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News you might have missed: Afternoon links for Monday, June 4
President Donald Trump walks with Kim Yong Chol, one of leader Kim Jong Un's closest aides, outside the Oval Office of the White House on Friday in Washington, D.C. The White House announced Monday that the summit would be held at 9 a.m. June 12 in Singapore, which is 9 p.m. June 11 in Washington, D.C. (Olivier Douliery-Pool/Getty Images)

News you might have missed: Afternoon links for Monday, June 4

We have a time for the Trump/Kim summit in Singapore (Bloomberg)

The summit will take place at 9 a.m. local time on June 12. Singapore is exactly 12 hours different from Washington, D.C., so for those in the U.S. capital, the summit will be taking place at 9 p.m. on June 11.

Meanwhile, the dictator of Syria will visit North Korea (Axios)

Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad, who has been repeatedly accused of using chemical weapons against his own civilians, will reportedly visit with Kim Jong Un in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang. This would be the first time a head of state has visited Kim Jong Un in his own country.

President George H. W. Bush has been released from the hospital (CNN)

The 93-year-old former president was admitted a week ago to receive treatment for treatment for low blood pressure.

The CEO of Starbucks is stepping down (Business Insider)

Howard Schultz saw the company grow from 11 stores to more than 28,000. He was also highly political, endorsing Hillary Clinton in 2016 and vocally criticizing President Donald Trump, and oversaw the company's recent racial sensitivity training. Schultz was vague about exactly why he's choosing to step down now. He's rumored to be considering running for president, although he wouldn't confirm (or deny) that to the New York Times in an interview.

The Defense Department's inspector general is investigating Ronny Jackson (CBS News)

The spokesman for the Defense Department's Office of Inspect General released a statement that  read: "The DoD Office of Inspector General has initiated an investigation into allegations related to Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Ronny L. Jackson." Jackson was nominated to take over as head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, but quickly dropped out after facing a barrage of allegations about his work conduct.

10 women are now allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia (New York Times)

At least it's a start, right? It's not entirely clear why these 10 women got licenses early, but women across the country are scheduled to join them in 20 days. The country's infamous ban against women drivers was overturned thanks to Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, but some activists who championed that move are still imprisoned for speaking out against the government.

NASA launches 'Exoplanet Travel Bureau' to try to garner enthusiasm (NBC News)

Every wonder what it's like to step on a planet outside our solar system? NASA has launched a new virtual tour of six exoplanets. Of course, NASA only knows some basic facts about these far away worlds (the makeup of the atmosphere, the size, position relative to its sun, its mass, and a few other statistics along those lines), so the tour is based on an artist's rendering of what these planets could possibly look like.

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