Can China’s new Arctic Sea route to Europe replace Middle East chokepoints?
Beijing's new 'Ice Silk Road' cuts through a melting Arctic, and could prompt fresh tensions with the US, say analysts.
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit South Korea from August 19-20 – Reuters
- China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi to visit South Korea from August 19-20 Reuters
- World in Brief: Donald Trump threatens Oman; China and South Korea get closer The Economist
- China’s Top Envoy to Visit Seoul as Trump Shakes US-Korea Ties Bloomberg.com
- Wang Yi heads to Seoul as Trump cuts South Korea drills, opening door for China South China Morning Post
- President Lee to Meet Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi the Day After Tomorrow... Focus on 'Multilateral End-of-War Discussions' news.sbs.co.kr
South Korea president calls for military independence in wake of Trump call to cut joint drills
Lee Jae Myung reiterates desire for full command back in Seoul’s hands after Donald Trump cuts joint exercises, citing warm ties with Kim Jong-un
South Korea’s president has renewed his push to regain independent control of the military from the US in the event of war and urged faster progress in acquiring nuclear-powered submarines after Donald Trump’s order to cut joint drills.
On Sunday night, Trump instructed the Pentagon to “substantially reduce” this week’s joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the nuclear-armed North “has been unthreatening and respectful” and that the US president had a “very good relationship with Kim Jong-un”.
Continue reading...Trump says N Korea’s Kim has responded to his request for a conversation
US president says conversations with Kim Jong Un at a 'positive' stage and slams Seoul for refusing to join war on Iran.
Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country’s worst with over 2,300 dead – apnews.com
- Congo’s fast-moving Ebola outbreak becomes the country’s worst with over 2,300 dead apnews.com
- Congo's Ebola outbreak reaches 5,000 cases as it outpaces response efforts NPR
- Mobile gold miners in eastern Congo complicate health workers’ efforts to contain Ebola apnews.com
- Ebola in DRC: 'The evolution of this epidemic has exceeded our gravest expectations' Outbreak News Today
- Ebola outbreak now deadliest ever in DR Congo as death rate reaches 46% CIDRAP
Tupac murder trial: ‘All hell broke loose’ night of rapper’s shooting, witness says
After he was shot multiple times, Tupac Shakur refused to cooperate with police and told an officer "we'll take care of it", an officer testified.
Can Trump limit birthright citizenship? Legal experts are doubtful
Trump’s new order targeting ‘birth tourism’ faces an uphill legal battle after an earlier Supreme Court defeat.
A hero’s welcome as Cameroon parades its first Women’s AFCON title
Cameroon’s women’s football team received a hero’s welcome in Yaounde after winning its first Women’s Africa Cup
‘A floating prison’ – sailors describe life on warships like USS Lincoln
Concerns have mounted about conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed since 11 December.
Inside secret police warehouse as Germany targets small boats gangs
German authorities seize dinghies and life jackets during their first raids under a new law that cracks down on smuggling.
Why Indian law students don’t want top judge at their graduation ceremony
Students from two premier law universities say they don't want Chief Justice Surya Kant to attend their convocations.
Hichilema wins second term as president of copper-rich Zambia
Hichilema wins Zambia’s election with 60% after attacks on election officials briefly halted the vote count.
The never-ending myth of a looming Ukrainian ‘breakthrough’ – Responsible Statecraft
A physics graduate, a soccer player, a teen who couldn’t swim: They died in the Ceuta migrant surge – Yahoo
Watch: What we learned from opening statements in Tupac murder trial
The BBC's Shaimaa Khalil breaks down the key arguments as the long-awaited trial gets under way.
A looming rock collapse threatens a Swiss village as thawing permafrost destabilizes the Alps – AP News
Student killed in Philippines Catholic school shooting
The alleged shooter, also a student, later took his own life.
60 days after signing Iran deal, Trump stuck in quagmire as war drags on – The Washington Post
- 60 days after signing Iran deal, Trump stuck in quagmire as war drags on The Washington Post
- The 60-day deadline for an Iran peace deal is expiring. Here’s where things stand AP News
- CNBC Daily Open: U.S.-Iran ceasefire set to expire CNBC
- US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding expires: How and why it fell apart Al Jazeera
- U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War The New York Times
60 days after signing Iran deal, Trump stuck in quagmire as war drags on – The Washington Post
- 60 days after signing Iran deal, Trump stuck in quagmire as war drags on The Washington Post
- The 60-day deadline for an Iran peace deal is expiring. Here’s where things stand AP News
- CNBC Daily Open: U.S.-Iran ceasefire set to expire CNBC
- US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding expires: How and why it fell apart Al Jazeera
- U.S. and Iran Blow Through Deadline to Agree to a Broad Deal to End War The New York Times
Thousands mourn Jason Arday in London, blaming ‘racist’ press for his death
Mourners blame relentless and 'racist' media scrutiny for former Cambridge University professor's death.