Sep 26 Seeing a culture of fear, poet explores the immigrant dream By Mary Jo Brooks Poet Tishani Doshi has long reflected on the idea of immigration and creating a new home in new land. But she has become alarmed about the “culture of fear” that has developed toward immigrants in the United Sates and Britain. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: McCain, Rubio win their primaries By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Republican Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio sailed past their primary election opponents ahead of tough general election contests. Also, for the first time in more than 50 years, a U.S. commercial flight landed in… Continue watching
Aug 28 Kerry heads to Bangladesh, India amid South Asian tensions By Matthew Lee, Associated Press U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's stops in Bangladesh and India come amid increasing concerns about terrorism in both South Asian nations. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 5:30 News Wrap: Trump says he’s not flip-flopping on immigration plan By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Donald Trump insisted that he is not flip-flopping on his plan to deport some 11 million people living in the U.S. illegally. He appeared to shift his policy over the weekend. Also, Russia has stopped… Continue watching
Aug 21 Watson goes to Asia as hospitals use supercomputer for cancer treatment By Ike Swetlitz, STAT The goal is to use Watson’s natural language processing to mine the medical literature and a patient’s records to provide treatment advice. Continue reading
Aug 04 Watch 6:49 Preserving what’s left of a once-thriving Jewish community in India By PBS News Hour The coastal Indian city of Cochin was once home to a thriving Jewish community; immigrants came for the spice trade and ended up settling there. But in 1955, the community largely vanished as its residents departed en masse to the… Continue watching
Aug 03 Tensions bubble in disputed Kashmir ahead of regional summit By Kulsoom Khan Protests and diplomatic tensions are on the rise along the border of India and Pakistan as government officials from several Southeast Asian countries met in Pakistan on Wednesday for a regional summit. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 3:10 News Wrap: Obama renews case for TPP; more DNC resignations By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, President Obama renewed his case for the Trans-Pacific Partnership, a trade deal both presidential candidates have disavowed. Also, the Associated Press reports that the Democratic National Committee’s chief executive has resigned and that other staff… Continue watching
Jun 22 Watch 4:29 Teen scientist’s revolutionary speech device could grant language to the voiceless By PBS News Hour At age nine, Arsh Shah Dilbagi asked his parents for a puppy; they gave him a Lego kit instead. Undeterred, Arsh used it to construct a dog. Now 17, the tech prodigy is still building his dreams from scratch. His… Continue watching
Jun 15 Polio strain found in India two years after virus declared eradicated By Kulsoom Khan Two years after the World Health Organization declared India polio-free, an active strain of the virus has been found in samples of sewage water in the southern city of Hyderabad. Continue reading