Nation Apr 12 News Wrap: Shanghai loosens COVID lockdown, allowing residents to find supplies In our news wrap, more than 6.5 million people in Shanghai began venturing outside after a two-week COVID lockdown, New York's lieutenant governor has been arrested in a federal corruption probe, Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson fined for violating COVID…
Episode Apr 11 April 11, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Monday on the NewsHour, a miles-long Russian convoy is heading toward eastern Ukraine as civilians desperately try to escape ahead of an expected major military offensive. Then, the U.S. Postal Service gets a reboot with new laws aimed at fixing…
World Apr 11 UN Refugee Chief Filippo Grandi discusses the mass exodus of Ukrainians fleeing war The war has driven millions from their homes in Ukraine. More than 4.5 million have left their nation for eastern Europe and beyond, and a further 7 million are displaced within Ukraine. United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi…
Nation Apr 11 News Wrap: Philadelphia reinstates indoor mask mandate for COVID-19 In our news wrap Monday, Philadelphia becomes the first U.S. city to reinstate an indoor mask mandate for COVID, campaigning began in France for a presidential election runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, lawmakers in Pakistan chose opposition…
Episode Apr 08 April 8, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Friday on the NewsHour, Russian forces attack thousands of fleeing civilians at a Ukrainian rail station as the country's president warns of more atrocities. Then, economists sound the alarm over cryptocurrency's volatility as the future of digital assets remains in…
Nation Apr 08 News Wrap: Second Proud Boys member pleaded guilty to conspiracy in Capitol attack In our news wrap Friday, a second Proud Boys member pleaded guilty to conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attacks, the White House celebrated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson's Supreme Court confirmation, Pakistan's prime minister accepts ruling blocking bid to dissolve parliament,…
Episode Apr 07 April 7, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Thursday on the NewsHour, Western nations pledge more military aid for Ukraine as investigators gather additional evidence of war crimes, including Russia's apparent use of civilians as human shields. Then, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson becomes the first Black woman elevated…
Nation Apr 07 News Wrap: Congress votes to ban Russian oil and cut off normal trade relations In our news wrap Thursday, a near-unanimous Congress voted to cut off normal trade relations with Russia and ban imports of Russian oil, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi tested positive COVID, Pakistan's supreme court rejected Prime Minister Imran Khan's bid to…
Episode Apr 06 April 6, 2022 - PBS NewsHour full episode Wednesday on the NewsHour, Russia refocuses attacks in Ukraine as Western nations announce more sanctions in response to the atrocities against civilians. Then, U.S. lawmakers grill oil executives about the sharp rise in gas prices that are squeezing Americans' wallets.
World Apr 06 EU foreign policy head Josep Borrell on a possible Russian coal ban and war in Ukraine n Brussels, European Union leaders met to consider a ban on Russian coal, while U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken gathered with NATO alliance leaders to discuss the war in Ukraine. Josep Borrell, the EU's high representative for foreign policy,…