TOKYO (AP) — News of the planned summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un sent shockwaves around the globe. But in North Korea — as of today, several days after the announcement — not a word about it had been reported by the state-run media. Pyongyang has been surprisingly quiet […]

CALEXICO, Calif. (AP) — The daily commute from Mexico to California farms is the same as it was before Donald Trump became president. Hundreds of Mexicans cross the border and line the sidewalks of Calexico’s tiny downtown by 4 a.m., napping on cardboard sheets and blankets or sipping coffee from a 24-hour doughnut shop until […]

NEW YORK (AP) — All five passengers aboard a helicopter that crashed into New York City’s East River were confirmed dead early this morning by a NYPD spokesman. The pilot was able to escape the Sunday night crash after the aircraft flipped upside down in the water, officials said. He was rescued by a tugboat. […]

BEIJING (AP) — When American scholar Orville Schell first visited China in 1975, Mao Zedong was leading the country through the tumultuous Cultural Revolution, when Chinese were being shamed, beaten and even killed for perceived political mistakes. Four years later, Schell returned to a nation transformed. Mao was dead, and the country was pulling itself […]

KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — A passenger plane from Bangladesh crashed as it landed today at Kathmandu airport in Nepal, an airport official said. It wasn’t clear if there were fatalities, but clouds of thick, dark smoke could be seen rising above the hilltop airport, which was immediately shut down. The official, who spoke on condition […]