May 30 World Week Ahead: Vatican's Study on HIV; Mediation Talks in Libya By News Desk In this week's top news from around the globe, the NewsHour has a team in Vatican City, reporting on a meeting about the care of people with HIV/AIDS. And later in the week, the U.N. Security Council meets on the… Continue reading
May 30 Vatican Holds Line on Condoms at Conference By Talea Miller An AIDS conference hosted at the Vatican over the weekend quickly stamped out any lingering speculation that the Church might shift or broaden its policy against use of condoms to protect from HIV. Continue reading
May 27 Watch Catholic Church Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS Vatican Looks to Lead Conversation on Combating HIV/AIDS… Continue watching
May 27 Vatican Hosts AIDS Meeting In Wake Of Condom Controversy By Talea Miller The NewsHour's global health unit is in Rome this week to report on a two-day conference being hosted by the Vatican on the global fight against AIDS. The meeting was prompted in part by confusion over the pope's recent comments… Continue reading
Apr 21 Tree in Germany Blooms 9,800 Easter Eggs An apple tree in eastern Germany is home to nearly 10,000 hand decorated Easter eggs, and thousands of people are flocking to see it. Continue reading
Apr 20 Hillsong UNITED Finds a Faithful Following When Brian and Bobbie Houston moved from New Zealand to Baulkham Hills, Australia, in 1978 they didn't realize they were on the brink of starting a global Christian movement. Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch Pakistani Legislator Stands Up to Extremists Over Blasphemy Law In Pakistan, calls to reform a blasphemy law have resulted in the assassination of two key moderate politicians. Margaret Warner talks to Pakistani Parliament member Sherry Rehman, who has challenged the law and become the focus of several protests and… Continue watching
Mar 10 Watch Live: Hill Hearings on Muslim Radicalization Free live streaming by Ustream The House Homeland Security committee, chaired by Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., is… Continue reading
Mar 04 The Doubleheader: Shields and Brooks on Money, Muslims and the NFL By Hari Sreenivasan [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GWYVaVqBWI] Those topics are not at all related, but they got our attention this week at The Doubleheader. Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks spoke a bit about the billions being bandied about on… Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch News Wrap: Daley Named White House Chief of Staff; al-Sadr Back in Iraq In other news Thursday, William Daley, part of a Chicago political dynasty, was named White House chief of staff. Also, Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who commanded a militia combating U.S. and Iraqi troops, returned to Iraq from four years of… Continue watching