Mar 08 Watch A Writer Reflects on the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, Two Years Later A Writer's Reflections on the Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami, Two Years Later… Continue watching
Mar 04 Watch Poet David Ferry on Writing Verse, Reading Poems, Winning Awards at 88 Poet David Ferry on Writing Verse, Reading Poems, Winning Awards at 88… Continue watching
Feb 21 One Month in Damascus: A Photographer’s War Story By News Desk Warning: Some images in the slide show are graphic. Reuters photographer Goran Tomasevic recently spent a month on the frontlines of the war in Syria. Below is his account of what he saw. By Goran Tomasevic of Reuters DAMASCUS,… Continue reading
Feb 21 Watch Powerful Car Bomb Attack Kills More Than 50 People in Damascus The explosion of at least three car bombs rocked the Syrian capital of Damascus, killing more than 50 people and injuring hundreds. Lindsey Hilsum of Independent Television News reports. Margaret Warner talks with Zeina Karam of the Associated Press about… Continue watching
Feb 15 Can Folic Acid Reduce the Risk of Autism? Photo courtesy of Flickr user Emery Co Photo. Could taking a vitamin supplement before and during pregnancy help reduce the chances of your child being diagnosed with autism later? According to a new Norwegian study, yes. Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Syrian Refugees Seeking Safety in Lebanon Find More Crises As the civil war in Syria rages on, refugees have fled to nearby Lebanon. Unfortunately, that move has brought new challenges, including inadequate supplies, discrimination, winter weather and hunger. The NewsHour sent video journalist Paige Kollock to Lebanon to report… Continue watching
Feb 06 Former USAID Official: U.S. Funding Underground Networks to Help Syrians Mark Bartolini has led the U.S effort in providing humanitarian aid to Syrians as director of the Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance, a division of USAID. Before stepping down last week, he made several trips to… Continue reading
Feb 06 Dispatch: Syria’s Internally Displaced Depend on Handouts Syrian refugee children wait for their families daily rations of food at the Bab al-Salam refugee camp in Azaz on the Syrian-Turkish border on Jan. 9. Photo by Zac Baillie/AFP/Getty Images. AZAZ, Syria -- Ten-year-old Nesma shouted in Arabic,… Continue reading
Feb 06 Watch Killing of Tunisian Opposition Figure Sparks Protests, Government Dissolution In late 2010, Tunisia became the birthplace of the Arab spring, and in January 2011, was the first in the region to oust its longtime dictator. Now opposition leader Chokri Belaid has been assassinated, sparking protests and the dissolution of… Continue watching
Jan 25 Watch At World Economic Forum, Talk of Future of European Union and the Euro At World Economic Forum, Talk of Future of European Union and the Euro… Continue watching