Aug 14 London police treat crash near Parliament as terrorism By Danica Kirka, Jill Lawless, Associated Press A car plowed into pedestrians and cyclists near the Houses of Parliament in London during the morning rush hour Tuesday, injuring three people in what police suspect is the latest in a string of attacks in the British capital that… Continue reading
Aug 14 Cars plunge as Italian highway bridge collapses; 20 killed By Colleen Barry, Associated Press The disaster occurred on a highway that connects Italy to France, and northern cities like Milan to the beaches of Liguria. Continue reading
Aug 13 Watch 4:50 News Wrap: Prosecution rests in Paul Manafort bank and tax fraud case In our news wrap Monday, the prosecution rested its case against former Trump campaign chair Paul Manafort. Also, Peter Strzok, the FBI agent singled out for sending anti-Trump text messages, has been fired. Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 6:27 Massive defense policy bill takes steps to restrain Trump President Donald Trump signed a sweeping defense authorization bill Monday that offers a statement of policy as well as spending priorities totalling more than $700 billion. Nick Schifrin joins Amna Nawaz to discuss the scope beyond the wars in Iraq… Continue watching
Aug 13 Watch 7:16 African food businesses get nurturing from well-known giants By Fred de Sam Lazaro Volunteers from some of the world’s biggest food producers, who decades ago took food-making from kitchen to the factory, are offering guidance to African entrepreneurs and helping nations become less dependent on imported food. Special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro… Continue watching
Aug 13 How these moms are helping reunite immigrant families By Larisa Epatko To Julie Schwietert Collazo, a freelance writer who lives in New York, it was an opportunity to help immigrant families who had been separated at the border. Continue reading
Aug 13 Officials from rival Koreas to meet in Pyongyang. An exact date has yet to be set. By Associated Press The rival Koreas have agreed to hold a third summit between their leaders in Pyongyang sometime before the end of September. Continue reading
Aug 12 Watch 3:30 How the battle for Ghazni could impact upcoming polls in Afghanistan By PBS News Hour Hundreds have been killed in the battle for Ghazni between the Afghan troops and the Taliban over the last three days. Taking back the city, which lies on the highway connecting Kabul and Kandahar, Afghanistan’s second largest city, would give… Continue watching
Aug 12 Skin poaching of Asian elephants, a crisis unfolding in Myanmar, could crush the species By Nsikan Akpan Asian elephants are 10 times more endangered than African savanna elephant and facing a new serious threat. Poachers are taking the skin of Asian elephants in Myanmar and turning it into ruby red jewelry. Continue reading
Aug 12 V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85 By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing made him one of the world's most admired writers, died at his London home, his family said. He was 85. Continue reading