August 2, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• U.S. says farmers could get cash aid by October but will not be made whole (Reuters)
• Trump escalates attacks on Mueller probe (The Hill)
• Why Trump is so freaked out by the Manafort Trial (Washington Post)
• Court Decision Striking Down Albuquerque Asset Forfeiture Program Could Help Protect Property Rights Around the Country (Reason)
• U.S. judge denies gun control groups' attempt to block 3-D gun blueprints (Reuters)
• Lawsuit alleges migrant fathers were separated from children again after being reunited (The Hill)
• Rising numbers of Central Americans look for a foothold in Tijuana (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Venting about press, Trump has repeatedly sought to ban reporters over questions (Washington Post)

WORLD

• Passengers ‘grateful to God’ after plane crashes in Mexico with no deaths (Reuters)
• Most passengers in non-fatal Mexican plane crash were U.S. citizens (Reuters)
• PETA condemns use of 'terror falcon' by Hamas (JPost)
• Ontario Ends UBI Experiment Two Years Early  (Reason)
• Daring Thieves Steal Royal Jewels, Escape on Motorboat (NPR)
• Protesters chant anti-Putin slogans at Moscow rally against retirement age plan (Reuters)

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July 11, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits (AP)
• FAA To Passengers: Not Our Job to Regulate Seat Size, Legroom on Planes (NPR)
• Can a 3-year-old represent herself in immigration court?  This judge thinks so. (Washington Post)
• Sessions rescinds DOJ guidance on refugees, asylum seekers' right to work (The Hill)
• Scott Pruitt steps down as EPA head after ethics, management scandals (Washington Post)
• Immigrant children begin appearing in court without lawyers or parents (American Bar Association Journal)
• America’s love for SUVs is killing pedestrians (MSN)
• Rachel Maddow was right. There was no plan for reuniting families split at the border (Politifact)
• Judge to Detroit Students: We Can’t Force Schools to Actually Teach You Anything (Reason)
• Families charged steep fees to transport children from migrant shelters: report (The Hill)
• The government is refusing to release new stats on kids from separated families (CNN)
• Judge to decide on order blocking Puerto Rican evictions (CBS)
• Newsroom targeted for shooting had run story on suspect’s harassment conviction (NY Post)

WORLD

• Mission declared possible as Thai soccer team saved from flooded cave (Reuters)
• Mexico elects left-leaning populist as president to chart a new course (USA Today)
• North Korea Reportedly Expanding Ballistic Missile Production Facility (NPR)
• Death Toll in Japan Floods Reaches More Than 155, With Dozens Still Missing (NPR)
• Incendiary kites, balloons spark over 17 fires in [southern Israel (Jerusalem Post)
• Mexico Is Suffering Its Bloodiest Year in Modern History. Here's Why (Time)
• Deadly heat wave kills 33 across southern Quebec (BBC)
• Lions eat 'rhino poachers' on South African game reserve (BBC)
• Who can stop India WhatsApp lynchings? (BBC)

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June 20, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Immigrant child detentions

• Audio recording: Hear the voices of children detained at the border (ProPublica)
• Trump Order Ending Family Separation Likely Won’t Apply to Children Already Taken from Parents (Huffington Post)
• Separated migrant children are headed toward shelters that have a history of abuse and neglect (Texas Tribune)
• Immigrant children forcibly drugged with ‘powerful’ psychotropics at Texas ‘treatment center’: lawsuit (RawStory)
• Immigrant babies, young children held in `tender age’ shelters (USA Today)
• The U.S. isn’t just separating children from their parents. It also has no plan to reunite them. (BuzzFeed)
• Doctors saw immigrant kids separated from their parents. Now they’re trying to stop it. (CNN)
• Airlines ask Trump not to put migrant children on flights (NBC San Diego)
• $4,000 a minute flows in to help reunite separated immigrant families (CNN)
• Former CIA head compares Trump’s border separation policy to Nazi Germany (Media ITE)

