Feb 12 Watch 5:12 U.S. shuts embassies, holds talks as tensions over Russia mount By PBS NewsHour President Biden held a high-stakes call with Russian President Vladimir Putin amid warnings that an invasion into Ukraine could begin ‘any day.’ All U.S. Embassy non-emergency personnel have been ordered to leave Ukraine and American citizens have also been advised… Continue watching
Feb 12 Watch 6:07 Ukrainians are training in civil defense, just in case By Hari Sreenivasan, Ana Jegnaradze, Marita Tevzadze As Russian troops mass on Ukraine’s border it is unclear if or when there will be an invasion. But many Ukrainians are preparing for the worst and have stepped up training in civil defense. NewsHour Weekend’s Hari Sreenivasan reports on… Continue watching
Feb 12 Queries on doping, harassment, ineptitude at Olympics By Jake Seiner, Associated Press The biggest questions at the Beijing Olympics on Saturday hardly centered on who would win the six gold medals up for grabs. Not with the fate of 15-year-old figure skater Kamila Valieva still undecided. Will the Russian be allowed to… Continue reading
Feb 12 Canada border blockade clearing peacefully as police move in By Associated Press Many demonstrators drove away from the Ambassador Bridge spanning the river between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario, as scores of police approached shortly after dawn. Continue reading
Feb 11 Watch 4:56 Why a Russian invasion of Ukraine appears imminent despite intense diplomatic efforts By Nick Schifrin The Biden administration on Friday issued its most urgent warning yet that Russia could launch a war in Ukraine at any time. More than 100,000 Russian troops surround Ukraine on three sides, and national security adviser Jake Sullivan urged Americans… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 5:22 Canadian trucker blockades impact production on both sides of the border By Paul Solman, Ryan Connelly Holmes Truckers and protesters blocked a key border crossing between the U.S. and Canada for a fifth straight day. A court injunction issued late Friday ordered an end to that blockade. But for now trucks are blocking three border crossings, stopping… Continue watching
Feb 11 Watch 8:05 Olympic great Apolo Ohno on this year's 'unprecedented' Winter Games By Amna Nawaz We are near the midpoint of the Winter Olympics, one of the stranger and more controversial Games, given the advent of COVID and China's record on human rights. Even so, athletes are trying to compete under enormous pressure at the… Continue watching
Feb 11 Ukraine crisis escalates as Biden orders 3,000 more troops to Poland By Robert Burns, Associated Press A senior defense official says President Joe Biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 more U.S. troops to Poland. Continue reading
Feb 11 How heat waves, exacerbated by climate change, will be worst for the world's poorest nations By Mojtaba Sadegh, John Abatzoglou, Mohammad Reza Alizadeh, The Conversation The risk from heat waves is about more than intensity – being able to cool off is essential, and that’s hard to find in many low-income areas of the world. Continue reading
Feb 11 U.S. officials fear Putin to invade Ukraine next week By Nick Schifrin The United States believes Russian President Vladimir Putin has decided to invade Ukraine and has communicated those plans to the Russian military, Western and defense officials have told the PBS NewsHour. Continue reading