Jun 10 Photos: On the ground in Singapore during the Trump-Kim summit By Dan Sagalyn Singapore is a sprawling city, and it appears that most people hardly notice President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are in town for a summit on Tuesday, except for certain pockets where security is tight and… Continue reading
Jun 10 Watch 8:08 The only certainty about Trump-Kim summit is uncertainty By PBS News Hour President Trump landed in Singapore’s on Sunday, hoping to replace the frostiness of the G-7 meeting by making history with one of the world’s most isolated dictators. On Tuesday, Trump will meet with North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who until… Continue watching
Jun 10 Watch 7:15 The significance of the G-7 acrimony By PBS News Hour President Trump on Saturday used Twitter to send angry messages about the G-7 summit he had just left. Trump tweeted that he would not endorse a joint-communique released at the end of the summit and attacked Canadian Prime Minister Justin… Continue watching
Jun 10 Worried, hopeful and wary: Neighbors await Kim-Trump summit By Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press North Korea’s East Asia neighbors — Japan, China and South Korea — have a shared goal of denuclearizing the peninsula, but what may come out of Tuesday’s summit in Singapore between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s Kim Jong Un… Continue reading
Jun 10 I go to El Salvador despite the danger because the kids there need my medical expertise By Christopher Hartnick, The Conversation As the founder and director of Operation Airway, a nonprofit that treats kids with breathing problems, I have led teams of surgeons and other medical professionals on missions across the world for the past decade. Our team,… Continue reading
Jun 10 Trump pulls out of joint G-7 statement, attacks Trudeau By Catherine Lucey, Rob Gillies, Associated Press The annual G-7 summit appeared to have weathered tensions over President Donald Trump’s threats of a tariff-fueled trade war until the mercurial American pulled out of a joint statement while citing “false statements” by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Continue reading
Jun 10 Business as usual in North Korea as public unaware of summit By Eric Talmadge, Associated Press With few sources of information other than the state-run media, gossip and word of mouth, most North Koreans are still largely in the dark about the momentous — and potentially life-changing — events that are about to take place outside… Continue reading
Jun 10 Spain rescues 334 migrants from Mediterranean, finds 4 dead By Associated Press Spain's maritime rescue service says its patrol craft reached nine different boats carrying migrants that had left from African shores throughout Saturday and early Sunday. Continue reading
Jun 10 Trump, Kim arrive in Singapore ahead of high-stakes summit By Foster Klug, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump landed in Singapore on Sunday evening, joining North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the island city-state ahead of one of the most unusual and highly anticipated summits in recent world history. Continue reading
Jun 09 How the G-7 looks from Russia By Ryan Chilcote Russia’s “window to the West” has been all but boarded up and not just because of the sanctions. Continue reading