About Larisa @NewsHourWorld
Larisa Epatko produces multimedia web features and broadcast reports with a focus on foreign affairs for the PBS NewsHour. She has reported in places such as Jordan, Pakistan, Iraq, Haiti, Sudan, Western Sahara, Guantanamo Bay, China, Vietnam, South Korea, Turkey, Germany and Ireland.
Larisa’s Recent Stories
World Nov 15
The coalition moving Brexit forward is falling apart. What happens next?Hours after British Prime Minister Theresa May announced that her Cabinet supported a draft agreement laying out the terms of the UK’s divorce from the European Union, two members quit, cutting short any victory lap.
Nation Nov 14
When being homeless means losing family, this group helps people reconnectThe Bay Area nonprofit Miracle Messages' mantra is “everyone is someone’s somebody.”…
World Nov 09
Trump goes to Paris to mark the end of WWI. What can we expect?President Donald Trump will join 60 other heads of state in Paris for ceremonies dedicated to veterans of all wars. Here’s what we know about his trip.
Nation Nov 08
What we know about the California mass shootingHundreds of people gathered at a candlelight vigil Thursday to honor the 12 people shot and killed the night before at the Borderline Bar and Grill in Thousand Oaks, California.
World Nov 05
This school helps girls in Tanzania transform their livesThe founders of Secondary Education for Girls’ Advancement in Tanzania recognize that keeping girls in school is the key to giving them more opportunities.
World Oct 30
Brazil elected a far-right president. What can the world expect?President-elect Jair Bolsonaro’s anti-establishment speeches and populist style drew support among those seeking strong leadership, but stoked fears among others that he was putting Brazil’s democracy in danger.
World Oct 25
5 good news stories from around the worldLibyan war widows learn to earn a living, and a pilot in South Africa is teaching girls to soar.
World Oct 23
At least 50 Afghans died in election day violence. Will future votes be safer?Despite a shroud of violence and voting delays, more than 4 million Afghans cast their ballots in parliamentary elections last weekend, according to the country’s election commission.
World Oct 22
What we know about the latest migrant caravan traveling through MexicoAs of Monday, the United Nations said the caravan heading north has grown to about 7,200 Central American migrants. Here is what we know.
World Oct 05
Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Nadia Murad, Denis Mukwege for fight against sexual violence“Each of them in their own way has helped to give greater visibility to wartime sexual violence, so that the perpetrators can be held accountable for their actions,” the Norwegian Nobel Committee said Friday.
