Jun 10 Bourdain's death means loss of a voice for immigrant workers By Terry Tang, Associated Press Anthony Bourdain's culinary passions went far beyond the cuisine he put on a plate. He also was committed to the immigrant workers who toil in his and other kitchens throughout the restaurant industry. Continue reading
Jun 10 I go to El Salvador despite the danger because the kids there need my medical expertise By Christopher Hartnick, The Conversation As the founder and director of Operation Airway, a nonprofit that treats kids with breathing problems, I have led teams of surgeons and other medical professionals on missions across the world for the past decade. Our team,… Continue reading
Jun 10 Trump pulls out of joint G-7 statement, attacks Trudeau By Catherine Lucey, Rob Gillies, Associated Press The annual G-7 summit appeared to have weathered tensions over President Donald Trump’s threats of a tariff-fueled trade war until the mercurial American pulled out of a joint statement while citing “false statements” by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Continue reading
Jun 10 Business as usual in North Korea as public unaware of summit By Eric Talmadge, Associated Press With few sources of information other than the state-run media, gossip and word of mouth, most North Koreans are still largely in the dark about the momentous — and potentially life-changing — events that are about to take place outside… Continue reading
Jun 10 Trump, Kim arrive in Singapore ahead of high-stakes summit By Foster Klug, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump landed in Singapore on Sunday evening, joining North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the island city-state ahead of one of the most unusual and highly anticipated summits in recent world history. Continue reading
Jun 09 Watch 22:23 PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 9, 2018 By PBS News Hour On this edition, for Saturday, June 9, President Donald Trump leaves the G-7 summit early after threatening to end trade with member countries. Later, trying to resolve fights, school districts are replacing zero-tolerance policies with conflict-resolution programs. Hari Sreenivasan anchors… Continue watching
Jun 09 Watch 4:16 Trump makes early G-7 exit after tense trade disputes By PBS News Hour President Donald Trump’s visit at the G-7 summit in Canada was tense and truncated. Arriving late and leaving early, he advocated for the readmission of Russia, which was expelled from the group after allegedly annexing Crimea, and refused to reverse… Continue watching
Jun 09 Trump disrupts G-7 gender equality meeting by arriving late By Rob Gillies, Associated Press President Donald Trump arrived late for a gender equality meeting at the G-7 summit, prompting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to kick it off without waiting for “stragglers” to arrive. Continue reading
Jun 09 Trump delivers warning on trade as he leaves G-7 summit By Catherine Lucey and Rob Gillies, Associated Press President Donald Trump delivered a stern warning on trade to foreign countries at the Group of Seven summit on Saturday, advising trading partners not to retaliate against U.S. tariffs on the imports of steel and aluminum. Continue reading
Jun 08 Watch 4:14 Trump keeps G7 attendance short at tense summit The Group of Seven convened their Canadian summit in an atmosphere of argument over President Trump's trade demands. Before arriving, Trump had argued that Russia should return to the G-7. At the summit, a suddenly canceled meeting with the French… Continue watching