HAGATNA, Guam -— Tourists haven’t been deterred from visiting the tropical island of Guam even though the US territory has been the target of threats from North Korea during a week of angry words exchanged by Pyongyang and Washington.Chiho Tsuchiya of Japan heard the news, but she decided to come anyway with her husband and two children. “I feel Japan and Korea also can get danger from North Korea, so staying home is the same,” said the 40-year-old.Won Hyung-jin, an official from Modetour, a lar

SEATTLE -- Protesters decrying hatred and racism converged around the country on Sunday, saying they felt compelled to counteract the white supremacist rally that spiraled into deadly violence in Virginia.The gatherings spanned from a march to President Donald Trump’s home in New York to candlelight vigils in several cities. In Seattle, police arrested three men and confiscated weapons as Trump supporters and counter-protesters converged downtown.Some focused on showing support for the people wh

WASHINGTON -- US intelligence officials are pretty sure North Korea can put a nuclear warhead on an intercontinental missile that could reach the United States. But experts aren’t convinced the bomb could make it all that way intact.They cite lingering questions about North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s nuclear know-how.“I don’t think North Korea has a good measure of how accurate the missile is at this point,” said Michael Elleman, an expert with the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA -- A car plowed into a crowd of people peacefully protesting a white nationalist rally Saturday in a Virginia college town, killing one person, hurting more than a dozen others and ratcheting up tension in a day full of violent confrontations. Shortly after, a Virginia State Police helicopter that officials said was assisting with the rally crashed outside Charlottesville, killing the pilot and a trooper. The chaos boiled over at what is believed to be the largest group of wh

BEDMINSTER, NJ -- President Donald Trump on Saturday blamed "many sides" for the violent clashes between protesters and white supremacists in Virginia and contended that the "hatred and bigotry" broadcast across the country had taken root long before his political ascendancy.That was not how the Charlottesville mayor assessed the chaos that led the governor to declare a state of emergency, contending that Trump's campaign fed the flames of prejudice.Trump, on a working vacation at his New Jersey

HONOLULU, Guam  -- If an attack warning is issued, Guam residents should take cover quickly -- in a concrete structure, preferably underground -- and stay there until instructed otherwise, according to a fact sheet titled “Preparing for an Imminent Missile Threat.’’ 　Guam’s Office of Civil Defense began disseminating fact sheets Friday to help residents prepare for a missile attack from North Korea. The guidance includes tips on building an emergency kit, advice on staying put in concrete or bri

A strong earthquake shook a mountainous region in southwestern China near a famous national park, killing seven people, injuring 88 others and knocking out power and phone networks.At least five of the dead were tourists. The information office of the Sichuan province government released an updated number of casualties early Wednesday, but it didn't have more details on the victims of the Tuesday evening quake, China's official Xinhua News Agency said. The office said 21 people were seriously in

The strongest sanctions yet against North Korea could still prove no match for the communist country's relentless nuclear weapons ambitions.While the United States hails a new package of UN penalties that could cut a third of North Korea's exports, the sanctions themselves aren't the American objective. They're only a tactic for getting Kim Jong-un's totalitarian government to end its missile advances and atomic weapons tests, and there is little evidence to suggest this newest round of economic

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Sunday urged his North Korean counterpart to abide by UN resolutions and stop provoking “the international community's goodwill” with missile launches and nuclear tests.Wang spoke to reporters in Manila after meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines of a regional meeting, hours after the UN Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions to punish Pyongyang for its escalating nuclear and missile programs.North Korean For

US President Donald Trump is tweeting his support for tough new sanctions against North Korea unanimously approved by the UN Security Council. “The United Nations Security Council just voted 15-0 to sanction North Korea. China and Russia voted with us. Very big financial impact!” he said on Twitter.The sanctions against North Korea for its escalating nuclear and missile programs include a ban on coal and other exports worth over $1 billion  _ a huge bite in its total exports, valued at $3 billio

Hiroshima’s appeal of “never again” on the anniversary Sunday of the world’s first atomic bomb attack has gained urgency as North Korea moves ever closer to acquiring nuclear weapons, showing its growing prowess with increasingly frequent missile launches.When the US dropped the bomb on Aug. 6, 1945, Toshiki Fujimori’s mother was carrying him, then just a year old, piggyback to the hospital.  The impact of the explosion threw them both to the ground, nearly killing him.“Obviously tensions are gr