May 17 Twitter chat: The royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle and its deeper cultural meaning By Dan Cooney Is there a deeper meaning to the royal wedding on Saturday? What are the cultural impacts? We discussed these themes during our recent #NewsHourChats. Continue reading
May 17 WATCH: Trump pleased by NATO allies’ defense spending By Associated Press President Donald Trump is pointing to his work to push NATO countries to increase their defense spending as he meets at the White House with the NATO leader. Continue reading
May 17 WATCH: Trump tells North Korea’s Kim to denuclearize or risk overthrow By Zeke Miller, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The president said that if Kim were to agree to denuclearize, "he'll get protections that would be very strong."… Continue reading
May 17 Seoul pushes for successful Trump-Kim talks as North warns By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea strongly criticized South Korea over ongoing U.S.-South Korean military exercises on Thursday and said it will not return to talks with its rival until Seoul resolves its grievances. Continue reading
May 17 Congo reports first urban case of Ebola. Here’s what that means for the outbreak By Saleh Mwanamilongo, Carley Petesch, Associated Press Congo's latest Ebola outbreak has spread to a city of more than 1 million people, a worrying shift as the deadly virus risks traveling more easily in densely populated areas. Continue reading
May 16 Watch 3:27 North Korea casts doubt on Kim-Trump summit, rejects total disarmament North Korea upset months of thawing relations on Wednesday by threatening to cancel the June summit with President Trump if the U.S. continues to push Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear weapons. Judy Woodruff reports on the response from the White… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 5:50 Why North Korea is threatening to pull out of the U.S. summit What seemed like a sure thing a week ago in now up in the air. A top North Korean official released a statement saying that they are not interested if the U.S. insists on complete nuclear disarmament. Judy Woodruff talks… Continue watching
May 16 Watch 9:53 Yemen was poor before, but ‘the war just finished us’ By Marcia Biggs It's being called the forgotten war. With access for journalists limited and dangerous, Yemen, home to the world's worst humanitarian crisis, goes largely ignored. Special correspondent Marcia Biggs was able to enter the country to learn how its people are… Continue watching
May 16 Those injured in Gaza’s deadly protests flood local hospitals By Larisa Epatko The 2,700 people injured in the Gaza protests this week included 1,360 by live fire, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. Continue reading
May 16 U.S. hasn’t been notified about threat to cancel summit, Trump said By Zeke Miller, Catherine Lucey, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid fresh uncertainty over his planned summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, President Donald Trump Wednesday said that he is committed to pressing for the country to abandon its nuclear program as part of any… Continue reading