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Trump threatens to ‘totally destroy’ North Korea  US president uses debut UN address to threaten ‘wicked few’ oppressive regimes Donald Trump has threatened to “ totally destroy ” North Korea, in a bellicose first address to the United Nations general assembly in which he lashed out at a litany of US adversaries and called on “righteous” nations to confront them. US and China agree to 'maximise pressure' on North Korea The speech was greeted in the UN chamber mostly with silence and occasional outbreaks of disapproving murmurs, as Trump castigated a succession of hostile regimes. In an address heavy with echoes of George W Bush’s “Axis of Evil” State of the Union address more than 15 years earlier, Trump said: “The scourge of our planet today are a small group of rogue regimes.” ...

  On Tuesday, the rupee staged a strong comeback to close 17 paise higher at 63.63 The rupee weakened by 16 paise to 63.79 against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday as the greenback firmed up overseas amid a lower opening in the domestic equity market. Forex dealers said apart from the dollar’s gains against some other currencies overseas, a lower opening in the domestic equity markets weighed on the rupee. On Tuesday, the rupee staged a strong comeback to close 17 paise higher at 63.63. Meanwhile, the benchmark BSE Sensex was trading lower by 158.30 points or 0.49 per cent to 31,855.89 in early trade today.