Month: September 2017

A look at the best news photos from around the world. …

A chief gripe with Apple Watch is that it requires you to keep an iPhone with you for most tasks. The inclusion of GPS last year helped on runs and bike rides, but you’re still missing calls and messages without the phone nearby. A new model with its own cellular-network connection is Apple’s next step …

Read more “Review: Apple Watch Goes Solo, But Don’t Dump Your Phone Yet”

A top European Union finance official said Kyiv needs to do more in fighting corruption and to pass pension and land reforms as conditions for receiving more financial aid from Brussels. …

Ukraine’s president has repeated his call for a full United Nations peacekeeping mission, telling the world body that such a mission should be authorized to patrol Ukraine’s border with Russia. …

Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoev in his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 19 pledged to focus his government on bringing greater prosperity and human rights to his nation and the Central Asian region. …

U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said in interview with Fox News late on September 19 that changes are needed in the 2015 Iran nuclear deal before the administration of President Donald Trump will agree to support it. …

The president of the Central African Republic, Faustin-Archange Touadera, on Tuesday pleaded with the world to not forget his country and urged the U.N. to bolster its peace-keeping force amid growing violence that threatens to spin the country out of control. Thousands have died and a fifth of Central Africans have fled a conflict that …

Read more “Central African President Pleads to UN: Don’t Forget Us”

The Cuban government on Tuesday again denied any involvement in or any knowledge of a mysterious series of health incidents that have affected American diplomats in Havana. Cuba also strongly objected to President Donald Trump’s critical comments about the island in his speech to the U.N. General Assembly. At a meeting on law enforcement cooperation …

Read more “Cuba Again Denies Role in ‘Health Attacks’ on US Diplomats”

The U.S. Navy is blaming the high pace of operations, budget uncertainty and naval leaders who put their mission before safety for recent deadly incidents at sea. The destroyer USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker last month off the coast of Singapore, leaving 10 U.S. sailors dead and five injured. And the …

Read more “US Navy Blames Collisions on Operations Pace, Failure to Prioritize Safety”

A Tajik bride’s family watches in shock as authorities seize its wedding spread for violating new restrictions on wedding splendor. …

The White House Monday reaffirmed its commitment to withdrawing from the Paris Climate agreement, saying it poses serious obstacles for the United States. But at the state and city level, U.S. officials say they’re pressing ahead to curb emissions and promote clean energy sources even without Washington’s participation. VOA’s Daniel Schearf reports from New York. …

During his first official meeting at the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump said the organization is not reaching its full potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement. Addressing leaders of more than 120 member nations on Monday, Trump praised U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for his efforts to modernize the world body. Guterres said the old …

Read more “Trump, Guterres Agree Bureaucracy Makes UN Less Effective”

For Sameth Mell, this is a good week.  A Cambodian refugee, he learned in May that he had won this year’s community voice award for championing social justice, given by the Seattle International Examiner.    Mell, who works to assist Southeast Asian refugee and immigrant communities, will receive the award at a ceremony on Thursday. …

Read more “Seattle Honors Cambodian Refugee’s Affordable Housing Campaign”

Most of the 3,000 additional troops the United States is deploying to Afghanistan are on their way, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on September 18. …

U.S. media are reporting that federal investigators have wiretapped President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman Paul Manafort under secret court orders and now plan to indict him. …