Sep 14 Tillerson presses China to apply oil leverage on North Korea By Matthew Pennington, Associated Press LONDON — U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday urged China to use its leverage as North Korea's principal supplier of oil to press the isolated nation into reconsidering its development of nuclear weapons. Continue reading
Sep 14 Poll: 93 percent of Mexicans have ‘no confidence’ in Donald Trump By Luis Alonso Lugo, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Mexicans dislike President Donald Trump. A lot. According to a new poll, just 5 percent of Mexicans trust Trump’s judgment in international affairs. That’s the American leader’s lowest rating among citizens of more than three dozen nations polled… Continue reading
Sep 14 In Cuba, mystery deepens over attacks on U.S. diplomats By Josh Lederman, Michael Weissenstein, Matthew Lee, Associated Press Suspicion initially focused on a sonic weapon, and on the Cubans. Yet the diagnosis of mild brain injury, considered unlikely to result from sound, has confounded the FBI, the State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies involved in the investigation. Continue reading
Sep 13 Watch 7:57 When limiting access to violent extremist videos could be erasing evidence By PBS News Hour Aiming to remove violent and extremist content from its website, YouTube took down hundreds of videos from the Syrian war. But researchers and advocates have pushed back, claiming the company removed potential evidence of human rights violations. Former U.S. Ambassador… Continue watching
Sep 13 Watch 3:14 Irma-ravaged Anguillians say they need more help from the UK By PBS News Hour The British government has been the target of criticism over its response to devastating Hurricane Irma on the Caribbean island of Anguilla, where residents say they need fuel, water, food and electricity. Alex Thomson of Independent Television News interviews British… Continue watching
Sep 13 Tortola island in the Caribbean ‘like a war zone,’ says hurricane survivor By Larisa Epatko JoeAnne Harrigan, 50, huddled with nine members of her family in the stairwell of her mother’s home when Hurricane Irma smacked Tortola island in the Caribbean on Wednesday. For more than three hours, they took turns holding the door shut… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch News Wrap: North Korea warns U.S. over UN sanctions By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, North Korea rejected a new set of U.N. sanctions over its nuclear and missile programs that banned exports of textiles and capped imports of crude oil. President Trump played down the U.N. vote as Pyongyang… Continue watching
Sep 12 Watch Is the island of Anguilla getting the Irma aid it needs? By PBS News Hour When Hurricane Irma shattered islands across the Caribbean, one of the hardest hit was Anguilla, where residents in need of food, water, fuel and electricity received the first major delivery of aid from Britain six days after the storm hit. Continue watching
Sep 12 Supreme Court will allow Trump administration ban on most refugees By Mark Sherman, Associated Press The order was not the court's last word on the travel policy that President Donald Trump first rolled out in January. The justices are scheduled to hear arguments on Oct. 10 on the legality of the bans on travelers from… Continue reading
Sep 12 Trump meeting with Malaysian prime minister comes under scrutiny By Julie Bykowicz, Eileen Ng, Associated Press White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said later Tuesday that she was "not aware" of the corruption accusation coming up during Trump's conversations with Najib. Continue reading