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A U.N.-sponsored report warns that disappearing pollinators, such as bees, could cut production of healthful foods like fruits and nuts. But the degree of damage is mostly a matter of speculation.

President Trump at the G20. North Korea on notice. State budget battles. Our weekly news round table goes behind the headlines.

A cease-fire seemed to be holding in southwestern Syria after more than nine hours. The U.S. and Russia brokered deal is the fifth attempt to quell the violence since early last year.

The firing of three short-range missiles was believed to be the first test since the North launched a milestone intercontinental ballistic missile test last month.

The bank would fund infrastructure projects in emerging and developing countries. But the leaders of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — were unable to agree on how much capital such a bank would need.

"In the interest of stopping the Korean conflict, with its great toil of suffering and bloodshed," all sides agreed to the ceasefire. They also agreed to work on a "peaceful settlement of the Korean question." That work remains unfinished.

Renewed, intense fighting erupts in Syria's largest city, Aleppo, where rebels and government troops are battling each other in several neighborhoods. Although no one has prevailed, the government is expected to force back the rebels because of its superior firepower.

Ban Ki-moon called the killing of 300 Syrians an "appalling and brutal crime."

The Miami Marlins are back in the news. That's no surprise to Frank Deford, who thinks the team is one of the zaniest in baseball.

George Galloway, who the Labour Party cut loose because of his opposition to the war In Iraq, has won a seat in the House of Commons.