Jun 16 North Korea blows up inter-Korean office, raising tensions By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, in a carefully choreographed display of anger that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula and puts pressure on… Continue reading
Jun 16 Beijing expands lockdowns as cases top 100 in new outbreak By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Chinese authorities locked down a third neighborhood in Beijing on Tuesday as they rushed to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus outbreak that has infected more than 100 people in a country that appeared to have largely contained the… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 3:11 News Wrap: FDA revokes approval for hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 treatment In our news wrap Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration withdrew emergency approval for hospitals to use hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. The FDA said the malaria drug is unlikely to be effective against the coronavirus. Meanwhile, infections continue to… Continue watching
Jun 15 Watch 4:21 Paul Whelan and Maria Ressa, Americans held abroad, convicted in controversial trials By Nick Schifrin, Layla Quran Two Americans held overseas have been convicted in controversial court cases. In Russia, former Marine Paul Whelan was sentenced to 16 years in prison after a trial the U.S. ambassador to Russia called “a mockery of justice.” In the Philippines,… Continue watching
Jun 15 EU urges U.S. to join new Middle East peace effort By Lorne Cook, Associated Press European Union foreign ministers want the United States to join them in a new effort to breathe life into long-stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. Continue reading
Jun 15 Mexico president would sell gas to Venezuela if asked despite U.S. sanctions By Associated Press Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he'd be willing to sell gasoline to Venezuela despite U.S. sanctions against the South American nation. López Obrador said Monday there's been no request, but he'd be willing to sell gasoline for humanitarian… Continue reading
Jun 15 France backs off chokehold ban, adds stun guns for police By Arno Pedram, Lori Hinnant, Associated Press France's government is testing stun guns for wider use and backing off a ban on police chokeholds after French police staged protests around the country last week. The government says it will allow chokeholds until a better immobilization tactic emerges,… Continue reading
Jun 15 Stocks sink worldwide as coronavirus infections rise again By Stan Choe, Associated Press The S&P 500 was down 0.9% in midday trading, though it pared its loss through the morning after being down 2.5% earlier. Continue reading
Jun 15 Philippine journalist convicted of libel and sentenced to 6 years By Jim Gomez, Aaron Favila, Associated Press An award-winning journalist critical of the Philippine president was convicted of libel and sentenced to jail Monday in a decision called a major blow to press freedom in an Asian bastion of democracy. Continue reading
Jun 15 U.K.'s Boris Johnson creates anti-racism panel, but critics want more By Jill Lawless, Associated Press Writing in Monday's Daily Telegraph newspaper, Johnson said the body would look at “all aspects of inequality — in employment, in health outcomes, in academic and all other walks of life.”… Continue reading