Other national new issues

• Latest watchdog report rebukes Comey for Clinton probe (AP)
• Manafort heads to jail after judge faults witness tampering (Bloomberg News)
• New York sues to dissolve Donald J. Trump Foundation (Reuters)
• After nine years of U.S. recovery, Fed sheds anxieties (Reuters)
• Supreme Court’s conservatives uphold Ohio’s voter purge law (Vox)
• U.S. announces its withdrawal from U.N. Human Rights Council  (NPR)
• Laser Attacks Against U.S. Forces Spreads to the Pacific (Popular Mechanics)

WORLD

• Pakistan Taliban leader killed in U.S. drone strike, official says (Time)
• Under pressure from Pence, U.S. aid is directed to Christian, Yazidi communities in Iraq (Washington Post)
• Trump sets tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese goods; Beijing strikes back (Reuters)
• Shin Bet chief reveals Israel has prevented 250 terror attacks in 2018 (Jerusalem Post)
• Papua New Guinea declares state of emergency over riots (Reuters)
• Magnitude 6.1 quake in Japan's Osaka area kills three, stops factories (Reuters)
• Kite Terror: 15 fires around Gaza border communities (JPost)
• IDF confirms it fired at Gaza incendiary balloon launching cell (JPost)

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June 6, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Supreme Court rules for Christian cake baker but voices support for gay rights too (Los Angeles Times)
• Taking migrant parents from children is illegal, U.N. tells U.S. (New York Times)
• Slow-moving flood of lava claims hundreds of homes, fills Kapoho Bay (Hawaii News Now)
• Chris Christie: 'Outrageous claim' that Trump cannot obstruct justice (CNN)
• Giulani: Trump could have shot Comey and not be prosecuted (CNN)
• Across U.S., toxic blooms pollute lakes (Environmental Working Group)
• Thousands of acres ablaze in Colorado, New Mexico (CNN)
• Admission that Trump dictated statement on Trump Tower meeting raises new questions (The Hill)
• Manafort attempted to tamper with witnesses, prosecutors say (Yahoo News)

WORLD

• Mexico imposes $3 billion in tariffs worth of U.S. exports (CNN)
• Guatemala’s Fuego volcano eruption kills 25, injures hundreds (Reuters)
• Saudi Arabia issues first driver’s licenses to women (BBC)
• Russia's Putin signs "counter-sanctions" legislation into law (Jerusalem Post)
• Mexican tariffs weigh on tight house races (Reuters)

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May 16, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Trump Administration Doubles Worksite Investigations to Combat Illegal Immigration (NPR)
• Lava from Kilauea’s volcano could leave thousands trapped (CBS)
• White House, EPA headed off chemical pollution study (Politico)
• Melania Trump undergoes kidney surgery (USA Today)
• Supreme Court ruling opens the door for legalized sports betting nationwide (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Hatch to introduce sports betting bill after Supreme Court decision (The Hill)
• Trump blasts White House leakers as ‘traitors’ (The Hill)

WORLD

• North Korea cancels talks with South Korea and warns U.S. (BBC)
• The making of Meghan Markle: What happens when a ‘confident mixed-race woman’ marries into the royal family (Washington Post)
• Israeli forces kill dozens in Gaza protests over embassy (Reuters)
• U.S. opens embassy in Jerusalem amid violence (The Hill)
• Wildlife poachers in Kenya to face death penalty (Independent)
• Indonesian church bombings carried out by family with children in tow (New York Times)

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April 4, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views. Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Trump repeats intent to pull troops from Syria, send troops to Mexican border in press conference (CBS)
• ‘No more DACA deal,’ Trump says as he threatens to ‘stop’ NAFTA if Mexico doesn’t better secure border (Washington Post)
• White House asks governors to send National Guard units to borders (Los Angeles Times)
• China fights back against U.S. with plans for its own tariffs (New York Times)
• Live Nation rules music ticketing, some say with threats (New York Times)
• Mystery Stingray devices discovered in Washington (BBC)

