North Korean leader Kim Jong Un watches the launch of a Hwasong-12 missile in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on September 16, 2017. KCNA via REUTERS

 

North Korea

 

The U.S. military staged bombing drills with South Korea over the Korean peninsula and Russia and China began naval exercises ahead of a U.N. General Assembly meeting on Tuesday where North Korea’s nuclear threat is likely to loom large. The flurry of military drills came after Pyongyang fired another mid-range ballistic missile over Japan on Friday and the reclusive North conducted its sixth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 3 in defiance of United Nations sanctions and other international pressure. 

 

Late summer rains, private food supplies limit impact of North Korea drought

 

U.N.

 

When U.S. President Donald Trump takes the world stage at the United Nations for the first time this week, he will share the spotlight with his envoy Nikki Haley, who has emerged as the surprising public face of U.S. foreign policy. Haley, the 45-year-old former South Carolina governor, has proven to be a high-profile member of Trump’s administration, at times overshadowing Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, the former chief executive of Exxon Mobil Corp, despite her lack of previous foreign policy experience, diplomats say. 

 

Criticized by Trump, Iran nuclear deal faces tough scrutiny in U.N. talks

 

U.S.

 

More than 80 people were arrested on Sunday night as protests in St Louis over the acquittal of a white policeman who had shot a black man turned violent for a third night running. Police in riot gear used pepper spray and arrested the demonstrators who had defied orders to disperse following a larger, peaceful protest. 

 

Tillerson says U.S. could stay in Paris climate accord

 

Fight over electoral district boundaries heads to Supreme Court

 

More than 80 arrested as riot police break up St. Louis protest over officer's acquittal

 

Emmy Awards

 

The Emmy awards show was peppered with political jokes and pointed speeches on Sunday, as host Stephen Colbert took shots at the president, Sean Spicer made a surprise appearance and Trump won an Emmy - sort of.

 

“The Handmaid’s Tale” and political comedy “Veep” won the top prizes, but satirical sketch show “Saturday Night Live” won the most Emmys overall on the back of a season of Trump spoofs. 

 

Slideshow: The best of the Emmys

 

Hulu's big Emmy night marks a streaming milestone

 

 

Vessels that sank during Hurricane Irma are seen in a Saint John bay 12 days after the devastating storm raked the island, on St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands September 16, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Drake

 

World

 

Hamas has agreed to dissolve the administration that runs Gaza, it said on Sunday, a major step towards handing control of the enclave to a Palestinian unity government after a decade of bitter rivalry with President Mahmoud Abbas.

 

Hurricane Maria seen strengthening into major hurricane in next two days

 

Exclusive: 'We will kill you all' - Rohingya villagers in Myanmar beg for safe passage

 

Far-right party likened to Nazis  to shake up German parliament

 

Britain proposes new security treaty with EU after Brexit

 

Reuters TV: At least 30 Burundian refugees die in clashes with Congolese security forces

 

Business

 

World stocks hit a record high and the dollar reached an eight-week peak against the yen on expectations that the U.S. Federal Reserve will this week announce trimming of its balance sheet, part of a reversal of cheap money worldwide.

 

Slack valued at $5.1 billion after new funding led by SoftBank

 

Australian moguls lose court challenge to CBS' planned buyout of Ten Network

 

Breakingviews - China's drugmakers boast Big Pharma option value

 

Hiscox sees $150 million net claims from Hurricane Harvey 

 

Nokia says to get sales boost after patent ruling 

 

Commentary

 

With French unionists taking to the streets in protest, President Emmanuel Macron’s changes to France's labor laws hang in the balance, writes columnist John Lloyd. "If France’s CGT and the left and far-right cannot mobilize enough opposition, the labor reforms will be implemented, and they could be part of a general renaissance of the French economy," says Lloyd. "Yet delivery of this kind of economy now comes with an apparently unavoidable cost. Faster growth and even a fall in unemployment can produce an ever-larger underclass...a much larger tail of the precarious, insecure and low paid."