Things are getting scary in Hong Kong. The Really Serious Protesters have barricaded Hennessey Road in Wanchai with flaming trashcans and tires, and are massed behind the fires ready for…what? The PLA has shifted troops MORE
So, on Wednesday, someone left a half-eaten plate of mac and cheese on a sidewalk in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Then, this happened: Unfortunately, on Thursday, the “installation” disappeared. But CTV learned who had made the MORE
Russia has said President Donald Trump has the right to put an offer on Denmark’s semi-autonomous territory of Greenland. Reports earlier this month of Trump’s desire to buy the world’s largest island, which lies between MORE
While the Islamic State has lost much of its foothold in Iraq and Syria over the past few years of fighting, the militant group is still a global threat with up to $300 million in its coffers, MORE
LONDON —Prime Minister Boris Johnson has asked Queen Elizabeth II on Wednesday to delay opening the parliament, effectively robbing the opposition of time to thwart a no-deal Brexit and prompting howls of outrage from lawmakers. MORE
Facing an avalanche of criticism over the fires raging across the Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil pledged that his government would take a “zero tolerance” approach to environmental crimes MORE
President Donald Trump has been mocked after remarking that he has German in his blood while expressing excitement over a proposed future trip to Germany. Trump made the comments during a meeting with German Chancellor MORE
The G7’s pledge of $20m (£16m) to douse the fires in the Amazon has been dismissed as “chump change” by environmental campaigners, as concerns grow about political cooperation on deforestation and other climate issues. The MORE
CNN has put together a series of fact checking segments on Trump’s performance at the G-7 Summit. Please watch below: The biggest take away from Trump’s performance at the G-7, “The Truth Doesn’t Matter.”
A reporter asked Trump about Russia’s ouster from the G-7, previously known as G-8. Trump, once again, falsely claimed that Russia outsmarted Obama. “It was annexed during President Obama — I know you like President MORE
On Monday, Trump claimed China called his top trade people last night and said the country wanted to make a deal. “China called last night our top trade people and said ‘let’s get back to MORE
French President Emmanuel Macron confirmed to reporters that Trump did not attend today’s G-7 Summit’s session on climate, biodiversity, and oceans. MORE
From the Washington Post: Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif made a surprise visit to the city hosting the Group of Seven summit Sunday, a move that caught President Trump off-guard and added another element MORE
The White House said President Trump’s earlier suggestion that he regretted escalating the trade war with China was “misinterpreted” and that what he regrets is not raising tariffs higher. MORE
On his way to the G-7 meeting in France, Trump answered a few questions from the press, since we no longer have press conferences, and made a few comments. New format, bullet points: On tariffs: MORE
From The Hill and Yonhap News Agency: North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles into the East Sea on Saturday local time, South Korea’s military announced, the seventh such launch in less than a month. The South Korean MORE
U.S. stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Friday after China said it will slap new tariffs on U.S. goods. At around 8:06 a.m. ET, Dow Jones Industrial Average futures were down 90 points, indicating a MORE
Trump’s hand picked Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell spoke at the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City’s annual symposium where he suggested, “the central bank is limited in its ability to counteract President Trump’s trade MORE
China announced it will place $75 billion dollars in new tariffs and resume 25% tariffs on US automobiles beginning September 1, 2019. The new tariffs will take place in two increments with the second round MORE
This year alone, Brazil has suffered “72,843 fires with more than half in the Amazon region,’the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) said. That’s more than an 80% increase compared with the same period last MORE
President Donald Trump on Wednesday declared himself “the chosen one” as he defended his administration’s actions in the ongoing U.S.-China trade war. The president’s self-aggrandizing remark followed a string of criticisms aimed at his predecessors, MORE
BEIJING — China said Wednesday that it will levy sanctions against U.S. companies linked to a planned $8 billion sale of advanced F-16V fighter jets to Taiwan in a move that has further strained Sino-American MORE
Manchester United have “utterly condemned” the racist abuse aimed at Paul Pogba after the midfielder missed a penalty against Wolves, calling it “disgusting.” The midfielder stepped up ahead of Marcus Rashford, who was successful from MORE
At the Otay Mesa cargo facility in San Diego, CA, authorities seized nearly four tons of marijuana in a shipment of jalapeño peppers. The marijuana was valued at approximately $2.3 million dollars. Otay Mesa Port MORE
Marium, an orphaned baby dugong who became a beloved conservation symbol after photographs of her nuzzling human caretakers went viral earlier this year, has died. MORE