WORLD

• Violence in Cancun, Playa del Carmen and Los Cabos threaten Mexico's tourism industry (USA Today)
• Saudi crown prince says Israelis have right to their own land (Reuters)
• Britain and Russia lock horns as Moscow cuts diplomats (Reuters)
• Russia says summons diplomats from 23 countries (Reuters)
• Russian rocket tests force partial closing of Baltic Sea, airspace (Reuters)
• Pope Francis delivers pleas for peace in Easter mass (New York Times)
• French government strikes deal to cut lawmakers number by almost a third (Reuters)

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March 21, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

General News

• Fed raises interest rate and signals faster path in future years (Wall St. Journal)
• With police near, suspected Austin bombing suspect blows self up (ABC News)
• YouTube bans firearm sales and how-to videos, prompting backlash (Portland Press Herald)
• Supreme Court to decide whether immigrants jailed for past crimes can be detained pending deportation (Los Angeles Times)
• Report: Russian Hackers Had Ability to Shut Down U.S. Power Plants (NPR)
• Jared Kushner’s company routinely filed false NY city paperwork (Guardian)
• Former Bush official says John Bolton was ‘by far the most dangerous man we had in the entire eight years’ (Business Insider)

Trump-Russia investigations

• Revealed: Trump’s election consultants filmed saying they use bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians (Channel 4)
• Retired four-star general says Trump is ‘serious threat to national security’ (CBS)
• As he prepares to face Mueller, Trump boasts of his ability to lie (Wash. Post)
• Andrew McCabe, a target of Trump’s FBI scorn, is fired  (NY Times)

WORLD

• Blackout threat to Britain from Russian cyber-attack (Times of London)
• Putin wins another six years at Russia’s helm in landslide victory (Reuters)
• Russia's Presidential Election Observers Were Pressured and Intimidated (NPR)
• West calls on Russia to explain nerve toxin attack on former double agent  (Reuters)
• Exclusive: European powers propose new Iran sanctions to meet Trump ultimatum (Reuters)  
• Syria war: Turkish-led forces oust Kurdish fighters from city of Afrin (BBC)
• Venezuelan City Launches Its Own Currency Amid Cash Crunch (NPR)
• Slovakia Government's Collapse Not Enough to End Protests Over Journalist's Murder (NPR)

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February 13, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Trump’s budget hits poor the hardest (Washington Post)
• White house proposes $4.4 trillion budget that adds $7 trillion to deficits (New York Times)
• Trump blocks release of memo rebutting Republican claims (New York Times)
• FDA to investigate after report exposes euthanasia drug in dog food (ABC 7)
• Who Should Warn the Public of Nuclear War? (NPR)
• Puerto Ricans take matters into their own hands to restore power (CS Monitor)
• U.S. added 200,000 jobs in January, and pay is up by most in 8 years (Marketplace)
• Trump decries lack of ‘due process’ for men accused of sexual harassment, abuse (Washington Post)
• Trump aide resigns after abuse allegations; ex-wife pictured with black eye (Seattle Times)
• Trump pitches plan to replace food stamps with food boxes (Politico)
• Public Officials in Town with Polygamous Sect Resign After Elections (NPR)
• GOP rips Rand for shutdown (Politico)

WORLD

• Cape Town rejoices as rain falls on drought-stricken city (CNN)
• Problems in the pipeline for Sempra’s subsidiary in Mexico (SD Union-Tribune)
• Highlights of the Pyeongchang Olympics opening ceremony in photos (NPR)
• With Holocaust law, Poland imperils reconciliation with its past (Christian Science Monitor)
• Where does this end? Dangers if the U.S. leaves Syria, or stays (CNN)
• Philippines says more than 2,200 citizens in Kuwait want to go home (Reuters)
• Israeli Jet Downed During Attack on Syria After Drone Intercepted, Says Israel (NPR)
• In Russia, a grass-roots bid to expose Stalin's ‘Great Terror’ (CS Monitor)
• South Africa's ANC decides to remove Zuma as head of state (Reuters)
• Cyclone wreaks havoc in Tonga's capital, Parliament flattened (Reuters)

