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North Korea nuke test possible during upcoming Biden visit to Seoul, South Korean officials warn

This photo distributed by the North Korean government shows what it says is a test-fire of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), at an undisclosed location in North Korea on March 24, 2022. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: &quot;KCNA&quot; which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. Yoon Suk Yeol takes office as South Korea's president Tuesday, May 10 amid heightened animosities over North Korea's nuclear program. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP) **FILE**

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Pyongyang may conduct what would be its seventh nuclear test around the time new South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and President Biden meet in Seoul for a summit set for Saturday or soon afterward, South Korean military officials warned Monday.

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Attorney Michael Sussmann leaves federal court in Washington, April 27, 2022. A criminal case brought by special counsel John Durham, the prosecutor appointed to investigate potential government wrongdoing in the early days of the Trump-Russia probe, heads to trial in Washington's federal court on May 16. The case centers on a single false statement that Sussmann, a cybersecurity lawyer who represented the Hillary Clinton presidential campaign in 2016, is alleged to have made to the FBI during a meeting that year. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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