Obama and Xi say they’ll stop North Korea's nuclear program. Hours later, Pyongyang fires another missile.

Newsweek Fri, Apr 1 1:03 AM PDT 

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China and the United States agreed to cooperate to deter North Korea from its nuclear program, just hours before the pariah state reportedly fired another missile. U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Thursday that Washington and Beijing would join forces to discourage actions, like Pyongyang’s nuclear missile tests, “that escalate tensions and violate international obligations,” the BBC reported. Obama made the declaration after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of a global nuclear summit in Washington. North Korea has upped the ante in its controversial nuclear program in the past few months. The country tested a hydrogen bomb in January in what was its fourth nuclear ...