Apr 10 Watch 4:24 News Wrap: China’s Xi Jinping offers to lower trade barriers By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, Chinese President Xi Jinping renewed offers to lower trade barriers to China's markets, setting off a stock market rally. Xi said Beijing will significantly lower automobile tariffs and strengthen intellectual property protections. Also, the Organization… Continue watching
Apr 09 Watch 4:06 News Wrap: China ‘not nice’ for targeting U.S. farmers with tariffs, says Trump By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, President Trump pledged to "make it up" to farmers who could suffer from China's proposed tariffs on pork and soybean imports. Chinese officials blamed the U.S. for escalating trade tensions and said negotiations would be… Continue watching
Apr 06 Watch 3:37 News Wrap: U.S. job gains down sharply in March By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, U.S. job growth slowed in March, due in part to late-winter storms. The unemployment rate held steady at 4.1 percent, where it's been for six months. Also, the governor of Arizona announced that he's sending… Continue watching
Apr 05 Watch 4:18 News Wrap: Israeli airstrike kills one on Gaza border In our news wrap Thursday, an Israeli air strike along the Gaza border killed a Palestinian, making the death toll 21 in a week's worth of violence. President Trump's chief economic adviser tried to calm worries about the prospects of… Continue watching
Apr 04 Watch 4:22 News Wrap: Trump moves to deploy National Guard to border By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, President Trump moved to have governors deploy the National Guard at the U.S.-Mexico border. Also, the White House underscored the president’s message that the U.S. military's mission in Syria is coming to a "rapid end,"… Continue watching
Apr 02 Watch 4:40 News Wrap: Death toll rises from Gaza-Israel border violence By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, the death toll rose to 18 from Friday's violence along the Gaza-Israel border. Israel denied its soldiers used excessive force, saying protesters were throwing fire bombs and stones. Also, protests continued in India-controlled Kashmir. Separatist… Continue watching
Mar 30 Watch 6:48 News Wrap: Syrian roadside bomb kills U.S., UK soldiers By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Friday, an American soldier and a British soldier were killed in Northern Syria in the military campaign against Islamic State fighters. Also, Palestinian protesters confronted Israeli troops along the Gaza border in the bloodiest day there… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Russia expels diplomats in reprisal against U.S. and others By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Thursday, Russia retaliated for the expulsions of more than 150 diplomats from the U.S. and other nations by announcing it's tossing out the same number, including 60 American diplomats. Also, families in Venezuela are demanding answers… Continue watching
Mar 28 Watch 3:52 News Wrap: U.S., South Korea reach new trade deal By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the U.S. and South Korea have reached a new trade agreement, which will double American auto exports to the South. President Trump had called the existing deal a job killer. Also, Poland signed a major… Continue watching
Mar 27 Watch 6:46 News Wrap: Alton Sterling’s family rejects Louisiana’s investigation into deadly police shooting By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, the state of Louisiana will not file criminal charges against two white officers involved in the fatal shooting of Alton Sterling, a black man, in 2016. The state attorney general claims Sterling was resisting arrest… Continue watching