The US president said that at an appropriate time he is looking forward to visiting Pyongyang and will also invite Kim to visit the White House.
The US action is said to show solidarity with its ally Britain, which claims that Moscow is responsible for the poisoning of a former Russian spy on March 4 in Britain with a military-grade nerve agent. Russia has denied involvement in the case.
The USGS cautioned that "additional such explosions are expected and could be more powerful".
The US Department of Defense on Thursday designated a total of four additional companies as owned or controlled by the Chinese military, including SMIC, China Construction Technology Co Ltd and China International Engineering Consulting Corp.
The UN Security Council on Aug 14 rejected a bid by the US to extend the arms embargo on Iran. The US was supported only by the Dominican Republic within the 15-member body, with 11 abstentions and two opposing votes from China and Russia.
The US imposed fresh economic sanctions on Venezuela in May right after President Nicolas Maduro won a second term. The United States had also called for a suspension of Venezuela from the Organization of American States, but a vote in early June failed to secure enough votes needed for the move.
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The US government has flown about 800 people from Hubei province, placing them under 14-day quarantine at US military bases.
The US Air Force Thunderbirds perform aerobatics during the 57th annual Abbotsford International Airshow in Abbotsford, Canada, Aug 11, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]
The US has also sent its aircraft carrier task group USS Carl Vinson and a nuclear submarine to waters off the Korean peninsula, besides carrying out nuclear bomb dropping drills in ROK and test launching two intercontinental ballistic missile within one week from California to the Western Pacific over the past two weeks.
The United States Department of Agriculture estimated that 56.5 million tons of pork are consumed in China every year.