Sep 14 North Korea fired another missile over Japan. Here’s what we know By Erica R. Hendry Details were still being analyzed by the U.S. and South Korea, that country's military said in a statement. Continue reading
Sep 14 Tillerson presses China to apply oil leverage on North Korea By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press LONDON — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday urged China to use its leverage as North Korea's principal supplier of oil to press the isolated nation into reconsidering its development of nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch News Wrap: North Korea warns U.S. over UN sanctions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, North Korea rejected a new set of U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs that banned exports of textiles and capped imports of crude oil. President Trump played down the U.N. vote as Pyongyang… Continue watching
Sep 12 WATCH: White House expected to address North Korea sanctions, tax reform in news briefing By Erica R. Hendry White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders is expected to speak around 2 p.m. ET. Watch live here. Continue reading
Sep 12 WATCH: U.S. warns China, Russia must comply with sanctions on North Korea By Erica R. Hendry and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press State Department and Treasury Department officials testified to the House Foreign Affairs Committee about the U.S. pressure campaign against North Korea's rapid progress toward a nuclear weapon that could strike America. Continue reading
Sep 07 Watch 3:04 News Wrap: Equifax data hacked for roughly 143 million Americans By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, more than a third of the U.S. population could be affected by a data breach of the credit monitoring firm Equifax. The company says intruders gained access to customer information, including social security numbers and… Continue watching
Sep 07 Column: When the global economy seems to brush off big risks, prudence matters By Vikram Mansharamani August was another month during which asset markets continued to brush off the seemingly ubiquitous geopolitical and other risks facing the global economy. Many markets hit new highs, and virtually every downdraft was met with a wall of buyers eager… Continue reading
Sep 07 U.S. adds launchers to THAAD as dozens hurt in South Korea protests By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea — Dozens of people were injured in clashes between South Korean protesters and police Thursday as the U.S. military added more launchers to the high-tech missile-defense system it installed in a southern town to better cope with… Continue reading
Sep 06 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: 15 states, D.C. sue Trump for ending DACA By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, 15 states and the District of Columbia filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration over its decision to end DACA, claiming the president’s decision violates due process and is racially motivated. Also, President Trump spoke… Continue watching
Sep 05 Watch 3:31 How South Koreans are responding to pressure on North Korea from Trump By PBS News Hour South Korea conducted more military drills Tuesday, the latest to deter North Korea after its nuclear test on Sunday. But there are growing concerns about U.S.-South Korea relations, as President Trump pushes South Korea to get tougher, threatening a trade… Continue watching