• Biden to hold May summit with Southeast Asian leaders

    Biden to hold May summit with Southeast Asian leaders

    Apr 16, 2022 04:36 PM EST

    ... grouping of countries known as ASEAN sought a postponement due to scheduling concerns among some of its members. The summit will commemorate 45 years of relations between the U.S. and the ASEAN nations. The gathering follows Biden's participation in an October 2021 summit where he announced $102 million ...

  • One of the last of the celebrated Tuskegee Airman, Charles McGee, dies at 102

    One of the last of the celebrated Tuskegee Airman, Charles McGee, dies at 102

    Jan 17, 2022 05:31 PM EST

    McGee remained in the Army Air Corps, later the U.S. Air Force, and served for 30 years. He flew low-level bombing and strafing missions during the Korean War and returned to combat again during the Vietnam War. The National Aviation Hall of Fame says his 409 aerial fighter ...

  • UK’s Johnson, praised by Trump, seeks new UK bond with Biden

    UK’s Johnson, praised by Trump, seeks new UK bond with Biden

    Nov 08, 2020 06:10 PM EST

    ... between Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan in the 1980s, or between Tony Blair and Bill Clinton in the 1990s. It has endured even when leaders’ relations were less cordial, as when British Prime Minister Harold Wilson refused to join the Vietnam War in the 1960s. “There is far more that ...

  • From MLK to Bob Kennedy: Harry Belafonte’s historic week as ‘Tonight Show’ host

    From MLK to Bob Kennedy: Harry Belafonte’s historic week as ‘Tonight Show’ host

    Sep 06, 2020 09:38 PM EST

    ... revisit that historic week in a new documentary “The Sit-In.” ... Michael Hill: In 1968, America was embroiled in protests over civil rights and the Vietnam War. In that tumultuous time, "Tonight Show" host Johnny Carson turned over hosting duties for an entire week to actor and activist Harry Belafonte ...

  • June 9, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    June 9, 2020 - PBS NewsHour full episode

    Jun 09, 2020 11:29 PM EST

    Tuesday on the NewsHour, George Floyd is laid to rest in Houston, but protests against police violence -- and demands for change -- go on. Plus: Race relations in the U.S. military, the experiences of black journalists covering protests of racism, Republicans attack the integrity of voting by mail, how Vietnam ...

  • North Korea fires missiles into sea, criticized by South

    North Korea fires missiles into sea, criticized by South

    Mar 29, 2020 01:11 AM EST

    ... United States. The talks remain stalled since the breakdown of a second summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump in Vietnam in early 2019. The weapons launched recently were all short range and didn’t pose a direct threat to the U.S. homeland. North ...

  • N. Korea says Trump’s letter offers anti-virus cooperation

    N. Korea says Trump’s letter offers anti-virus cooperation

    Mar 22, 2020 05:47 PM EST

    ... Korean leader. Kim Yo Jong said Trump’s letter is “a good example showing the special and firm personal relations” between the North Korean and U.S. leaders. But she said it’s not a good idea to “make hasty conclusion or be optimistic about” the prospect for bilateral relations ...

  • Twitter and Facebook delete foreign state-backed accounts

    Twitter and Facebook delete foreign state-backed accounts

    Dec 20, 2019 11:50 PM EST

    ... crackdowns on state-backed social media campaigns came as tech companies step up efforts to tackle misinformation on their services ahead of next year's U.S. presidential elections. The efforts followed revelations that Russians bankrolled thousands of fake political ads during the 2016 elections to sow dissent among Americans ...

  • North Korea conducts another test at long-range rocket site

    North Korea conducts another test at long-range rocket site

    Dec 14, 2019 02:59 PM EST

    ... hard-won diplomacy with Washington. They say Kim is likely to pressure Trump with military activities that pose less of a direct threat to the U.S. and by bolstering a united front with Beijing and Moscow. Both are the North's allies and have called for the U.N ...

  • North Korea threatens to again call Trump a ‘dotard’

    North Korea threatens to again call Trump a ‘dotard’

    Dec 05, 2019 04:40 PM EST

    ... on North Korea and derided Kim as “little rocket man,” while Kim questioned Trump’s sanity and said he would "tame the mentally deranged U.S. dotard with fire.” The two leaders have avoided such words and developed better relations after North Korea entered nuclear negotiations with the U.S ...