World Aug 20 Scorching heat in China wilts crops as farmers struggle with shrinking water supplies Hundreds of persimmon trees that should be loaded with yellow fruit lie wilted in Gan Bingdong’s greenhouse in southwestern China, adding to mounting farm losses in a scorching summer that is the country’s driest in six decades.
World Mar 27 Mysterious train sparks speculation of Kim visit to Beijing BEIJING — A mysterious armored train made a round trip from North Korea to Beijing without revealing its key secret: Was Kim Jong Un on board?…