would violate international sanctions. Accompanied by an entourage that suggested a strong military focus for the talks, the North Korean leader arrived in his bullet-proof train at the border town of Khasan on Tuesday and was met by an honour guard and officials, the official Korean Central News Agency reported. While Kim was in Russia, North Korea fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday, the South Korean military said, the latest…