WASHINGTON — Canada will assist the United States in co-hosting a major international meeting on North Korea in an attempt to find a non-military solution to a nuclear crisis, which escalated Tuesday with a record-setting missile test by the rogue state. Donald Trump has expressed skepticism that diplomacy might work and even questioned the point of his secretary of state participating in political talks. Mattis said that mid-day, Washington time, North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan. The missile travelled about 1,000 kilometres, flew for 53 minutes, and landed within 370 nautical kilometres of Japan’s coast. Mattis called the North Korean action a threat that endangers world peace, regional peace, and the United States.

Source: National Post November 28, 2017 23:02 UTC