Jul 02 Watch 6:25 These floating piers let visitors (almost) walk on water By PBS News Hour For the past two weeks in Italy, a lake has been transformed with floating piers that allow visitors to walk on water. The fanciful public installation comes courtesy of the renowned conceptual artist Christo. NewsHour Special Correspondent Christopher Livesay has… Continue watching
Jun 08 Watch 4:50 News Wrap: GOP will be absent from Calif. Senate race; Eritrean migrant smuggler arrested By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, no Republican earned enough primary votes to qualify for California’s Senate race, meaning that for the first time in Golden State history, two Democrats will face one another in a November runoff. Also, Italian authorities… Continue watching
Jun 07 Watch 7:36 After dangerous Mediterranean voyage, migrants in Sicily face uncertainty, Mafia influence By PBS News Hour As summer arrives, thousands of migrants are embarking upon perilous Mediterranean crossings to get to Europe. In Sicily, authorities attempting to deal with the influx discovered a four-billion-dollar ruse: a migrant reception center that turned out to be a front… Continue watching
May 31 More than 2,500 migrants have died so far this year, outpacing 2015 By Kulsoom Khan At least 880 migrants have died in the Mediterranean Sea over the past week, the United Nations refugee agency said Tuesday. Continue reading
May 29 Hundreds dead as migrant crisis escalates in the Mediterranean Sea By Michael D. Regan At least 700 migrants attempting to cross from Libya to Europe may have drowned last week after three boats capsized in the Mediterranean Sea. Continue reading
Apr 22 Cook these classic Roman Jewish recipes for Passover By Corinne Segal Spicy fish with couscous. Fried zucchini. Anchovy and frisee casserole. These aren't the spaghetti-and-red-sauce Italian dishes that many of us are familiar with. Continue reading
Apr 03 Watch 9:09 How migrants and refugees are being welcomed in one tiny Italian village By PBS News Hour Starting tomorrow, the European Union plans to start sending back some of the 170,000 migrants and refugees who have made the dangerous journey by sea to Europe this year. Along another main migrant sea route from North Africa toward Italy,… Continue watching
Mar 10 The surprising beauty in Europe’s abandoned border checkpoints By Corinne Segal Photographer Josef Schulz's series on abandoned border checkpoints has taken on a renewed importance, as one of the largest migrations in European history has brought new discussion about the continent's borders. Continue reading
Feb 13 Student tortured, killed in Egypt given funeral in Italy By Daniel Costa-Roberts Flags flew at half staff Friday in the Italian town of Fiumicello, where hundreds of mourners gathered for the funeral of an Italian student whose body was found on the outskirts of Cairo early this month. Continue reading
Jan 28 Watch 3:59 News Wrap: More deadly sea crossings for migrants flocking to Europe By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, at least 25 migrants drowned when their boat sank off the Greek island of Samos. Meanwhile, the Italian Navy rescued nearly 300 people and recovered six bodies of Sicily. Also, three more members of an… Continue watching