Oct 01 How a question about pride ended an interview in China By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn In China, finding ways for officials to open up felt like finding blue sky through Beijing smog. Continue reading
Oct 01 Anti-government protests in Iraq lead to clashes, killing 2 By Hadi Mizban, Khalid Mohammed, Associated Press The confrontations were some of the worst in more than a year, and signaled that the war-weary country could be facing a new round of political instability. Continue reading
Oct 01 Ukraine president says U.S. never explained why aid was delayed By Associated Press While delaying the aid, President Donald Trump asked the Ukrainian leader in a July phone call to "look into" his Democratic rival Joe Biden. Continue reading
Oct 01 A year after journalist Khashoggi’s killing, Saudi Arabia has provided few details By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Jamal Khashoggis son and a U.N. investigator are speaking out ahead of the anniversary of the Washington Post columnists death at the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul. Continue reading
Oct 01 PHOTOS: China’s Communist Party celebrates 70-year rule amid Hong Kong protests By Joe McDonald, Associated Press The celebratory displays highlight Beijing's ambition for strategic influence to match its status as the second-largest global economy. Continue reading
Oct 01 Thousands protest in Hong Kong as China marks 70 years of Communist rule By Eileen Ng, John Leicester, Associated Press A shooting of a protester on Tuesday marked a dramatic escalation in violence that spread chaos to multiple areas of China's freest and most international city. Continue reading
Oct 01 North Korea and U.S. to resume nuclear talks this weekend By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The negotiations follow a months-long stalemate over the withdrawal of sanctions in exchange for disarmament. Continue reading
Sep 30 Watch 5:35 News Wrap: Kremlin says it must O.K. Putin-Trump transcript before release In our Monday news wrap, the Kremlin declared that U.S. officials need Russian consent before releasing transcripts of President Trump's phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Democratic lawmakers are pressing for their release. Also, two front-runners in Afghanistan's presidential… Continue watching
Sep 30 Watch 10:34 How China’s high-tech ‘eyes’ monitor behavior and dissent By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Technology is transforming China, helping improve life in some ways, but also collecting big data. The government is beginning to convert that data and surveillance footage into social credit scores, which critics say can be used to penalize those who… Continue watching
Sep 30 Pompeo was on Trump-Ukraine call, officials say By Associated Press It was the first confirmation that a Cabinet official was on the call in which Trump pressed President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Hunter Biden's membership on the board of a Ukrainian gas company. Continue reading