THE MESSAGE was hard to miss. “Welcome to Hanoi, city of peace” read the multi-coloured, flashing LED display on the road from the airport into central Hanoi. Placards depicting stylised doves and hands clasped in a deal-sealing shake lined the streets all over town. Even the South Korean pastry chain catering to the press got…
HANOI, Vietnam — President Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea’s leader, abruptly ended their second summit meeting on Thursday after talks collapsed with the two leaders failing to agree on any steps toward nuclear disarmament or measures to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula. “Sometimes you have to walk,” Mr. Trump said at an afternoon…
Four Alaska Airlines crew members on a Chicago-to-Seattle flight were sent to the hospital and four others aboard were treated for respiratory problems upon landing after a “sweet burning smell” permeated the cabin on a Wednesday flight. This is the second time in a week that an Alaska Airlines flight was grounded due to a…
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's former lawyer and longtime fixer, sent shockwaves through Washington when he testified against his former boss before the House Oversight Committee. The highly anticipated hearing came as Trump weathers numerous federal and state investigations into his businesses, campaign, charitable foundation, inaugural committee, and administration. Before he pleaded guilty to several…
A SMALL CROWD has gathered around a plastic table by a dusty roadside in the eastern Nigerian town of Yola. As an electoral officer announces that Muhammadu Buhari, the incumbent president, has won the most votes there, his supporters in the crowd erupt, cheering and dancing. Fans of his main challenger, Atiku Abubakar, who cast…
Michael D. Cohen, the former lawyer and fixer for President Donald J. Trump, takes the stand on Wednesday morning to testify publicly against Mr. Trump before the House Oversight Committee.
The BBC and ITV are joining forces and setting their sights on Netflix in the United Kingdom—with the launch of their own streaming service. The two broadcasters, responsible for hits such as Doctor Who and Bodyguard, are in the “concluding phase of talks” to launch Britbox in the U.K. in the second half of the…
WASHINGTON — The House of Representatives passed a resolution Tuesday to terminate President Donald Trump's national-emergency declaration to reprogram federal funds for construction of additional physical barriers along the US-Mexico border. The vote is a stern rebuke of Trump, who has drawn lawsuits and widespread criticism for utilizing emergency powers to justify building his long-promised…
INDIANS AND Pakistanis awoke on the morning of February 26th to alarming, if contradictory, news. Indian fighter jets bombed an alleged terrorist training camp in Pakistan overnight, officials in Delhi said, in retaliation for a suicide attack that killed some 40 soldiers in Indian-administered Kashmir two weeks ago. They claimed the strike, near the town…
SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump arrived in Vietnam on Tuesday to discuss denuclearization with Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, capping off months of threats and weapons tests, recriminations and rapprochements. As the men prepared to meet for the second time in eight months, their avowed goal of achieving a lasting peace and…
