Jul 28 Rescuers search for 5 missing workers at German blast site By Associated Press Rescue teams in western Germany searched for five missing workers Wednesday at an industrial park for chemical companies a day after an explosion killed at least two people and injured 31 others. Continue reading
Jul 27 U.N. says its food aid runs out this week in Ethiopia’s Tigray By Associated Press The head of the U.N. World Food Program says the agency will "run out of food" in Ethiopia's conflict-hit Tigray region on Friday, while hundreds of thousands of people there face the world's worst famine crisis in a decade. Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch 5:25 News Wrap: Georgia man pleads guilty to 4 of 8 Asian spa killings, gets life sentence In our news wrap Tuesday, a man accused of killing 8 people at an Atlanta-area massage parlor in March pleaded guilty to 4 murders. He was sentenced to life in prison without parole. A former U.S. Air Force analyst is… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch 18:19 U.S. ‘really messed it up’ in Afghanistan, says Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan By Judy Woodruff, Morgan Till, Dan Sagalyn In just over one month, the United States will have completed its withdrawal from Afghanistan after 20 years of war. But for those two decades, Afghanistan's eastern neighbor, Pakistan, stood accused by American and Afghan forces of supporting the Taliban. Continue watching
Jul 27 ‘About time’: LGBTQ Olympic athletes unleash a rainbow wave By John Leicester, Associated Press The Tokyo Games are shaping up as a watershed for LGBTQ Olympians. Continue reading
Jul 27 Will the Olympics ever truly welcome nonbinary athletes? By Kate Sosin, The 19th As more young people identify as gender diverse, the binary in sports becomes increasingly fraught. Continue reading
Jul 27 1 person dead, 4 still missing in German chemical explosion By Kirsten Grieshaber, Associated Press An explosion at an industrial park for chemical companies shook the German city of Leverkusen on Tuesday, sending a large black cloud rising into the air. At least 16 people were injured, one was found dead and four remain missing. Continue reading
Jul 27 First person tried under Hong Kong security law found guilty By Alice Fung, Associated Press The first person to be tried under Hong Kong's sweeping national security law was found guilty of secessionism and terrorism on Tuesday in a ruling closely watched for indications of how the law will be applied as China tightens its… Continue reading
Jul 26 Watch 4:00 News Wrap: Biden to pull U.S. combat forces from Iraq by end of year In our news wrap Monday, the White House announced that a U.S. combat mission in Iraq will wrap up by year’s end. The United Nations reports that more women and children have been killed in fighting in Afghanistan this year… Continue watching
Jul 26 Watch 5:58 Why are Tunisians protesting? Understanding the country’s crisis of democracy Tunisia’s President Kais Saied on Monday suspended parliament indefinitely and fired the country’s defense minister — one day after he unilaterally fired the prime minister. Nick Schifrin reports on moves that critics call a coup — one decade after the… Continue watching