Sep 16 Watch News Wrap: Taliban suicide bomber kills three NATO troops By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, a car bomb exploded near the U.S. embassy in Kabul, wounding nearly 20 soldiers and civilians and killing three NATO troops, including reportedly two Americans. Also, U.S. airstrikes hit Islamic State targets outside Baghdad as… Continue watching
Sep 16 The U.S. takes 'command and control' of Ebola epidemic By Sarah McHaney President Obama will announce today a surge of U.S. support including hundreds of millions of dollars and thousands of military personnel to countries in West Africa suffering from the Ebola epidemic. The effort is a response to the World Health… Continue reading
Sep 16 In Liberia, Ebola takes a toll on small businesses By Larisa Epatko Patrice Juah’s shop in Liberia is an explosion of color. Brightly printed garments in violet, turquoise and daffodil yellow hang in neat rows along the walls. Her business is one of the many threatened by the Ebola crisis. Continue reading
Sep 16 Morning Line's mid-September top 10 Senate races By Domenico Montanaro, Rachel Wellford Poll after poll finds Republicans more interested and engaged in this election than Democrats, and that means those post-Labor Day polls, using narrower screens of who’s most likely to vote, are giving the GOP an even bigger boost than they… Continue reading
Sep 12 Watch News Wrap: Kerry seeks Turkish support against Islamic State By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, Secretary of State John Kerry met with Turkish leaders in hopes of garnering support for an expanded U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State. Separately, the new Iraqi prime minister said France had agreed to… Continue watching
Sep 12 Cuba pledges 165 healthcare workers to combat Ebola outbreak By Jaywon Choe An overtaxed international response to the Ebola outbreak will receive some much needed help. Cuba has agreed to send 165 healthcare workers to the region, the largest detachment of foreign doctors and nurses committed thus far. They are expected to… Continue reading
Sep 11 35 deaths due to Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo By Anna Christiansen The World Health Organization said Thursday that 35 people have died from Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo, out of the 62 people sickened by the virus. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch U.S. offers support to fragile, West African health systems to combat Ebola By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch News Wrap: CO2 levels hit record high in 2013, finds UN report By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 08 Watch News Wrap: WHO projects 'exponential increase' for Ebola By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the World Health Organization says that many thousands of new cases of Ebola are expected in the coming weeks in Liberia, origin country of more than half of all cases to occur so far in… Continue watching