World
September 19, 2018

The Latest: Trump welcomes 'tremendous progress' with NKorea

The Latest on the summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in (all times local):
World
September 19, 2018

Koreas' leaders agree on military, nuclear steps

After holding consecutive summits with soaring but empty rhetoric, the two Korean leaders on their third try finally produced some substance.
World
September 19, 2018
In this image made from video provided by Korea Broadcasting System (KBS), North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, and South Korean President Moon Jae

Kim agrees to dismantle main nuke site if US takes steps too

South Korean President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un announced a sweeping set of agreements after their second day of talks in Pyongyang on Wednesday that included a promise by Kim to permanently dismantle the North's main nuclear complex if the United States takes corresponding measures, the acceptance of international inspectors to monitor the closing of a key missile test site and launch pad and a vow to work together to host the Summer Olympics in 2032.
Business
September 18, 2018
FILE- In this July, 5, 2018, file photo, a jockey truck passes a stack of 40-foot China Shipping containers at the Port of Savannah in Savannah, Ga. C

Target, consumers could be closer to feeling pain from tariffs

With his latest protective tariffs on Chinese imports, President Donald Trump hit dozens of products in Minneapolis retailer's inventory.
World
September 18, 2018
South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un wave from a car during a parade through a street in Pyongyang, North Kor

Striking images captured on 1st day of Korean summit talks

The broadly smiling North and South Korean leaders embrace each other as cheering Pyongyang residents wave fake flowers. The two inspect goose-stepping soldiers and ride together in a convertible Mercedes limousine for a parade. The leaders praise one another for taking the initiative to open a new era of inter-Korean detente.
World
September 18, 2018

Moon's traveling entourage includes CEOs, 'Korean Beyonce'

The huge civilian entourage Seoul sent to the latest inter-Korean summit includes the third-generation heir of South Korea's largest business group and a Colorado-born pop diva nicknamed the "Korean Beyonce."
September 12, 2018
FILE - In this Aug. 22, 2018 file photo, Pope Francis is caught in pensive mood during his weekly general audience at the Vatican. Francis' papacy has

Francis calls clergy abuse summit as issue imperils papacy

Pope Francis summoned the presidents of the world's bishops' conferences Wednesday to a summit on preventing clergy sex abuse and protecting children, responding to the greatest crisis of his papacy with the realization that Vatican inaction on the growing global scandal now threatens his legacy.
Nation
September 10, 2018

Many deported parents refuse reunification, wanting kids to stay in U.S.

Most say they would opt for separation over return to violent homelands.
World
September 10, 2018
A truck driver poses for photographers in front of trucks carrying humanitarian aid destined for Idlib, Syria, by a Turkish pro-government aid group,

Turkey masses troops on Syrian border

Action came ahead of a Syrian offensive against rebels.
World
September 7, 2018
Researcher Line Bay, of the Australian Institute of Marine Science, surveys temperature-tolerant corals in the Far Northern Great Barrier Reef. Some c

Great Barrier Reef shows 'signs of recovery,' report says

It has "significant capacity to recover" from bleaching.
Minneapolis
September 7, 2018
FILE -- Richard Liu, the JD.com founder who was arrested in the United States on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct, in Shanghai, Jan. 4, 2015.

Mpls. police continue to investigate sex assault allegations against Chinese billionaire

They've declined to provide details and will send the case to the Hennepin County attorney.
World
September 5, 2018
Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu

Chinese billionaire arrested on rape allegation, Minneapolis police say

Local
September 3, 2018
Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu

Chinese billionaire arrested in Mpls. on suspicion of criminal sexual conduct

Liu Qiangdong, also known as Richard Liu, the founder of e-commerce site JD.com, has since been released, and a company statement says he was falsely accused.
Inspired
August 31, 2018

National youth poet laureate explores a changing childhood landscape

World
August 29, 2018
FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2012, file photo, U.S. and China's national flags flutter in winds at a hotel in Beijing. China has denied an accusation by U.

FBI pushes back on unfounded Trump claim that China hacked Clinton's e-mails

Writing on Twitter, Trump alleged that many of the e-mails that were purportedly hacked contained classified information and called it "a very big story."
August 29, 2018
In this image taken from France 3 video, French and British boats clash off France's northern coast, early Tuesday Aug. 28, 2018. French maritime auth

Water rage: A scallop skirmish erupts between French, British boats

It won't be remembered as one of the great naval encounters between France and England but, unlike at the Battle of Trafalgar, this time French mariners felt they won.
Local
August 28, 2018
FILE- In this June 5, 2018, file photo, a roll of steel is moved at the Borusan Mannesmann Pipe manufacturing facility in Baytown, Texas. The U.S. has

Minnesota's small businesses take big hit from China tariffs

Many Minnesota firms back a tougher stance with China but question Trump approach as bottom lines begin to suffer.
Nation
August 26, 2018
U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto

U.S., Mexico reportedly near deal on NAFTA

Pact would clear way for Canada to return to talks.
Minneapolis
August 25, 2018
The families of Honduran refugee Nuria Arias, left, and Ry Siggelkow, a Mennonite pastor, third from right, who was hosting Arias and her three childr

Harrowing escape, uncertain future for Honduran family now in Minnesota

Hope drove Nuria Arias, 32, and her three children to the Minneapolis home of the Rev. Ry Siggelkow and family.
World
August 25, 2018
Pope shares outrage at 'repugnant crimes'

Pope shares outrage at 'repugnant crimes'

Pope Francis said he was committed to ridding the church of this "scourge" no matter the moral cost or amount of suffering.

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