The answer might not be what you expect. More than 200,000 people have signed an online petition to block Brigitte Macron from receiving a defined role as Frances First Lady.Aug 8, 2017
North Korea has sent a staunch warning to the US in response to unanimously approved sanctions adopted by the U.N. security council on 5 August.We are ready to retaliate with far bigger actions to make the US pay a price for its crime against our country and people, said the government controlled Korean Central News Agency (NCNA). The sanctions are a direct response to Pyongyangs recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests, which put the US in range of an attack. The economic sanctions key North Korean exports including coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore, and seafood.Stopping the missile tests is the first step towards dialogue, says US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.Aug 8, 2017
North Korea has sent a staunch warning to the US in response to unanimously approved sanctions adopted by the U.N. security council on 5 August.We are ready to retaliate with far bigger actions to make the US pay a price for its crime against our country and people, said the government controlled Korean Central News Agency (NCNA). The sanctions are a direct response to Pyongyangs recent intercontinental ballistic missile tests, which put the US in range of an attack. The economic sanctions key North Korean exports including coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore, and seafood.Stopping the missile tests is the first step towards dialogue, says US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson.Aug 8, 2017
US President Donald Trump visited Texas on Tuesday (29 August) to check on the devastation caused by Hurricane Harvey and could not help but comment on the turnout of people who saw him give an impromptu speech outside a Corpus Christi firehouse. Trump avoided visiting Houston in order to not become a disruption to the areas recovery efforts, but is set to return to the city on Saturday (2 September).Aug 30, 2017
The South Korean air force conducted live-fire drills on Tuesday (29 August), hours after North Korea flew a ballistic missile over Japan. Four F-15 fighter jets practised a drill against the North Koreas leader Kim Jong-un, dropping eight MK-84 bombs against a simulated target at the Pilsung training range. The test was meant as a warning signal in response to North Koreas latest provocation.Aug 30, 2017
President Trump said all options are on the table for North Korea in a statement, in response to North Koreas latest missile launch that flew over Japan on 29 August.Aug 30, 2017
US President Donald Trump on 28 August defended his pardon of Joe Arpaio, the former Arizona lawman who had been widely criticised for harsh treatment of detained immigrants in the jails of his Arizona county and who ignored a federal judges order to cease those practices. Trump, during a news conference with Finnish President Sauli Niinisto, criticised pardons rendered by President Barack Obama and President Bill Clinton. Aug 29, 2017
Donald Trump signed away Obama-era flood standards just weeks before Hurricane Harvey hit Texas in a bid to get infrastructure projects approved more quickly. The rule signed by former president Barack Obama in 2015 had not yet come into effect but aimed to make infrastructure more resilient to the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels and flooding.Aug 29, 2017
Japans military conducted a drill to practice deploying anti-missile batteries at the U.S. base in Yokoto. The exercise comes hours after North Korea test-fired a long-range ballistic missile that flew over Japan and landed in the East Sea on August 29.Aug 29, 2017
Footage shows a helicopter rescuing 11 crew members waiting in the control room of a sinking vessel in Hong Kong at the peak of Storm Pakhar on 27 August. The ships bow was already submerged by the time rescuers arrived to pluck the sailors from the ship. Pakhar brought severe weather to the area as it swept past the Chinese city.Aug 28, 2017
Emergency crews rescued over 1,000 people around Houston, pulling people from cars and homes, as flood waters rose across southeast Texas on Sunday (August 27).People had to rely solely on boats to move around as more than 30in (75cm) of rain battered parts of the city over the weekend, turning main roads into rivers.Aug 28, 2017
Veteran group VoteVets has spoken out against President Trumps proposed legislation, which would band transgender people from serving in the military.Aug 25, 2017
North Korea has warned the U.S. its prepared to engage in a total conflict if the Pentagon missteps during joint military drills with South Korea.Citing a commentary released Thursday by state-run newspaper Rodong Sinmun, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said that the countrys recent successful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) tests meant that it was capable of deterring any US plans to overthrow the government of Kim Jong Un.Aug 25, 2017
A new poll shows President Donald Trumps response to the violence at a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Viriginia, isnt playing well among Republican voters, according to a new Politico/Morning Consult poll.Aug 24, 2017
