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Trump, the β€˜America First’ President, Goes to the U.N.

Elected on the nationalist slogan β€œAmerica first,” President Donald Trump will use his debut address to the U.N. General Assembly to argue that individual nations should act in their own self-interest, yet rally together when faced with a common threat such as North Korea.

North Korea Fires Missile Over Japan in Longest-Ever Flight

North Korea conducted its longest-ever test flight of a ballistic missile Friday, sending an intermediate-range weapon hurtling over U.S. ally Japan into the northern Pacific Ocean in a launch that signals both defiance to its rivals and a big technological advance.

UN Approves Watered-Down New Sanctions Against North Korea

The U.N. Security Council on Monday unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea but not the toughest-ever measures sought by the Trump administration to ban all oil imports and freeze international assets of the government and its leader, Kim Jong Un.

Mexico Hit by Biggest Quake in Century, 15 Killed

A major earthquake off Mexico’s southern coast killed at least fifteenth people, with the president saying Friday it was the biggest in a century to hit the country. Houses toppled and the quake produced tsunami waves and sent people running into the streets in panic.

S. Korea Displays Military Strength Amid North Korean Crisis

With Seoul expecting another North Korean missile test, South Korean warships conducted live-fire exercises at sea on Tuesday in a second straight day of military swagger from a nation still rattled by the North’s biggest-ever nuclear test.

Haley: North Korea Shows It Is β€˜Begging For War’

U.N. Security Council members called for further sanctions against North Korea on Monday after a powerful nuclear test explosion added another layer of urgency for diplomats wrestling with what to do about the North’s persistent weapons programs.

South Korea Simulates Attack on North’s Nuke Site After Test

Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a β€œmassive military response,” South Korea on Monday fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North’s main nuclear test site a day after Pyongyang detonated its largest ever nuclear test explosion.

Mattis: North Korea Threat Would Bring Massive Military Response

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis on Sunday shot back at North Korea’s latest nuclear provocation with a blunt threat, saying the U.S. will answer any North Korean threat with a β€œmassive military response -- a response both effective and overwhelming.” While he said America does not seek the β€œtotal annihilation” of the North, he added somberly, β€œWe have many options to do so.”

North Korea Says Sixth Nuke Test Was H-Bomb, Perfect Success

North Korea announced it detonated a thermonuclear device Sunday in its sixth and most powerful nuclear test to date, a big step toward its goal of developing nuclear weapons capable of striking anywhere in the U.S. The North called it a β€œperfect success” while its neighbors condemned the blast immediately.

AP Was There: Princess Diana Dies In Paris Car Crash

The way Princess Diana died 20 years Thursday β€” in a high-speed Paris car crash while she and her boyfriend were being chauffeured by an intoxicated driver and pursued by photographers β€” shocked and angered the public. It also preserved her in memory as a glamorous, beloved and vulnerable figure.

Inside Houston Shelter, A Loud And Sometimes Chaotic Night

With more guests than cots, some people slept on chairs or the floor. People hung towels and wet clothes on the base of the ceiling supports. Police officers guarded several entrances. Outside, dozens of people still awake stood with their pets and traded cigarettes.

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