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This is AP News Minute.

Sri Lanka's President has asked for the resignations of the Defense¹ Secretary and the National Police Chief after security forces failed to act on warnings before Easter suicide bombings that killed over 350 people. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for Sunday's attack which struck churches and hotels in the island nation.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia's Vladivostok for talks with Russia's President Vladmir Putin. Kim's Russia trip comes about 2 months after his second summit with US President Donald Trump² failed.

Former Vice³ President Joe Biden will launch his 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday according to a person familiar with his plans. Given his high profile in US politics, the 76-year-old Biden would enter the race as a front runner.

And an Italian "land" artist has marked the 500th anniversary of the death of Leonardo Da Vinci by creating an image of him in a Verona field. It took 8 hours to carve the lines and curves of Da Vinci's face. But the landscape masterpiece is temporary. The field will be plowed⁴ for crops in a few days.