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Public fears damaged buildings in Mexico City will collapse

Trump’s comments on NFL players’ protests ignite new race debate in U.S.

Sixty years ago, U.S. National Guard troops in the state of Arkansas escorted black students into all white Central High School in Little Rock. Today, the U.S. is still wrestling with issues of race. Last weekend, issues of race played out in football stadiums across the U.S. CGTN’s Jim Spellman reports.

DPRK threatens US military aircraft, cites Trump ‘declaration of war’

The DPRK’s foreign minister said “declaration of war” was a violation of the United Nations Charter, and therefore Pyongyang was within its rights to defend itself.

Chinese deals got most US security scrutiny in 2015

According to a report released by the U.S. Committee on Foreign Direct Investment, Chinese investors had the most deals subject to Washington’s national security scrutiny in 2015.

Merkel faces tough task finding coalition partners in divided Germany

After a bruising election, Angela Merkel is struggling to find friends.

Despite threats, Kurds vote in historic independence referendum

A century-long independence campaign may mark the establishment of a long-sought Kurdish homeland.

Puerto Rican residents wait in sweltering heat for food, fuel

Waiting in temperatures above 95 degrees Fahrenheit (35 degrees Celsius), locals hope to get the diesel needed to power their generators.

Puerto Rican town of Tao Baja hit hard by Hurricane Maria

Hurricane Maria may be the single most damaging storm to ever hit the island of Puerto Rico. It knocked out the territory’s electrical grid. More than three million people are without power or cellular communications.

DPRK Minister of Foreign Affairs Ri Yong Ho

DPRK holds right to self-defense against US

U.S. President Donald Trump’s speech at the U.N. General Assembly amounts to a declaration of war and Pyongyang reserves the right to take measures against the U.S., the DPRK Minister of Foreign Affairs Ri Yong Ho said on Monday.