May 27 S. Korea: Kim commits to summit with Trump, denuclearization By Hyung-Jin Kim and Foster Klug, Associated Press South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Sunday that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un committed in their surprise meeting to sitting down with President Donald Trump and to a “complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.”… Continue reading
May 26 Powerful cyclone strikes Oman, Yemen; 5 dead, 30 missing By Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Cyclone Mekunu caused flash flooding that tore away whole roadways and submerged others in Salalah, Oman’s third-largest city. Continue reading
May 26 North and South Korean leaders hold surprise 2nd summit By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met for the second time in a month on Saturday, at a surprise summit to discuss Kim's possible meeting with President Donald Trump. Continue reading
May 26 Prime minister, abortion rights groups claim win in Ireland By Gregory Katz and Renata Brito, Associated Press Abortion rights activists proclaimed victory for social justice Saturday as exit polls and early results indicated Ireland had voted overwhelmingly to repeal a 1983 constitutional ban on abortions. Continue reading
May 25 Watch 5:45 News Wrap: One day after cancelling, Trump sounds hopeful note on North Korea summit In our news wrap Friday, President Trump suggested his summit with North Korea's Kim Jong Un could be resurrected. The North Korean vice foreign minister said Pyongyang is ready to hold talks "at any time, at any format." Also, the… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 3:56 Vote over abortion ban underscores how Ireland is changing By Nick Schifrin In historically religious Ireland, the voting booths are in churches. But this is not the same country once dominated by Catholicism. A new constitutional amendment up for vote on Friday would allow Parliament to legalize unrestricted abortion during the first… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 9:22 FARC drops its weapons, but Colombia's deadly conflict goes on By Nadja Drost, Bruno Frederico Despite the peace deal, new waves of deadly violence are hitting many areas of Colombia, especially those once under FARC-rebel control. And it's targeting the very people -- activists and social leaders -- for whom the peace deal was supposed… Continue watching
May 25 Watch 12:50 Shields and Brooks on North Korea summit canceled, Trump's attacks on Russia probe Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week’s news, including President Trump calling off his summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the outcome of Tuesday’s primaries for Democrats… Continue watching
May 25 Amid confusion, EU enacts new data privacy law By Danica Kirka, Associated Press The new law comes at a time when advances in technology make data more valuable, and therefore raise the stakes in protecting it. Continue reading
May 25 Trump says North Korea 'very much' wants summit By Catherine Lucey, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Donald Trump on Friday warmly welcomed North Korea's promising response to his abrupt withdrawal from the potentially historic Singapore summit and said "we're talking to them now" about putting it back on track. Continue reading