Jul 29 Teen climate activist Greta Thunberg will bring her message to the U.S. By David Keyton, Frank Jordans, Associated Press The 16-year-old will attend U.N. climate summits in New York in September and Santiago, Chile, in December. Continue reading
Jul 29 Death toll from attack on Afghanistan political office rises to at least 20 By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The attack began with a suicide car bombing after which other attackers entered the building and started shooting at security forces. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch 10:33 Iraq’s record crop yield threatened by suspicious fires By Simona Foltyn Iraq is nearing record wheat production this year, even as widespread fires have destroyed thousands of acres of farmland in minority Sunni Arab and Yazidi communities. The Islamic State once terrorized the region in northern Iraq, where disputes over land… Continue watching
Jul 28 Egan Bernal wins Tour de France By John Leicester, Samuel Petrequin, Associated Press On the Champs-Elysees fittingly bathed in the yellow of a golden dusk, a Tour de France for the ages crowned a champion of an unusually young age on Sunday: 22-year-old Egan Bernal, South America's first winner of cycling's greatest race. Continue reading
Jul 28 Blast, gunbattle at Afghan VP candidate’s office, 2 dead By Rahim Faiez, Associated Press The first day of the Afghan presidential campaign began with a large bomb and gun attack in the capital, Kabul, targeting the office of the president’s running mate, officials said, leaving at least two people dead and 25 wounded. Continue reading
Jul 28 Nearly 1,400 detained in Moscow protest; largest in decade By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Associated Press Nearly 1,400 people were detained in a violent police crackdown on an opposition protest in Moscow, a Russian monitoring group said Sunday, adding that was the largest number of detentions at a rally in the Russian capital this decade. Continue reading
Jul 28 Police fire tear gas as Hong Kong protesters block roads By Katie Tam, Chanwoo Bang, Associated Press Police fired tear gas at protesters in Hong Kong on Sunday for the second night in a row in another escalation of weeks-long pro-democracy protests in the semi-autonomous Chinese territory. Continue reading
Jul 28 Diplomats recommit to saving Iran deal, oppose US sanctions By Kiyoko Metzler, Associated Press Representatives from Europe, China and Russia, which are still committed to the Iran nuclear deal, were meeting Sunday with Iran's representative in Vienna to discuss how to salvage the unraveling accord. Continue reading
Jul 27 Watch 6:00 In ‘Congo Tales,’ a visual reimagining of local folklore By Ivette Feliciano, Sam Weber, Connie Kargbo "Congo Tales" is a new multimedia project that explores the environment, culture and stories of the people of the Congo Basin. The series highlights the mythical histories of the Congolese through photography and film as a counter-narrative to the one-note… Continue watching
Jul 27 Watch 3:19 Biometric data becomes new weapon in Hong Kong protests By PBS NewsHour As protests continued on the streets of Hong Kong on Saturday, authorities were using facial recognition and biometric data to identify protesters — who were in turn using technology to track police officers. New York Times reporter Paul Mozur joins… Continue watching