CIA Director Mike Pompeo secretly met with North Korea's Kim Jong Un
Washington (CNN)CIA Director Mike Pompeo traveled to North Korea more than two weeks ago for a secret meeting with leader Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, sources confirmed to CNN.
US-China trade: 24 hours that escalated the fight
After a brief lull in the skirmishing, the trade battle between the United States and China is escalating once again.In the last 24 hours alone, the United States dealt a potentially crippling blow to a big Chinese tech company
Philippine riot police to keep tourists at bay during Boracay island cleanup
Manila, Philippines (CNN)The Philippine government will deploy dozens of riot police to ensure that tourists don't interfere with a planned six-month cleanup of its famed Boracay island, a police official said Tuesday.
Barbara Bush, Republican matriarch and former first lady, dies at 92
(CNN)Barbara Bush, the matriarch of a Republican political dynasty and a first lady who elevated the cause of literacy, died Tuesday, according to a statement from her husband's office. She was 92
NTSB: Engine in deadly Southwest jet incident missing a fan blade
Philadelphia (CNN)Passengers aboard a Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines flight Tuesday struggled to pull a woman back into the plane after she was sucked into a hole left by a shattered window, witnesses said
Abe faces awkward Trump summit on North Korea amid plummeting support in Japan
(CNN)Embattled Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who heads Tuesday to Mar-a-Lago for a meeting with US President Donald Trump, is in dire need of a policy win as he faces challenges abroad and protests at home
Scientists hope new enzyme will 'eat' plastic pollution
(CNN)Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world's worst pollution problems
China is beating the United States in the race for 5G
The global race to own 5G technology is on — and China is winning. That's according to a report released Monday by CTIA, a trade association for the US wireless industry.
Mud in this small Japanese island could change the global economy
(CNN)A small island in the Pacific Ocean is the site of a huge discovery that could change Japan's economic future. How huge? One economist called it a "game changer." The researchers who helped find it said it had "tremendous potential."
Chemical weapons experts blocked from Syrian attack site, UK says
(CNN)They've waited two days to enter the site of the latest suspected chemical attack, where dozens of Syrian civilians were killed.But despite having UN clearance, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons still can't enter the city of Douma, UK officials said.
