Trump Frees 63-Year–Old After Kim Kardashian's Plea

President Trump has granted clemency to 63-year-old great grandmother Alice Johnson, who has been serving life in prison for a non-violent drug offence.

The BBC reports that the case was highlighted last week when Kim Kardashian West met Mr Trump to lobby for her release.

The White House said she had been a model prisoner and worked hard to rehabilitate herself.

U.S. President Donald Trump, in a complete turnaround, said on Friday he would hold a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 12 in Singapore in the latest twist in the high-stakes diplomacy over eliminating Pyonyang’s nuclear arms program.

The U.S. military is considering plans to deploy the Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) missile system to Germany in a powerful boost to Europe's military defences. Reuters reports that preliminary discussions about the move were held before the U.S.'s withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal and were started in part over concerns about Iran's continued development of nuclear missiles.

At least 25 people were killed when Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted Sunday, belching ash and rock and forcing the capital’s main airport to close. The volcano expelled hot muddy material that caused the deaths — including of several children — in the El Rodeo and Las Lajas communities located on its southern slope, disaster agency spokesman David de Leon said in a WhatsApp group.

Canada filed a case against the U.S. at the World Trade Organization (WTO) on Friday, marking the latest effort by a key U.S. ally to put pressure on the Trump administration to remove stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Canada joins the E.U. in dragging a mounting trade dispute with the U.S. to the WTO, which regulates international trade.

The US is to impose tariffs on steel and aluminium imports from allies in Europe and North America. The US said a 25% tax on steel and 10% tax on aluminium from the EU, Mexico and Canada will start at midnight. The move immediately triggered vows of retaliation from Mexico and the EU, which called the tariffs "protectionism, pure and simple".