Mar 30 Watch 6:24 Elizabeth Kolbert's new book explores striking ways to fix our ecological problems By William Brangham, Maea Lenei Buhre As the Biden administration moves to expand offshore wind power along the east coast in order to tackle what many scientists call a climate crisis, some are suggesting even more revolutionary solutions. Elizabeth Kolbert's “Under a White Sky: The Nature… Continue watching
Mar 30 Myanmar junta deepens violence with new air attacks By Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press Violence in eastern Myanmar, including air raids that drove thousands of members of the Karen ethnic minority to seek shelter across the border in Thailand, has deepened with new air attacks. Continue reading
Mar 30 With ship now freed, a probe into Suez Canal blockage begins By Samy Magdy, Jon Gambrell, Associated Press Experts boarded the massive container ship Tuesday that had blocked Egypt's vital Suez Canal and disrupted global trade for nearly a week, seeking answers to a single question that could have billions of dollars in legal repercussions: What went wrong?… Continue reading
Mar 29 Watch 3:40 News Wrap: Three more men to face trial for Whitmer kidnapping plot In our news wrap Monday, a Michigan judge ordered three more men to stand trial for allegedly plotting to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer last October. The FBI says they were anti-government extremists angered by COVID restrictions. The U.S responded to… Continue watching
Mar 29 Watch 7:22 WHO report says COVID originated in bats, but critics claim the study was biased By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn, Layla Quran The PBS NewsHour has obtained a study by a group of independent researchers convened by the WHO to find the origins of COVID-19 in China. As Nick Schifrin reports, the virus that caused the worst pandemic in a century most… Continue watching
Mar 29 U.S. suspends trade deal with Myanmar after violent coup By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said the United States was immediately suspending "all U.S. engagement with Burma under the 2013 Trade and Investment Framework Agreement."… Continue reading
Mar 29 WATCH: Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds virtual press briefing By Edith M. Lederer, Associated Press The United States is urging the divided U.N. Security Council to stop making humanitarian aid to Syria a political issue and open more border crossings to get desperately needed food and other help to 13.4 million people in need. Continue reading
Mar 29 Thousands flee airstrikes in Myanmar, complicating crisis By Tassanee Vejpongsa, Associated Press Thai soldiers began sending back some of the thousands of people who have fled a series of airstrikes by the military in neighboring Myanmar. Continue reading
Mar 29 Giant container ship that blocked Suez Canal is set free By Associated Press Salvage teams on Monday set free a colossal container ship that has halted global trade through the Suez Canal, bringing an end to a crisis that for nearly a week had clogged one of the world’s most vital maritime arteries. Continue reading
Mar 29 AP Exclusive: WHO report says animals likely source of COVID-19 A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is “extremely unlikely.”… Continue reading