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January 31, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• 2018 State of the Union fact check (New York Times)
• Trump officials take heat for declining Russian sanctions (The Hill)
• Interior cancels decades-old protections for migratory birds (High Country News)
• In Reversal, EPA Suspends Alaska Mining Project to Preserve Watershed Protections (NPR)
• Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit (New York Times)
• Trump calls report he ordered Mueller’s firing ‘fake news’ (The Hill)
• Bernie Sanders ‘Medicare for all’ online townhall drew over 1 million live viewers (Huffington Post)
• Newly Defanged, Top Consumer Protection Agency Drops Investigation of High-Cost Lender (Pro Publica)
• Trump's Justice Department Warns House Republicans Not to Release Disputed FISA Memo (Buzzfeed)
• Showdown escalates between Trump, Nunes and the FBI (Washington Post)
• 3 Ways the New Tax Law Will Impact Seniors (Caring.com)
• 5 Ways Election Interference Could (and Probably Will) Worsen in 2018 and Beyond (NPR)
• No Middle Eastern or North African Category on 2020 Census, Bureau Says (NPR)
• A Conspiracy of Silence Assaults Privacy (Jewish World Review)

WORLD

• Paris floods:  Hundreds flee in boats as Seine rises (International Business Times)
• At Least 103 Killed, 235 Wounded in Taliban Car Bombing in Kabul (NPR)
• Pope urges Europe to be more active in fighting anti-Semitism (Reuters)
• Egypt anti-gay raids: LGBT rights activists fear widespread brutal crackdown (International Business Times)
• Mexico Registers Its Highest Homicides on Record (NPR)
• In Turkey, cruel tradition trumps ‘picture perfect’ gender laws (CS Monitor)
• Violent Protests in India Follow Release of Controversial Bollywood Epic (NPR)

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January 3, 2018 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen on important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• Congress will return to a full slate of difficult issues (Washington Post)
• Trump dissolves voter fraud commission (The Hill)
• U.S. military to accept transgender troops on Monday: Pentagon (Reuters)
• Kim Jong Un Wants the U.S. to Know That His Nuclear Arsenal Is Complete (NPR)
• Tina Smith replaces Al Franken in Senate, marking record number of 22 female Senators (ABC)

WORLD

• The Photos That Tell Some Of 2017's Biggest International Stories (NPR)
• Protests in Iran Continue With Reports Of 20 Killed and Hundreds Arrested (NPR)
• Crisis of expectations: Iran protests mean economic dilemma for government (Reuters)
• A visual that shows just how many Rohingya villages have been burned (Reuters)
• Egypt sentences ex-President Mursi, 19 others to three years in jail for insulting judiciary (Reuters)
• Russia says it has detained a suspect in St. Petersburg supermarket blast (Reuters)
• Gunman kills 11 in attacks on Coptic church, Christian-owned shop in Egypt (Reuters)
• More Than 40 Dead and Dozens Injured After Bombing in Kabul (NPR)
• Man with explosives takes 11 hostages in Ukraine (Reuters)

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November 29, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

Sexual harassment scandals

• How sexual misconduct claims brought down five major media players (ABC)
• How Congress Keeps Its Sexual Harassment Hush Money Secret (Reason)
• Pelosi refuses to hit Conyers on sexual harassment allegations, calls him an ‘icon’ (CNN)
• Garrison Keillor fired by MPR: 'I put my hand on a woman's bare back,' he says (Star Tribune)
• Report: More than 180 clients claim sex abuse at Massage Envy spas (San Diego Union-Tribune)

Other national news

• Jared Kushner interviewed by special counsel’s office (CBS)
• Trump to 59,000 Haitians: you have 18 months to pack your bags (VOX)
• U.S. Coast Guard operating secret floating prisons in Pacific Ocean (USA Today)
• Trump halts decision to allow elephant trophy import after uproar (Reuters)
• The Good, the Bad, and the Unspeakably Ugly: Surveillance Reform Bill Primer (Reason)
• A billionaire wages war on poverty in Oklahoma (CS Monitor)
• Hurricane Damage to Manufacturers in Puerto Rico Affects Mainland Hospitals, Too (NPR)
• U.S. Says PLO Office Must Close After Palestinians Call to Prosecute Israel (NPR)
• These states spend the most on public welfare programs (Fox Business)

