Jul 09 Theresa May defends Brexit plan after Cabinet departures By Associated Press British Prime Minister Theresa May has defended her post-Brexit trade plan that sparked Cabinet resignations, saying it is the only way to avoid a hard border with Ireland. Continue reading
Jul 09 Boris Johnson quits UK government in mounting Brexit crisis By Jill Lawless, Associated Press British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson resigned Monday, adding to divisions over Brexit that threaten to tear apart Prime Minister Theresa May's government. Continue reading
Jul 09 Rescuers search for dozens still missing after Japan floods By Haruka Nuga, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Rescuers in southwestern Japan dug up more bodies Monday as they searched for dozens still missing after heavy rains caused severe flooding and left residents to return to their homes unsure where to start the cleanup. Continue reading
Jul 09 U.S. and Europe clamp down on migration even as arrivals drop By Karl Ritter, Associated Press As NATO allies convene, one issue not on their formal agenda but never far from their thoughts is immigration — even though illegal border crossings are decreasing on both sides of the Atlantic. Continue reading
Jul 08 Woman poisoned with nerve agent in England dies By Associated Press British police say a woman who was exposed to a nerve agent in southern England has died. Continue reading
Jul 08 Watch 9:58 Children of Bosnian wartime rape victims seek justice By PBS News Hour Serbian men raped tens of thousands of Bosnian Muslim women during the Bosnian War between 1992 and 1995, a genocidal tactic to terrorize and destroy Muslim communities. Now, the people conceived by those assaults are adults and finding ways to… Continue watching
Jul 08 Pompeo appeals for North Korea to replicate Vietnam’s ‘miracle’ By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday appealed for North Korea's leadership to follow Vietnam's path in overcoming past hostilities with the United States. Continue reading
Jul 08 4 rescued from Thailand cave as rescue operation underway By Tassanee Vejpongsa, Kaweewit Kaewjinda, Associated Press Rescuers in northern Thailand on Sunday extracted at least four members of a youth soccer team from the cave where they had been trapped for more than two week. Continue reading
Jul 07 Watch 2:54 Settlement with China over trade war unlikely By PBS News Hour The trade war between the world’s two largest economies officially began Friday as tariffs on $34 billion of Chinese goods went into effect. Calling it the “biggest trade war in economic history,” Chinese officials had said China would raise similar… Continue watching
Jul 07 Watch 1:50 Global temperatures reach extreme highs, breaking records By PBS News Hour Heat waves broke records around the world this week. While Burbank airport in California touched 114 degrees, Montreal in Canada recorded a high of 97.9 degrees. In Glasgow, Scotland, the temperature was a record-breaking 89.4 degrees on June 28 and… Continue watching