Aug 29 Russian strike on a Ukrainian warehouse kills 37 in the war's deadliest attack this year By Katie Marie Davies, Dan Bashakov, Volodymyr Yurchuk, Associated Press The Friday night attack on the warehouse in Myla, a village in the Bucha district, came on the second of three days of nearly round-the-clock Russian strikes that have severely disrupted life in and around the Ukrainian capital. Continue reading
Aug 28 Trump says U.S. has entered deal with Venezuela to control 65 billion barrels of its oil reserves By Aamer Madhani, Associated Press The announcement of the deal comes nearly nine months after the U.S. military at Trump’s direction carried out an operation to capture Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro and spirit him to the United States to face federal narcoterrorism and drug trafficking charges. Continue reading
Aug 28 Why Trump wants a meeting with Kim Jong Un – and what North Korea wants in return By Nick Schifrin North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has emerged in the last few years more influential, richer, better armed and with more accurate weapons. Yet once again, President Trump is appealing to an authoritarian to restart summit diplomacy. Compass Points moderator… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch Why Trump wants a meeting with Kim Jong Un – and what North Korea wants in return By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Madison Staten, Satvi Sunkara, Veronica Vela, Zeba Warsi, Juliet Fuisz, Alexa Gold, Sonia Kopelev, Zoie Lambert North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has emerged in the last few years more influential, richer, better armed and with more accurate weapons. Yet once again, President Trump is appealing to an authoritarian to restart summit diplomacy. Compass Points moderator… Continue reading
Aug 28 Watch 5:12 Devastating scale of Himalayan floods comes into focus as rescuers arrive By Stephanie Sy, Eliot Barnhart Three days after a catastrophic wall of water, mud and rock tore through Nepal’s Himalayan valleys, the scale of the disaster is still coming into focus. At least 579 people are now confirmed dead, nearly 2,000 remain missing, and the… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 5:56 News Wrap: Friday marks 6 months since Iran war started In our news wrap Friday, it has been six months since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, a conflict that President Trump said would last weeks, Trump honored the Artemis II crew with the Congressional Space Medal of… Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 5:53 Groundbreaking treatments and vaccines offer hope in fight against cancer By William Brangham, Solveig Rennan Sandbulte There have been several promising developments lately in cancer research and treatment, including a new drug approved by the FDA this week for advanced pancreatic cancer. William Brangham reports. Continue watching
Aug 28 Watch 11:54 Brooks and Capehart on Trump's 'forever trade war' By Geoff Bennett, Ali Schmitz David Brooks of The Atlantic and Jonathan Capehart of MS NOW join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including President Trump's trade war and dispute with Canada, the legal fight over mail-in ballots, the public backlash to AI… Continue watching
Aug 28 Ebola outbreak in Congo spreads to 2 new health zones, bringing total to 60 areas affected By Associated Press The two new zones affected are Biena and Manguredjipa in Congo’s North Kivu province, where the case fatality rate is much higher than the overall rate of 48%, due in part to delayed response efforts, according to Congo’s Ministry of… Continue reading
Aug 28 Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by ICE in New Orleans By Safiyah Riddle, Associated Press U.S. immigration officials arrested controversial British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday in New Orleans, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Continue reading