Sep 25 Trump’s travel ban unlikely to affect North Korea By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press President Donald Trump’s new restrictions on visitors from several nations are largely symbolic in North Korea’s case, because not many of its citizens visit the United States. Continue reading
Sep 24 Trump signs proclamation restricting travel from 8 countries By Jill Colvin, Associated Press The new rules, which will impact the citizens of Chad, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen, go into effect on October 18. Continue reading
Sep 24 Merkel claims victory in German election as far-right party joins parliament By Michael D. Regan Angela Merkel's conservative coalition, made up of the Christian Democratic Union party and the Christian Social Union, combined to take an estimated 33 percent of the vote. Continue reading
Sep 24 Scientists closing in on the dawn of plate tectonics By Shannon Hall, Scientific American The massive slabs of Earth’s crust might have started their journey more than 3.5 billion years ago. Continue reading
Sep 24 In the Caribbean, colonialism and inequality mean hurricanes hit harder By Levi Gahman and Gabrielle Thongs, The Conversation The Caribbean is facing its second deadly hurricane in as many weeks. The region's extreme vulnerability to disaster also reflects entrenched inequality. Continue reading
Sep 23 Watch 8:54 Merkel beating backlash to refugee policy in reelection bid By PBS News Hour German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s decision in 2015 to admit more than a million migrants and refugees into the country has come to define this year’s election. While Merkel is the leading candidate for what would be her fourth term, critics… Continue watching
Sep 23 U.S. flies bomber, fighter mission off North Korean coast By Robert Burns and Matthew Pennington, Associated Press The Pentagon says B-1B bombers from Guam and F-15 fighter escorts from Okinawa, Japan, have flown a mission in international airspace over the waters east of North Korea. Continue reading
Sep 23 Twin earthquakes expose Mexico’s deep inequality By Luis Gómez Romero, The Conversation Shattered by powerful back-to-back earthquakes, Mexico is facing daunting damages across six states. Now Chiapas and Oaxaca, the country's two poorest states, which were hit first, fear neglect. Continue reading
Sep 22 Watch 6:30 Cleaning up from the quake, Mexico continues search for survivors and answers By PBS News Hour Search-and-rescue missions continue across Mexico City in the wake of the massive earthquake that struck the country Tuesday afternoon. There is a rush to bring machinery in and clean the rubble, but some worry that an abrupt clean-up would erase… Continue watching
Sep 22 Watch 5:27 In Puerto Rico after Maria, ‘we’ve got nothing and we don’t know for how long we’ll go without’ By PBS News Hour Stories from storm victims in Puerto Rico are emerging after Hurricane Maria knocked out communications and power on the island. It could take years for some Caribbean islands to fully recover as the storm continues to move across the region… Continue watching