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Xinhua world news summary at 1530 GMT, May 16

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The Kremlin on Tuesday denied media reports that U.S. President Donald Trump had shared classified information with senior Russian officials.

"For us, it's just another nonsense," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. (Russia-U.S.-Relations)

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PYONGYANG -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Tuesday rejected a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) press statement issued on Monday condemning its test-firing of a medium long-range ballistic missile.

A spokesman of the DPRK Foreign Ministry said that the DPRK "categorically and totally rejects the UNSC's statement which called into question its bolstering of nuclear deterrence for self-defense," according to the Korean Central News Agency. (DPRK-UN-Statement)

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PARIS -- The cabinet of French President Emmanuel Macron's first government will be unveiled on Wednesday, a day later than initially scheduled due to further checks on would-be nominated ministers' fiscal situation, his office said on Tuesday.

In a statement, the Elysee said the new cabinet would be named on Wednesday at 15:00 local time (1300GMT). Previously, it had been planned later on Tuesday. (France-Government Delay)

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KIEV -- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko has signed a decree to expand sanctions against Russia, blacklisting a string of Russian media outlets and information technology (IT) companies, the presidential press service said Tuesday.

The restrictions targeted nearly a dozen Russian TV channels and news websites and more than 50 IT companies, including Russia's largest search engine Yandex. (Ukraine-Sanctions-Russia) Endi