Mar 21 WATCH: Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Myanmar repression of Muslim Rohingya is genocide By Ben Fox, Associated Press U.S. officials say the Biden administration intends to declare that Myanmar's years-long repression of the Rohingya Muslim population is a "genocide."… Continue reading
Mar 21 Ukraine defiant, rejects Russian demand for surrender of forces in Mariupol By Cara Anna, Associated Press Ukrainian officials have defiantly rejected a Russian demand that their forces in Mariupol lay down arms and raise white flags in exchange for safe passage. Continue reading
Mar 20 Watch 4:43 This week in politics: Ukraine and Supreme Court nominee hearings By PBS NewsHour Between the war in Ukraine and the upcoming confirmation hearings for U.S. Supreme Court nominee Kentaji Brown Jackson, political divisions are emerging. NewsHour Weekend Special Correspondent Jeff Greenfield joins Hari Sreenivasan to discuss the political implications on these topics and… Continue watching
Mar 20 Zelensky invokes Holocaust as he appeals to Israel for aid By Josef Federman, Associated Press Zelenskyy accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of trying to carry out a “final solution” against Ukraine -- using the Nazi term for its planned genocide of 6 million Jews during World War II. Continue reading
Mar 20 Amid new bombings, Ukraine now seen as a war of attrition By Cara Anna, Associated Press Ukrainian authorities said Sunday that Russia’s military bombed an art school sheltering about 400 people in the port city of Mariupol, where refugees described how “battles took place over every street,” weeks into a devastating siege. Continue reading
Mar 20 Ukraine war is backdrop in U.S. push for hypersonic weapons By David Sharp, Associated Press Lagging behind Russia in developing hypersonic weapons, the U.S. Navy is rushing to field its first, with installation on a warship starting as soon as late next year. Continue reading
Mar 19 Watch 4:08 Amid growing humanitarian crisis, Zelensky calls for more peace talks By PBS NewsHour Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky repeated his call for peace talks as the humanitarian crisis grows. He blamed Putin for intentionally blocking aid and evacuation corridors as thousands of people remain trapped in Mariupol as fighting continues. NPR reporter Jason Beaubien… Continue watching
Mar 19 Antarctica and the Arctic are at least 50 degrees warmer than average By Seth Borenstein, Associated Press Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous freakish extreme heat with parts of Antarctica more than 70 degrees (40 degrees Celsius) warmer than average and areas of the Arctic more than 50 degrees (30 degrees Celsius) warmer than average. Continue reading
Mar 19 Russians push deeper into Mariupol as locals plead for help By Cara Anna, Associated Press The fall of Mariupol, the scene of some of the war's worst suffering, would mark a major battlefield advance for the Russians, who are largely bogged down outside major cities more than three weeks into the biggest land invasion in Europe since World… Continue reading
Mar 18 U.N. food agency official alarmed by Afghanistan food, fuel prices By Kathy Gannon, Associated Press Afghanistan has been sinking deeper into poverty and economic crisis since the Taliban takeover and as many as 95 percent of the country's 38 million people don't have enough to eat or money to buy the food. Continue reading