Jan 22 Watch 3:38 News Wrap: Court tosses out Pennsylvania's gerrymandered congressional map By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court threw out the state's congressional map for being heavily gerrymandered to benefit Republicans. Also, Turkey continued its military offensive against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria for a third day. Continue watching
Jan 16 Watch 5:35 News Wrap: Bannon testifies in closed-door House hearing By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Tuesday, former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon spent hours behind closed doors with the House Intelligence Committee to testify in the investigation of potential collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. Also, a major storm… Continue watching
Dec 25 Watch 3:49 News Wrap: World leaders mark Christmas with messages of peace By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Monday, Pope Francis used his Christmas remarks to call for a two-state solution in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and an end to confrontation in the world's hot spots. Also, Guatemala is the first nation to follow President… Continue watching
Dec 25 Pope Francis offers Christmas blessings to children 'wherever peace and security are threatened' By Molly Finnegan Speaking to an estimated crowd of 50,000 from a balcony above the Vatican's St. Peter's Square, the pope called for a two-state solution in the Middle East, and an end to conflicts on the Korean Peninsula, in Myanmar, Syria, Yemen,… Continue reading
Dec 01 Pope Francis apologizes to Rohingya for 'indifference of the world' By Larisa Epatko “The presence of God today is also called ‘Rohingya,’” Pope Francis said while meeting with members of the the Muslim minority in Bangladesh. Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch 6:54 Will the pope's Myanmar visit bring any relief to persecuted Rohingya? By PBS News Hour Without mentioning the Rohingya by name, Pope Francis spoke out in Myanmar of the need to respect all ethnic groups. It was unclear whether the pope pressed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, who has downplayed the severity of the attacks… Continue watching
Nov 27 Watch 4:09 Pope Francis' delicate mission in Myanmar By PBS News Hour Pope Francis is in Myanmar this week to advocate for peace in a country where 600,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled violent attacks by government troops. But mentioning the religious minority by name could be diplomatically problematic. Jonathan Miller from Independent… Continue watching
May 29 One doctor's war against global organ trafficking By Ryan Connelly Holmes, Dan Sagalyn Dr. Francis Delmonico, a Harvard Medical School professor, has spent more than a decade leading the fight to establish global ethics principles that govern how human organs are obtained and transplanted. Continue reading
May 26 Watch 5:32 How world leaders tried to bend Trump's ear during his first trip abroad By PBS News Hour President Trump spent the final day of his first trip abroad in Sicily at a G-7 Summit, where he met with several world leaders to discuss issues such as climate change and trade. It wrapped up a busy week with… Continue watching
May 26 As Trump announces famine aid, relief funds face big cuts By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration's 2018 spending plan does not eliminate money for emergency food aid, but ends a critical program by consolidating it into a broader account that covers all international disaster assistance. Continue reading