 WORLD

• Egypt mosque attackers wore military uniforms and arrived in SUVs (CNN)
• Iranian president declares end of Islamic State (Reuters)
• Zimbabwe Swears in a New President in the First Transfer of Power Since Independence (NPR)
• Suddenly, newspaper can print anything. It's harder than it sounds (Jewish World Review)
• Russia's Putin signs 'foreign agents' media law (Reuters)
• Valery Gerasimov, Russian general, reveals nuclear treaty violation (Washington.com)
• Terrorist stabs, rams over Israelis in murderous spree across West Bank (JPost)
• North Korea defector regains consciousness, video shows getaway under fire (Reuters)
• Haitian army set to make controversial return after two decades (Reuters)
• Nigeria experiences worst bombing of the year in former Boko Haram territory (CS Monitor)
• Turkey orders detention of 216 people in post-coup probe: Anadolu  (Reuters)

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November 1, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• After Mueller charges, what’s next for Manafort, Gates and Papadopoulos? (Washington Post)
• New York truck attack kills at least 8 in “act of terror” (Washington Post)
• LGTB advocates celebrate as judge blocks transgender troops ban (Politico)
• Conservative donor first paid Fusion GPS for Trump research (Washington Post)
• The Trump Dossier: What we know and who paid for it (New York Times)
• What you need to know about Hillary Clinton, Russia and uranium (Politifact)
• How Russian Propaganda Spreads On Social Media (NPR)
• IRS apologizes for unfair treatment of conservative groups  (CS Monitor)
• Sens. Rand Paul and Ron Wyden Unveil Long-Awaited, Privacy-Protecting Surveillance Reform Bill (Reason)
• Yulia Tymoshenko Warned Us About Paul Manafort Years Ago (Reason)
• Megan Phelps-Roper: If You're Raised To Hate, Can You Reverse It? (NPR)

WORLD

• Daughter Of Putin's Former Mentor Announces Presidential Run (NPR)
• A global culture to fight extremism (Ted.com)
• How China is targeting its Uyghur ethnic minority abroad (Globe and Mail)
• Women fail to crack China's glass ceiling as party picks new leaders (Reuters)
• Italy uses Anne Frank's diary to combat anti-Semitism at sports games (CS Monitor)
• Another first for Saudi women: legal attendance at sports matches (CS Monitor)
• Iran says no need to increase missile range as can already hit U.S. forces  (Reuters)

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October 4, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• House passes 20-week abortion ban (The Hill)
• Women who had abortions after 20 weeks explain why they’re necessary (ThinkProgress)
• Nearly 300 Baltimore Criminal Cases Dropped Over Police Misconduct (Reason)
• U.S. expels 15 Cuban diplomats, fuelling tensions with Havana ((Reuters)
• Feinstein moves to close automatic-rifles loophole in wake of Las Vegas massacre (Sacramento Bee)
• Las Vegas massacre reverberates in gun-loving Nevada (SF Chronicle)
• Las Vegas strip shooter prescribed anti-anxiety Valium drug in June (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
• Vegas Shooter's Dad, Patrick Benjamin Paddock, Was a Convicted Bank Robber Who Escaped Federal Prison, Tried to Run Down FBI Agents With His Car (Reason)
• Homeland Security will start collecting social media info on all immigrants Oct. 18 (Gizmodo)
• In Puerto Rico, one radio station is broadcasting hope (CS Monitor)
• Cruise ships extend aid to hard-hit Caribbean islands (USA Today)
• The bankrupt utility behind Puerto Rico’s power crisis (Reuters)
• Trump administration wants being gay to be a fireable offense (Vice)
• Why secret Russian ads on Facebook are a worry for America (San Diego Union-Tribune)

WORLD

• Catalonia vote: Spain’s biggest crisis in a generation (BBC)
• Clashes during Catalan independence vote injure more than 300, including 12 police officers (Washington Post)
• Terrorists just tried to assassinate Defense Secretary Mattis in Afghanistan (Vox)
• Why is Africa building a great green wall? (BBC)
• China agrees to participate in UN sanctions against North Korea (CS Monitor)
• Egypt 'hunting down' gays, conducting forced anal exams (JPost)
• Somali refugee faces terror charges in Canada stabbing, car attacks (Reuters)

