- California Assembly OKs highest minimum wage in nation
- S. Korea unveils first graphic cigarette warnings
- US joins with South Korea, Japan in bid to deter North Korea
- LPGA golfer Chun In-gee finally back in action
- S. Korea won’t be top seed in final World Cup qualification round
- US men’s soccer misses 2nd straight Olympics
- US back on track in qualifying with 4-0 win over Guatemala
- High-intensity workout injuries spawn cottage industry
- CDC expands range of Zika mosquitoes into parts of Northeast
- Who knew? ‘The Walking Dead’ is helping families connect
All posts tagged "topstories"
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A Rare Round of Diplomacy From North Korea’s Top Diplomat
By GARDINER HARRIS https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/world/asia/north-korea-asean-tillerson.html MANILA — A Southeast Asian diplomatic meeting quietly turned into the first real multiparty bargaining session in eight years to tackle North Korea’s nuclear program, as the country’s top diplomat held a rare round...
- Posted August 8, 2017
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Our Broken Economy, in One Simple Chart
By DAVID LEONHARDT https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/08/07/opinion/leonhardt-income-inequality.html Many Americans can’t remember anything other than an economy with skyrocketing inequality, in which living standards for most Americans are stagnating and the rich are pulling away. It feels inevitable. But it’s not....
- Posted August 8, 2017
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Getting Trump Out of My Brain
David Brooks New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/opinion/getting-trump-out-of-my-brain.html Last week The Washington Post published transcripts of Donald Trump’s conversations with foreign leaders. A dear friend sent me an email suggesting I read them because they reveal how Trump’s mind...
- Posted August 8, 2017
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North Korea’s Alarmed Neighbors Consider Deploying Deadlier Weapons
By JONATHAN SOBLE and CHOE SANG-HUNAUG. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/08/world/asia/north-korea-japan-missile-south.html TOKYO — North Korea’s rapidly advancing nuclear program has prompted politicians in Japan and South Korea to push for the deployment of more powerful weapons, in what could lead to a regional arms...
- Posted August 8, 2017
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North Korea Rails Against New Sanctions. Whether They Will Work Is Unclear.
By JANE PERLEZ and RICK GLADSTONE https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/07/world/asia/north-korea-responds-sanctions-united-states.html The Trump administration has hailed the latest United Nations sanctions against nuclear-armed North Korea as the most severe yet, and the North’s fury over the penalties suggested they carried some sting. In...
- Posted August 8, 2017
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Dodgers’ Ryu Hyun-jin collects 4th win of season vs. Mets
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) — Ryu Hyun-jin of the Los Angeles Dodgers has collected his fourth win of 2017 after throwing a scoreless start against the New York Mets. Ryu improved to 4-6 after holding the Mets...
- Posted August 7, 2017
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N. Korea’s foreign minister claims S. Korea’s offer for talks lacks sincerity
MANILA, Aug. 7 (Yonhap) — North Korea’s foreign minister dismissed South Korea’s recent offer for talks as “lacking sincerity” during his brief encounter with Seoul’s top diplomat on the sidelines of an Asian security forum in Manila...
- Posted August 7, 2017