Aug 11 Watch 3:19 News Wrap: Nation's average gas price drops below $4 a gallon In our news wrap Thursday, the average gas price in the U.S. dropped below $4 a gallon for the first time in months, the CDC removes a longstanding recommendation to quarantine after close contact with those infected with COVID, an… Continue watching
Aug 11 Watch 4:54 Rainforests in the Congo Basin are under threat as the DRC opens land to oil, gas drilling By William Brangham, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Satvi Sunkara On a multi-country tour of Africa this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has been making the case that the U.S. can be a quote "equal partner" with African nations. In that vein, he recently announced a new partnership between… Continue watching
Aug 11 Palestinian death toll rises to 48 in last weekend's fighting between Israel and Gaza militants By Fares Akram, Associated Press The Palestinian death toll from last weekend's fighting between Israel and Gaza militants has risen to 48, after an 11-year-old girl and a man died from wounds they suffered during the worst cross-border violence in over a year. Continue reading
Aug 11 Western nations promise more weapons to Ukraine while ban on Russian coal kicks in By Susie Blann, Associated Press Western nations make more pledges to send arms to Ukraine while the European Union's full ban on Russian coal imports kicks in on Thursday amid claims sanctions against Moscow now even affected its defense exports. Continue reading
Aug 11 Amid severe drought in Europe, wildfires spread and fish die off By Sylvie Corbet, Vanessa Gera, Associated Press More than 1,000 firefighters in France are struggling to contain a huge wildfire burning through pine forests. Continue reading
Aug 11 Almost six months into Ukraine invasion, Russia struggles to replenish its troops By Associated Press The Kremlin has refused to announce a full-blown mobilization as Russia suffers military losses in its invasion of Ukraine which is nearing its sixth month. Continue reading
Aug 10 Watch 4:43 News Wrap: Trump refuses to answer questions in civil investigation Wednesday on the NewsHour, former President Trump says he refused to answer questions in a civil investigation into his real estate dealings, inflation in the U.S. has eased with consumer prices up 8.5 percent in July from a year ago,… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 5:46 Iranian man charged for trying to assassinate former national security adviser John Bolton By Nick Schifrin The U.S. Justice Department charged an Iranian national with plotting to kill John Bolton, who was national security adviser to President Trump. Federal officials say the suspect was a member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard, who allegedly tried to hire a… Continue watching
Aug 10 Watch 6:44 Patriotic tattoos become a liability for Ukrainians amid reports of Russian torture By Simon Ostrovsky, Dan Sagalyn Shortly after Russia invaded Ukraine in February, some Ukrainians got tattoos to show support for their country. But as the war drags on, those patriotic symbols have become a liability. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky reports. Continue watching
Aug 10 WATCH: Nancy Pelosi defends trip to Taiwan By Associated Press Taiwan also defended Pelosi's actions saying such visits are routine and that China used her trip merely as a pretext to up its threats. Continue reading