Jul 31 Watch 7:32 Surfer girls make waves and defy expectations in Bangladesh By PBS News Hour In Bangladesh's only beach town, there are just a handful of girls who ride the waves. In fact, most people there frown upon seeing girl surfers, who have faced threats from conservative Muslims in the neighborhood. But surfing makes them… Continue watching
Jul 31 How close is North Korea to launching a nuclear missile? By Larisa Epatko Siegfried Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, describes the process North Korea must go through to deliver a nuclear weapon and why he is concerned. Continue reading
Jul 31 Here’s where climate change could generate toxic air pollution By Nsikan Akpan Climate-driven air pollution could cause 60,000 extra deaths annually by 2030 and more than 250,000 deaths per year by 2100, according to new research. Continue reading
Jul 31 U.S. prepares new sanctions against Venezuela after controversial election By Matthew Lee and Catherine Lucey, Associated Press The Trump administration is preparing to levy new sanctions on Venezuela, U.S. officials said Monday, in response to a weekend election that gives the South American country's ruling party virtually unlimited powers. Continue reading
Jul 31 After retaliating against new U.S. sanctions, Russia urges U.S. to fix ties By Vladimir Isachenkov, Associated Press Russia urged the United States Monday to show "political will" to mend ties even as it ordered sweeping cuts of U.S. embassy personnel unseen since Cold War times. Continue reading
Jul 29 Russia derides Tillerson statement on sanctions By Matthew Lee, Associated Press An attempt by Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to portray recently passed Russian sanctions legislation as a sign Americans want Russia to improve relations with the U.S. has been derided by Moscow. Continue reading
Jul 29 Watch Ahead of vote, Venezuelans protest expanding presidential power By PBS News Hour Venezuela on Sunday will hold an election for a new national assembly that could rewrite its constitution. Parties opposed to President Nicolas Maduro, whose party has presided over a severe economic downturn in recent years, are boycotting the vote for… Continue watching
Jul 29 Watch India’s national ID program raises privacy concerns By PBS News Hour Since 2010, India has undertaken what is by far the largest citizen registration drive in history by documenting most of its 1.3 billion people into a single national identification database. The system assigns a number and records fingerprints and iris… Continue watching
Jul 29 Data science can help us fight human trafficking By Renata Konrad and Andrew C. Trapp, The Conversation Human trafficking occurs in every country in the world, generating an estimated U.S. $150 billion annually in illegal profits. There is an opportunity to use the bits of information we can get on the distribution of victims, traffickers, buyers and… Continue reading