NPR’s “News Now” is a roundup of the top stories of the day in under five minutes. Click “Show More” for a list of today’s stories: 0:00 Today’s Top Stories 0:06 Blinken In Israel For Talks 1:03 Gunmen Open Fire In Jerusalem 1:14 Henry Kissinger Dead At 100 2:02 House Weighs Santos' Future 2:30 Musk Attacks Advertisers NOTE: Captions are auto-generated by YouTube. Cover … [Read more...]
Secy. of State Blinken condemns Kremlin’s detainment of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich
Washington Post Investigative Foreign Correspondent Greg Miller and NBC’s Kristen Welker and Matthew Bodner join Andrea Mitchell to discuss the detainment of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich by Russian authorities and Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s condemnation and demand for Gershkovich’s release. Bodner, who knows Gershkovich through their years reporting in … [Read more...]
News Wrap: Blinken visits Turkey, pledges more disaster aid after quakes
In our news wrap Sunday, Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited Turkey and pledged an additional $100 million in U.S. aid for earthquake recovery efforts in the region, Syria says Israeli airstrikes in Damascus killed at least five people in a residential area, two shootings in Memphis, Tennessee have left one dead and 10 injured, and actor Richard Belzer died at the age of … [Read more...]
Alleged Chinese spy balloon shot down by U.S.
The United States shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, U.S. officials said Saturday. The government ordered a halt to flights around the South Carolina coast due to what it called an undisclosed 'national security effort.' Read more: https://www.cbc.ca/1.6737412 »»» Subscribe to CBC News to watch more videos: http://bit.ly/1RreYWS Connect with CBC News Online: For … [Read more...]
China says suspected spy balloon flying over U.S. is theirs but used to gather weather data
China's Foreign Ministry said Friday a suspected spy balloon flying over the U.S. is used to gather meteorological information and deviated from its scheduled route. The object was seen flying over Montana, where some U.S. nuclear missile facilities are located. CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge joined Anne-Marie Green and Janet Shamlian from … [Read more...]
Sec. of State Blinken calls Chinese spy balloon ‘irresponsible,’ on eve of planned trip | ABC News
"A clear violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law." Sec. of State Antony Blinken postpones visit to Beijing, calling the presence of a suspected Chinese spy balloon over the U.S. "detrimental to the substantive discussions that we were prepared to have." READ MORE: https://abcn.ws/40uYN7a SUBSCRIBE to ABC News on YouTube: https://bit.ly/2vZb6yP Latest updates: … [Read more...]
US-China spy balloon row: surveillance device or weather airship?
At first the Chinese refused to admit the balloon was theirs, then they said it was a meteorological airship that had blown off course. (Subscribe: https://bit.ly/C4_News_Subscribe) The Americans say it's for spying. Whatever it is, it's making its way across North America and leaving diplomatic drama in its wake. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has postponed a trip to … [Read more...]