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August 30, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• State Department warns U.S. travelers about crime in Mexico (10 News)
• Blackwater founder Erik Prince implicated in murder (The Nation)
• Hurricane Harvey: 50 counties flooded, 30,000 people in shelters, 56,000 911 calls in just 15 hours (San Diego Union-Tribune)
• Flood insurance premiums plunged before Harvey (AP)
• For Scott Pruitt’s EPA, climate science denial is mission critical: EPA chief is dead wrong about Hurricane Harvey (The Nation)
• Hurricane Harvey and the National Flood Insurance Fiasco (Reason)
• Donald Trump’s cybersecurity advisors resign, warning of ‘insufficient attention to growing threats’ (UK Independent)
• Trump impeachment most popular solution among Americans, poll  (Newsweek)
• Exxon accused by Harvard researchers of misleading the public on climate change (ABC News)
• At least 16 Americans affected by 'incidents' in Cuba: State Dept  (Reuters)
• Trump signs memo directing Pentagon to implement transgender ban (Reuters)

WORLD

• How Acapulco became Mexico’s murder capital (Washington Post)
• North Korea steps up work on parts for new reactor, IAEA says (Reuters)
• ‘A weapon against its neighbors’: former Al Jazeera bureau chief speaks out against network (JPost)
• Haitians Are Crossing from the U.S. to Canada (NPR)
• North Korea's 'reckless' missile launch over Japan sharply escalates tensions  (Reuters)
• Man with knife assaults two police officers outside Buckingham Palace (Reuters)
• 71 die in militant attacks on police, border posts in Myanmar (San Diego Union-Tribune)

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August 8, 2017 (San Diego’s East County) - East County Magazine's World Watch helps you be an informed citizen about important issues globally and nationally. As part of our commitment to reflect all voices and views, we include links to a wide variety of news sources representing a broad spectrum of political, religious, and social views.  Top world and U.S. headlines include:

U.S.

• North Korea says seriously considering plan to strike Guam: KCNA (Reuters)
• FCC exploits loophole to push massive expansion of pro-Trump Sinclair media (Salon)
• Sinclair requires stations to air pieces that tilt right (New York Times)
• Justice Dept. takes on affirmative action in college admissions (New York Times)
• ‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli found guilty of 3 of 8 charges, including security fraud (MSNBC)
• He once said mothers don’t belong in state office. Now he leads Trump Cabinet in Bible study (Los Angeles Times)
• Strong jobs market boosts demographic groups that usually lag in unemployment (Marketplace)
• One year into FBI ‘s Russia investigation, Mueller is onto Trump’s money trail (CNN)
• White House gives ground on agencies’ selective responses to Congressional oversight inquiries (Gov Exec)
• ‘Fact checking; website Snopes on verge of collapse after founder accused of fraud, lies, and putting prostitutes and honeymoon on his expenses (Daily Mail)
• Asian-Americans’ Complaint Against Harvard Could Get Dept. of Justice Review (NBC)
• Trump rips Congress, brags about deal-making prowess in Russian sanctions statement (The Hill)

WORLD

• Decline in Democracy Spreads Across Globe as Authoritarian Leaders Rise  (NPR)
• U.S. formally delivers notice to withdraw from Paris climate deal (Reuters)
• North Korea now making missile-ready nuclear weapons, U.S. analysts say (Washington Post)
• ·Iran Gains Ground in Afghanistan as U.S. Presence Wanes (New York Times)
• A Flawed Asylum System in Mexico, Strained Further by U.S. Changes (New York Times)
• 'I Give Up': Top War Crimes Expert Resigns from U.N.'s Syria Inquiry (NPR)
• Nearly 1 Million South Sudanese Refugees in Uganda (NPR)
• Civil activism: Are Russians exiting the Soviet eclipse? (CS Monitor)
• PHOTOS: A 'Massive' Wildfire is Now Blazing in Greenland (NPR)
• Nine dead, 164 injured in China Sichuan quake (Reuters)

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