Aug 26 Police defend warning shot as Hong Kong divide widens By Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press One officer fired into the air and six held up their revolvers after protesters charged them repeatedly with metal poles, long sticks and road signs on Sunday night. Continue reading
Aug 26 Trump skips G-7 climate meeting By Sylvie Corbet, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Trump was scheduled to attend Monday's session on climate, biodiversity and oceans at the G-7 summit in Biarritz , but didn't. Continue reading
Aug 26 WATCH: Trump holds joint news conference with France's Macron at G-7 U.S. President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron are scheduled to hold a news conference at the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France. Watch live in the video player. Continue reading
Aug 26 G-7 leaders dedicate $20 million to fight Amazon fires By Associated Press Macron said the U.S. supported the initiative, although he acknowledged that President Donald Trump had skipped Monday's working session on the environment. Continue reading
Aug 26 Indonesia to move capital from Jakarta to Borneo By Niniek Karmini, Associated Press The country's capital will move from overcrowded, sinking and polluted Jakarta to a site in sparsely populated East Kalimantan province on Borneo island, known for rainforests and orangutans. Continue reading
Aug 26 Trump says he approved of Iran's diplomat coming to G-7 By Lori Hinnant, Sylvie Corbet, Zeke Miller, Associated Press French President Emmanuel Macron's invited Iran's foreign minister to the sidelines of the G-7 in hopes that he could secure a breakthrough in global tensions over Iran's nuclear program. Continue reading
Aug 26 Trump claims serious trade negotiations to begin with China By Zeke Miller, Darlene Superville, Associated Press Trump said his trade negotiators had received two "very good calls" from China Sunday. A spokesman for China's foreign ministry said he didn't know what Trump was talking about. Continue reading
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 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