A year after Singapore, little change seen in U.S.-North Korea ties: poll
A year after the first U.S.-North Korea summit, most people in countries with a stake in the process think relations between the old rivals have not improved significantly, highlighting a stalemate in their nuclear talks, a poll shows.
With flowers and personal stories, Japan sexual abuse survivors seek reform
Sexual abuse victims and their supporters rallied in nine cities around Japan this week to protest against recent court acquittals of alleged rapists and urge reform of the nation’s anti-rape law.
Thousands of protesters paralyze Hong Kong’s financial hub over extradition bill
Chaotic scenes erupted in Hong Kong on Wednesday as tens of thousands of demonstrators stormed key roads next to government offices to protest against a proposed extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.
El Salvador says it was ‘bargaining chip’ in Mexico’s migration deal with U.S.
El Salvador’s vice president on Tuesday accused Mexico of leaving Central America out of talks with the United States over measures to stem the flow of migrants headed north, and using the region as a negotiating tool to reach a deal.
Brazil indigenous affairs official fired amid push to develop reservation land
The head of Brazil’s indigenous affairs agency said on Tuesday he was fired due to pressure from the agriculture ministry which under President Jair Bolsonaro is seeking to open reservation lands to commercial agriculture and mining.
Hong Kong protesters storm key road next to govt offices amid chaotic scenes
Chaotic scenes erupted in Hong Kong early on Wednesday as thousands of demonstrators stormed a key road next to government offices to protest against a proposed extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to mainland China for trial.
Hundreds of Hong Kong protesters storm key road as extradition protests mount
Hundreds of demonstrators tried to occupy an important arterial road near the offices of the Hong Kong government on Wednesday as protests mounted against an extradition bill that would allow people to be sent to China for trial.
Factbox: The ups and downs since Trump first met North Korea’s Kim
U.S. President Donald Trump met North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for the first time at a historic summit in Singapore on June 12 last year and there have been ups and downs in the North’s foreign relations since then.
Yemen’s Houthis attack Saudi Abha Airport with a cruise missile: Al Masirah TV
Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi movement carried out an attack on Abha Airport in Saudi Arabia with a cruise missile, the group’s Al-Masirah TV reported early on Wednesday.
U.S. companies sued over London’s deadly Grenfell Tower fire
Defects in products made by U.S. companies ignited and fueled the catastrophic 2017 Grenfell Tower fire in London that killed 72 people, according to a lawsuit filed in Philadelphia on Tuesday on behalf of injured victims and families of those killed.
