Jun 11 Spain offers to take in migrant ship amid Italy-Malta standoff By Nicole Winfield, Aritz Parra, Associated Press Spain stepped up Monday and offered to take in a rescue ship carrying more than 600 migrants after Italy and Malta refused. Continue reading
Jun 11 Pope Francis begins purge at Chilean church over sex abuse scandal By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis accepted the resignation of the bishop at the center of Chile's clerical sex abuse scandal and two others, launching a purge of a Catholic Church that has lost its credibility under an avalanche of accusations of abuse and… Continue reading
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