Five takeaways from the Trump Tower transcripts
(CNN)The Senate Judiciary Committee released thousands of pages of interviews Wednesday conducted with many participants at the June 2016 Trump Tower meeting, providing the deepest look yet at the meeting where Donald Trump Jr. was promised "dirt" on Hillary Clinton
Trump says 'we'll have to see' on North Korea summit
Washington (CNN)President Donald Trump on Wednesday offered a non-committal response to North Korean threats to cancel his planned summit with Kim Jong Un, saying he hadn't received any information that would put the talks in jeopardy.
Ozone-destroying emissions are on the rise and scientists don't know why
(CNN)Banned chemicals which can cause holes in the ozone layer are on the rise, according to a new report, and no one knows who the culprit is.The hunt is now on to find and stop the mysterious source of the emissions, which scientists believe are emanating from somewhere inside of east Asia.
North Korea threatens to cancel Trump summit over US nuke demands
(CNN)North Korea has threatened to abandon planned talks between leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in June if Washington insists on pushing it "into a corner" on nuclear disarmament
Gulf widening between US and key allies over Gaza
New York (CNN)The gulf between Washington and the rest of the world widened Tuesday as a majority of UN countries expressed their distress and anger about violence along the Israeli-Gaza border
Malaysian politician Anwar Ibrahim walks free after royal pardon
(CNN)Anwar Ibrahim, a former Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister, has walked free after being granted a pardon for sodomy by the country's king, according to Anwar's son-in-law Mohamad Khairul
Hawaii residents near volcano deal with falling ash, toxic gas, fears of the 'big one'
Pahoa, Hawaii (CNN)A plume of ash from the Kilauea volcano rose 12,000 feet into the air before dropping ash on sections of the Big Island of Hawaii, prompting officials Tuesday to warn residents to stay indoors and airplanes to stay away from the area.
China using 'debtbook diplomacy' to spread its strategic aims in Asia Pacific
(CNN)The Chinese government is leveraging billions of dollars in debts to gain political leverage with developing countries across Asia and the Pacific, a new report presented to the US State Department claims
Dozens of Palestinians killed in Gaza clashes as US Embassy opens
Gaza (CNN)Israeli forces killed dozens of Palestinians in bloody clashes at the Gaza border Monday in the deadliest day there since the 2014 war, as the US officially opened its Embassy in Jerusalem just 50 miles away
Before the Bell Trump throws ZTE curveball as big week for US-China trade begins
With his pledge to save a major Chinese company from crippling US sanctions, President Donald Trump has delivered yet another twist in the trade clash with Beijing.
