Feb 20 Watch 5:29 Does Donald Trump Jr.’s India visit blur an ethical line? By PBS News Hour Donald Trump Jr. says his trip to India is strictly business. But in addition to promoting units at Trump-branded luxury properties, which will ultimately benefit the president, Trump Jr. also plans to give a foreign policy speech that Indian Prime… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 6:43 Morocco turns the Sahara desert into a solar energy oasis By Monica Villamizar Morocco says it wants to be the Saudi Arabia of solar energy. Its flagship project is a first-of-its-kind, $9-billion energy plant called Noor, meaning "light" in Arabic, and the size of the city of Paris. Special correspondent Monica Villamizar reports… Continue watching
Feb 20 Watch 7:02 U.S. medal haul falls short of expectations, but there’s plenty to celebrate By PBS News Hour At the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, some of the bigger American names have not won as many medals as hoped, but the games are still providing many memorable moments. William Brangham talks with Christine Brennan of USA Today about the… Continue watching
Feb 20 New Zealand is a school choice utopia. But do students perform better? By Sarah Butrymowicz, The Hechinger Report New Zealand’s history of total school choice offers the U.S. some key lessons. Continue reading
Feb 20 98 dead in assault on rebel-held Damascus suburb By Bassem Mroue, Associated Press Intense Syrian government shelling and airstrikes on rebel-held Damascus suburbs killed at least 98 people in what was the deadliest day in the area in three years, a monitoring group and paramedics said Tuesday. Continue reading
Feb 19 Watch 5:38 With the Trump administration threatening cuts for Palestinian support, aid groups wonder what comes next By PBS News Hour For decades, a U.N. agency has helped Palestinian refugees, relying on international aid to run its programs. John yang recently sat down with one of the agency's top officials, as the Trump administration seeks to cut its funding. Continue watching
Feb 18 Watch 3:36 How Russia-linked bots and trolls use tragedy to sow confusion By PBS News Hour As President Trump continues to lash out at the FBI’s probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, more details are emerging about other Russian efforts to stoke controversy in the U.S. This week, Russia-linked bots and trolls have flooded… Continue watching
Feb 18 Latvian member of European Central Bank detained in probe By Carlo Piovano, Associated Press Latvia's top banking official and key member of the European Central Bank was detained Sunday amid accusations of bribery and money laundering in the nation's financial system. Continue reading
Feb 17 Meddling ‘incontrovertible’ to U.S., ‘just blabber’ to Russia By David Rising, Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press Top Russian and American officials exchanged barbs Saturday in Germany over the U.S. indictment of 13 Russians accused of an elaborate plot to disrupt the 2016 presidential election. Continue reading
Feb 17 Pope revives lapsed sex abuse commission amid skepticism By Nicole Winfield, Associated Press Pope Francis revived his lapsed sex abuse advisory commission by naming new members Saturday, after coming under fire for his overall handling of the scandal and his support for a Chilean bishop accused by victims of witnessing and ignoring their… Continue reading