President Trump and his wife Melania were greeted by dozens of protesters when they traveled to Dayton, Ohio and El Paso, Texas, Wednesday to visit the victims of last weekend’s…
more ...Body of Missing UK Astrophysicist Found on Greek Island
Greek search crews have found the body of a British scientist who went missing while on holiday on the Aegean island of Ikaria in a ravine near where she had…
more ...‘Extinction Rebellion’ Dubbed Cult, But Supporters Say Radical Change Needed
They are seen as the shock troops of a burgeoning direct-action environmental movement. Earlier this year, members of Extinction Rebellion brought the center of London and some other major British…
more ...Researchers in Uganda Start 2-Year Ebola Vaccine Trial
Researchers in Uganda this week launched a trial for a new Ebola vaccine. Eight hundred health workers involved in the fight against the Ebola virus are receiving doses of the…
more ...China Says Hong Kong in Worst Crisis Since 1997 Handover
The Chinese official responsible for overseeing Hong Kong says the Asian financial hub is facing its “most severe situation” since Britain handed over control in 1997. At a conference Wednesday…
more ...Urged to ‘Do Something,’ Ohio Governor Backs ‘Red Flag’ Law
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine on Tuesday proposed a “red flag” law that would take guns away from people who may harm themselves or others, responding to pressure for him to…
more ...Iran Asks UN Chief to Push Back Against US Sanctions on Foreign Minister
Iran asked U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday to push back against the United States after it imposed sanctions on Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, describing the move as…
more ...In Lebanon, Monastery Brings Together Christians Scattered by War
The last time Samuel Botros stepped into the Lebanese monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya was in 1978. He was 24, newly married, and the country was in the grip…
more ...NBA, Twitch Announce Deal for Digital Rights to USA Basketball
The National Basketball Association on Tuesday said that Amazon.com’s Twitch would be its exclusive digital partner for streaming USA Basketball games globally through 2020. Twitch — best known as a…
more ...Heat Headache for 2020 Planners as Tokyo Swelters Year Before Games
Soaring temperatures in Japan have killed at least 57 people since late July, authorities said on Tuesday, highlighting the health threat to athletes and fans that Olympics organizers must tackle…
more ...‘He Died Easier Than the People He Killed’
Vicheika Kann and Reaksmey Hul in Phnom Penh, and Chenda Hong in Washington contributed to this report. In his most recent photos, Nuon Chea looks like somebody’s grandfather, wearing big…
more ...China Vows ‘Countermeasures’ If US Deploys Missiles in Asia-Pacific
China says it will take “countermeasures” if the United States deploys ground-based intermediate-range missiles in the Asia-Pacific region. Fu Cong, the director of the Foreign Ministry’s arms control division,…
more ...US Farmers Suffer ‘Body Blow’ as China Slams Door on Farm Purchases
Chinese companies have stopped buying U.S. agricultural products, China’s Commerce Ministry said on Tuesday, a blow to U.S. farmers who have already seen their exports slashed by the more than…
more ...Asian Markets Suffer Steep Losses Amid Escalating US-China Trade War
The escalating trade tensions between the United States and China that sent U.S. stock prices plunging Monday continued to reverberate around the globe as Asian stock prices opened sharply lower…
more ...After Mass Shootings, Tech Industry Shuns 8chan
First, it lost its internet security provider. Then, another company cut off its new internet host. In less than 24 hours, 8chan, the online forum that the suspect in the…
more ...US Seeks to Renew Pacific Islands Security Pact to Foil China
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Monday negotiations have begun with three Pacific island nations to renew a national security agreement that would help Washington counter growing Chinese…
more ...Classmates: Ohio Shooter Kept ‘Hit List’ and ‘Rape List’
High school classmates of the gunman who killed nine people early Sunday in Dayton, Ohio, say he was suspended for compiling a “hit list” of those he wanted to kill…
more ...China’s Yuan Falls Below Sensitive Level of 7 To US Dollar
China allowed its yuan to fall below the politically sensitive level of seven to the U.S. dollar on Monday for the first time in 11 years, prompting concern Beijing might…
more ...Moon Calls for ‘Peace Economy’ With N. Korea, Slams Japan
South Korea’s president on Monday described the country’s escalating trade war with Japan as a wake-up call to revamp its economy and issued a nationalistic call for economic cooperation with…
more ...UN Investigates Staffers in Yemen for Graft in Aid Effort
The United Nations investigators assembled in the departure hall of Sanaa’s airport were preparing to leave with precious evidence: laptops and external drives collected from the staff of the World…
more ...New US Defense Chief Slams China on 1st Asian Visit
Secretary of Defense Mark Esper has slammed China’s “destabilizing” actions in the Indo-Pacific region during his first trip to the region. Speaking to reporters in Sydney with Secretary of State…
more ...Two US Mass Shootings Leave 29 Dead, Dozens Injured
Updated Aug.4, 2:10PM In 13 hours of carnage in the United States, two shooters in separate incidents killed 29 people and injured dozens, leaving authorities searching for motives behind the…
more ...US Defense Secretary Wants INF-range Missiles in Asia
U.S. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper is crisscrossing the Asia-Pacific region on his first international trip as head of the Defense Department. The trip began as the U.S. withdrew from…
more ...Nuon Chea, Ideologue of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge, Dies at 93
Nuon Chea, the chief ideologue of the communist Khmer Rouge regime that destroyed a generation of Cambodians, died Sunday, the country’s U.N.-assisted genocide tribunal said. He was 93. Nuon Chea…
more ...Israel’s Likud Rules out Netanyahu Stepping Aside
Lawmakers from Israel’s ruling Likud party say they will only accept Benjamin Netanyahu as the party’s candidate for prime minister, “regardless of the election results.” Netanyahu’s party issued a statement…
more ...Three Reporters Killed in One Week in Mexico
Mexican officials said Saturday they would investigate the killing of a journalist in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz who was the third reporter to be killed in a week…
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