Aug 25 Watch 6:33 G-7 leaders push back against Trump at this year’s summit After a contentious meeting with some of the world's wealthiest democracies last year, President Trump on Sunday made a volley of comments at the 2019 G-7 summit in France, on everything from the trade war with China to Brexit to… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 5:54 Tracking the flow of opioids across America The manufacturers and distributors of opioid prescription painkillers have supplied billions of pills throughout the U.S. An investigative series by The Washington Post looks at the opioid epidemic through the DEA's newly public database that tracks every pain pill sold… Continue watching
Aug 25 Watch 6:41 Palestinian cookbook celebrates a culture without a country By Pavni Mittal, Hari Sreenivasan Food writer Yasmin Khan's latest release, "Zaitoun: Recipes from the Palestinian Kitchen," catalogs 80 Palestinian recipes and delves into the complexities of Palestinian culinary heritage under Israeli occupation. Hari Sreenivasan spoke with Khan about her travels through Israel, the West… Continue watching
Aug 25 Why are so many languages spoken in some places and so few in others? By Marco Túlio Pacheco Coelho, Michael Gavin, The Conversation Collectively, human beings speak more than 7,000 distinct languages, and these languages are not uniformly distributed across the planet. Continue reading
Aug 25 Paris celebrates its liberation from Nazis, 75 years on By Angela Charlton, Elaine Ganley, Associated Press Paris celebrated the American soldiers, French Resistance fighters and others who liberated the City of Light from Nazi occupation exactly 75 years ago on Sunday, unleashing an eruption of kissing, dancing, tears and gratitude. Continue reading
Aug 25 Drone war takes flight, raising stakes in Iran, U.S. tensions By Jon Gambrell, Josef Federman, Zeina Karam, Associated Press From the vast deserts of Saudi Arabia to the crowded neighborhoods of Beirut, a drone war has taken flight across the wider Middle East, raising the stakes in the ongoing tensions between the U.S. and Iran. Continue reading
Aug 25 The language gives it away: How an algorithm can help us detect fake news By Fatemeh Torabi Asr, The Conversation False stories are now spreading 10 times faster than real news and the problem of fake news seriously threatens our society. Continue reading
Aug 25 Best G-7 can do for global economy: just don’t make it worse By David McHugh, Associated Press The global economy craves a double shot of confidence right now but the best that leaders of the Group of Seven can offer is a less intoxicating cocktail: not making things worse. Continue reading
Aug 25 Golf spectators injured by lightning released from hospital By Associated Press Atlanta police say six people injured by debris from a lightning strike at the Tour Championship have been treated and released. Continue reading
Aug 25 Hong Kong police draw guns in latest protest violence By Kelvin Chan, Kin Cheung, Associated Press Police in Hong Kong drew their guns Sunday night after a small group of protesters attacked officers with sticks and rods, and used tear gas to clear pro-democracy demonstrators who had taken over a street. Continue reading