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    U.S. proposes new UN sanctions on North Korea

    United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley aims to put to a vote within weeks a UN Security Council resolution to impose stronger sanctions on North Korea over its long-range ballistic missile test, several senior UN diplomats said Monday, according to Reuters.

    U.S. officials confirmed last week that North Korea successfully test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) for the first time, noting the ballistic missile flew longer than any North Korean missile test conducted by the regime to date.

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