Sep 21 WATCH: Ukrainian President Zelenskyy addresses the 2022 United Nations General Assembly By Jennifer Peltz, Associated Press Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy suggested Wednesday that Russia’s decision to mobilize some reservists showed that Moscow isn’t serious about negotiating an end to its nearly seven-month-long war. Continue reading
Sep 21 Iranian protests continue, sparked by death of young woman arrested for violating dress code By Joseph Krauss, Associated Press Protests have erupted across Iran in recent days after a 22-year-old woman died while being held by the morality police for violating the country's strictly enforced Islamic dress code. Continue reading
Sep 21 Putin orders partial call-up of reservists, first since World War II By Karl Ritter, Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered a partial mobilization of reservists in Russia, effective immediately. Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: President Biden addresses the 2022 United Nations General Assembly By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden declared at the United Nations on Wednesday that Russia has “shamelessly violated the core tenets” of the international body with its war in Ukraine as he summoned nations around the globe to stand firm in backing the… Continue reading
Sep 21 WATCH: 2022 United Nations General Assembly – Day 2 By Ted Anthony, Associated Press The head of the U.N. had just warned of a world gone badly wrong — a place where inequity was on the rise, war was back in Europe, fragmentation was everywhere, the pandemic was pushing onward and technology was tearing… Continue reading
Sep 20 Watch 5:04 Calls for reform in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona leaves entire island without power By William Brangham, Lizz Bolaji Parts of the northern Caribbean washed away as heavy rains and winds from Hurricane Fiona bombarded islands. The storm hit the Turks and Caicos on Tuesday and may grow stronger as it heads to Bermuda. Puerto Rico saw some of… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 4:29 News Wrap: New York City lifting vaccine mandate for private sector workers In our news wrap Tuesday, New York City is lifting its vaccine mandate for private sector workers as of November 1, federal authorities in Minnesota charged 47 people in a fraud scheme taking advantage of pandemic relief funds and the… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 7:13 Ukraine’s top prosecutor on mass graves and other Russian atrocities in recaptured areas By Nick Schifrin, Teresa Cebrian Aranda Attorney General Merrick Garland signed an agreement with his Ukrainian counterpart formalizing U.S. support for war crimes investigations against Russia. But finding justice in war is a long and difficult process. Nick Schifrin sits down with Ukraine's prosecutor general as… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 5:57 Protests erupt in Iran after death of woman arrested for violating dress code By Amna Nawaz Anti-government protests swept across Iran after a 22-year-old woman died in the custody of the regime's morality police. She was arrested for not wearing an appropriate hijab, or head covering. Actor and human rights advocate Nazanin Boniadi joins Amna Nawaz… Continue watching
Sep 20 Watch 6:06 12-foot puppet walks streets of New York to raise awareness of global refugee crisis By Jeffrey Brown, Alison Thoet, Anne Azzi Davenport To bring awareness to the global crisis of migration and refugees, a theater project is using a different kind of stage. They built a giant puppet of a young Syrian girl to stand in for millions and silently speak on… Continue watching